Netizens are worried about the possibilities.
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This article is part of our coverage of ex-NCT Taeil’s sex crimes scandal. You can read more and view the entire timeline here.
Previously, SM Entertainment announced Taeilthe withdrawal from NCT due to an unspecified sexual crime. The company then provided no further details, but details about the case were continually revealed.
The Taeil charge under investigation is, in Korean, “quasi special rape.” Under Korean law, the term “special” indicates that the attack was aggravated, meaning that it involved weapons or, in his case, more than two people. The term “almost” indicates that the victim was unconscious and/or unable to resist. His charge in the United States would more accurately be called “aggravated rape.”
The latest details state that his victim is a foreigner.
Former NCT Taeil’s alleged victim is reportedly foreign
Despite his expulsion from the group, Taeil is still listed as an artist on SM Entertainment’s website.
This has raised concerns from some netizens, who believe that SM Entertainment should have terminated his contract immediately. Some have expressed the thought that SM might keep Taeil under contract to revive her career at a later date.
Taeil has raped a woman and is roaming free.
he is still employed at SM entertainment.
this is disgusting. anyone with an ounce of self-respect should boycott that company. https://t.co/60zMq5xhhK pic.twitter.com/iSL71eKNCN
— van 🪼 (blooming artist Yunjin Day ♡) (@purinzfem) October 7, 2024
While that fucking company continues to keep him as an artist
I don’t see any morally upright SM members calling for his removal from the company. No boycotts, no trends.
Your sense of justice is limited to stupid tweets#BoycottSM https://t.co/ctktXBIFyM pic.twitter.com/bIE00EGeQn— Shanni⁷ (@ARMYgeddon7) October 7, 2024
do you all understand how disgusting and disgusting this is, it was literally the least they could have done, kick him out of the group but they didn’t?! pic.twitter.com/D81bnhE2rZ
— 𓆩♡𓆪 | ᯓ✦ fans (@starofthsoul) August 28, 2024
These are concerns like SM Entertainment he is known to hang artists after they are put on hiatus. In the only truly recognizable case, the first Super Junior‘S Kangin He still has a contract with the company despite his two drunken driving charges and the assault charge.
Kangin’s recent attempts to return to celebrity life have met with negative feedback.
However, you need to take into consideration the legal contracts involved in the situation.
It is well known that many contracts, including those between individuals and entertainment companies, include a penalty for early termination. An early termination fee is an amount that the party who wishes to cancel the contract before its expiration must pay to the other party.
The Korean Fair Trade Commission provides a standard fee for early termination of idol contracts: taking the idol’s average monthly revenue over the past two years and then multiplying it by the number of months remaining in the contract at the time of early termination and was recently discussed in relation to the possible contractual termination of NewJeans.
NewJeans’ early contract termination fee is estimated to be at least KRW 300 billion
The details of Taeil’s contract termination penalties are unknown, but it’s a valid point to consider, as many have pointed out.
It’s also unclear whether there are any clauses in Taeil’s contract that would allow SM Entertainment to remove him without risk of a wrongful termination lawsuit without conviction.
seeing a lot of posts like this and want to put in my two cents; SM can’t just abandon the taeil. they can’t terminate his contract without paying him a LOT of severance pay. SM is most likely waiting for his contract to expire instead of worrying about the legal aspects https://t.co/iuHN5tkJT5
— jaaaaaaaay 🐹 (@nuikamishiro) October 7, 2024
It is a violation to unilaterally terminate a contract when someone is still in the contract period and the company has to pay a fine for termination.
Based on the company’s Q report, the contract will be terminated if the case is already in the court’s decision (final verdict).
— Oraknim (@atouchbase) October 8, 2024
first of all fuck taeil, he must be in prison, some of you don’t understand how contracts work, the most profane explanation I can give is: sm kick taeil early = sm pay more = taeil more money, sm no kick taeil before contract end = taeil no compensation = no money https://t.co/ap9a3X57A1
— ru (@minhyungmarked) October 8, 2024
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