Translation of New Jeans Stylist disclosure against HYBE on May 10th

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New Jeans Stylist disclosure credit:ADOR

New Jeans stylist was blackmailed by HYBE?

ADOR and HYBE, the power struggle to become independent or to keep ADOR under their influence is still on. It seemed it wasn’t physically violent, however the disclosure from New Jeans stylist about HYBE’s blackmailing has made on May 10th today. This disclosure article has written by Ilgan Sports, the Korean news outlet, and this is the translation and organized version of the article.

Source, original article – https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/241/0003349663

Was New Jeans Stylist earning illegally?

Translation of the interview

“They said if I don’t cooperate, I might have to go to the police station.”

“I didn’t know this would happen because it was something I was allowed to do when I worked at my previous company,” said A, the leader of Style Directing, who was audited by HYBE for about five hours the day before the board meeting.

In a telephone interview with Ilgan Sports on the 10th, A said, “I was scared because (the HYBE audit team) said that I could go to the police, because it was embezzlement and breach of trust.”

Earlier in the day, Ador said HYBE conducted an audit against A for about five hours from 7 p.m. on the 9th, and in the process, it was conducted in an illegal way, such as visiting a female stylist’s house late at night.

Why HYBE audit team thought she was suspicious

What the HYBE audit team took issue with was that the stylist team leader A was paid for styling by the advertiser. In response, Ador explained that in the advertising world, freelancers are usually in charge of hair-make-up-styling, and a separate contract is signed between advertisers and freelancers, however ADOR has its own styling team instead of freelancers. ADOR informed that A was paid for styling by advertisers in consideration of industry practices, and Ador considered the cost paid by advertisers while calculating A’s incentives.

Ador argued that HYBE took issue with the fact that A received money directly from the advertiser, and that embezzlement could not be established because Ador did not cause financial damage to the company as much as the advertiser paid instead ADOR by paying incentives to A. ADOR then protested that this was a shared issue with HYBE HR and ER departments earlier, in February.

In response, A said, “It is just a common custom, that even in a previous company I also received advertising labor costs, and Ador also approved it as an incentive replacement, so I didn’t know this would happen,” adding, “I was so scared because HYBE audit team said it was embezzlement and there was even a breach of trust.”

A said, “I was contacted by the HYBE Audit Committee to see if there were any violations during the internal audit,” adding, “I wanted to postpone it because I had some works to do. They said they could just sue me, but they said they would still listen to me.”

“I was talking on the phone on the fourth floor of the office at around 7 p.m. and I was about to go out because I had something to do, but the audit team was right in front of me,” New Jeans stylist said, adding, “They asked for my cooperation because if I don’t cooperate, they could just sue me.”

“They asked for the truth, so I told them the truth. The audit team said I was banned to compete, but I received from outside which was embezzlement and breach of trust, so I was so scared” New Jeans stylist said. “Then, should I go to the police station? I asked and they told me to talk here rather than going to the police station for questioning. So, I told them the truth as it was.” New Jeans stylist added, “That atmosphere itself felt coercive.”

New Jeans stylist feeling threatened?

“(The HYBE audit team) said that the laptop was also evidence, so if I didn’t submit it, I could have to go to the police station,” A said. “So I went to my house with one of them at around 10:30 p.m. and took my laptop from me.” “They even asked for a cell phone, but I refused,” she said.

“After that, I went back to the office by taxi and was audited by 12 o’clock,” A said. “I wrote a consent form for the use of (information assets), but ADOR said it was an illegal agreement, and they would withdraw it for me by calling them.”

A said, “I worked hard and got permission from the agency, and I didn’t bribe it to CEO Min Heejin,” adding, “I just worked hard, but I’m so embarrassed and upset.”

Meanwhile, HYBE refuted Ador’s statement, saying, “It is a false claim by CEO Min Heejin.” HYBE said in its official statement, “We would like to inform you that the audit on Styling Team leader conducted by our audit team on the evening of the 9th was conducted legally in an atmosphere that was not coercive under the consent of the leader.”

Regarding the fact that the New Jeans stylist came to work at 6 p.m. and conducted an audit from then on, and forced him to go home after 10 p.m., HYBE said, “During the audit process, the team leader admitted to receiving hundreds of millions of won worth of money and valuables from the outsourcing company for years under the approval of CEO Min Heejin,” adding, “She expressed her intention to submit her laptop that she had left at home. Accordingly, with the consent of the company, only the female staff of our company went into the team leader’s house together and returned the laptop.”

HYBE also explained the claim that the team leader herself agreed to use personal information, and that she forced consent to use personal information. Regarding the request to return the mobile phone, the team leader said she does not want to, so we did not request further submission.

Regarding the claim that embezzlement cannot be established because it is a common practice in the advertising industry, HYBE said, “There is no practice in which full-time employees of the company directly take hundreds of millions of won from advertisers,” adding, “It is not a practice but illegal that CEO Min Heejin has known and tolerated for years.”

The two different angle of views

So ADOR and the stylist think, taking money from the advertisers are not illegal but a custom happening the field, and the audit team was being aggressive to the female staff. However, HYBE thinks it is embezzlement and a custom that should be stopped.

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