Big Planet Maid Entertainment opened up about the suspicion that it approached Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen of EXO and induced them to sign contracts.
On the 1st, Big Planet Made Entertainment said in an official statement, "We inform you that the information reported in relation to our company is different from the truth."
"Big Planet Made Entertainment has never met with the artists mentioned in the report, and has never discussed or exchanged opinions about any exclusive contracts," he said.
"It is true that we recently received a content certification from SM in the name of the CEO, and we regret what the intention was to link the internal contract situation of another entertainment company with an unrelated head office, and we will take strong legal action if such claims continue. " said
Previously, lawyer Lee Jae-hak of the law firm Lin, who was in charge of legal representation for Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen, gave an official position on this day.
Lin, the law firm, said, "From March 21st to the present, we sent a content certification to SM seven times, and through this, we repeatedly requested copies of the transparent settlement data and settlement basis." We maintained our position that we could not provide it.”
"After SM had previously signed long-term contracts of 12 to 13 years or more with artists, and this period was not enough, they had them sign the follow-up exclusive contracts again, so that the long-term contract period of at least 17 or 18 years was not enough. They are repeatedly committing extremely unfair tyranny, such as making claims.”
They added, "As SM failed to fulfill its obligation to provide data, grounds for termination of the existing exclusive contracts arose.
On the same day, through a statement, SM said, “At the time when we were concentrating our efforts to prepare for a new leap forward, we approached our artists and delivered false information/wrong legal assessments while ignoring our exclusive contract with the company. We are seeing outside forces making unreasonable offers, such as saying that it's okay to sign a contract with them."
In addition, "Those outside forces, despite not having any genuine thought for the artist, are illegally enticing our company's artists to make wrong judgments and violate exclusive contracts or sign double contracts through groundless rumors, slander, and coaxing, etc. It is committing an act,” he dismissed.
Below is the full text of Big Planet Maid Entertainment.
hello. This is Big Planet Maid Enter.
We would like to inform you that the information reported on the company today (the 1st) is not true.
First, Big Planet Maid Entertainment has never met with the artists mentioned in the report, and has never discussed or discussed any exclusive contracts.
Second, MC Mong (Shin Dong-hyun) is not currently an executive director of the company, and he is not involved in any position, title, or management at all.
Third, it is true that we recently received a content certification from SM in the name of the CEO, and we regret what the intention was to link the internal contract situation of another entertainment company with an unrelated head office. .
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr