ADOR’s latest statement addressing Hanni’s bullying allegations has received negative feedback from Bunnies.
According to a Nov. 27 forum, K-netz shared ADOR’s position on Hanni’s claims that NewJeans is being bullied by HYBE staff. Prior to the statement, NewJeans members had asked ADOR to rectify all violations of their exclusive contracts within 14 days.
If the company does not comply with the request, the members will terminate their exclusivity contracts. The requests also included specific measures to investigate HYBE’s controversial internal document, which mentioned the instruction to “discard NewJeans and start over.”
The members also demanded an official apology from the manager of another group HYBE. Furthermore, they also called for the resolution of the damages suffered by NewJeans due to “album pushing” and the conclusion of the dispute with Dolphiners Films CEO Shin Woo-seok.
Following this request, ADOR released a statement revealing that the agency initially “maintained a cautious stance” towards bullying allegations to avoid unnecessary controversy for its artists. Since the situation still hadn’t calmed down, the company finally decided to intervene.
BELIFT LAB also shared insights regarding one of its manager’s dismissive remarks. However, ADOR stated that BELIFT LAB’s claims were completely different from Hanni’s testimony.
“On May 27, 2024, a BELIFT LAB staffer commented on remarks such as ‘Ignore her’ or ‘Ignore and move on.’ Expecting the victim to remember every detail of the incident, which happened briefly, is very unreasonable and harsh.”
He further added: “ADOR fully trusts the words of our artists and sincerely regrets the harm suffered by Hanni.”
ADOR also instructed BELIFT LAB to take Hanni’s suffering seriously and show mutual respect to prevent further conflicts.
However, Bunnies criticized ADOR’s late response to the serious issue and even claimed that the company was “saving face.” Read their comments below:
- “They only act like this now.”
- “What’s the point of saying that?”
- “You’re saying that now? You should have treated her better then.”
- “They are scrambling. They are trying to save face or prepare a counter defense and this senseless statement is just one of their tests.”
