Former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin proposed giving up approximately 25.6 billion won in stock sale proceeds in exchange for HYBE dropping all civil and criminal lawsuits and allowing all five NewJeans members to return to activities.
HYBE rejected this proposal by filing an appeal and requesting suspension of enforcement against Min, rather than issuing a formal response.
ADOR’s Recent Actions
The company maintains its lawsuit seeking 43 billion won in penalty fees and damages from former member Danielle. On the same day fans demanded the full quintet’s return, ADOR announced it would remove Danielle-related content from the fan platform Phoning.
Content featuring Danielle will remain accessible until 11 AM on a specified date in early April. The platform, developed through collaboration between ADOR and Weverse Company, had been inactive since the group notified ADOR of contract termination last November.
Fan Reactions and Protests
NewJeans fandom organized truck demonstrations outside HYBE headquarters demanding the return of all five members. Fans criticized the timing, noting that content removal was announced immediately after full-group restoration was requested, suggesting the company has no intention of restoring the original lineup.
Fan statements referenced a court ruling that allegedly revealed HYBE’s management takeover claims were unfounded. They demanded accountability from leadership, apologies regarding plagiarism controversies, and fulfillment of promises made during exclusive contract validity proceedings.
Future Outlook
With ongoing litigation and platform content removal coinciding, prospects for full-group reunion negotiations appear increasingly remote. The combination of substantial damage claims and content deletion suggests reconciliation possibilities are being systematically closed off.
Questions remain whether a non-complete lineup could receive the same level of fan and public support previously enjoyed by the group.