After the departure of Chuu, nine other members from SK girl group Loona have filed for injunctions to be able to leave their agency even before their exclusive contracts are set to expire
Days after BlockBerry Creative removed Chuu from the 12-member girl group Loona, nine of the remaining members have filed their request to suspend their exclusive contracts on November 28.
HeeJin, HaSeul, YeoJin, Kim Lip, JinSoul, Choerry, Yves, Go Won and Olivia Hye reportedly want out of their agency, reported JTBC Entertainment News published in an exclusive report, while HyunJin and ViVi have yet to express their decision.
The report said the members filed the injunctions after realizing that the mutual trust with Blockberry Creative has been broken to the point that it is difficult to continue activities with the agency.
However, the agency was quick to counter the news, denying the reports after releasing an additional statement on early Monday regarding Chuu’s removal from the group.
“It is of course natural to explain the reason for her removal, and it is the rights of Chuu herself and the staff who was harmed to provide the truth or evidence of this,” said BlockBerry Creative as translated by Soompi.
“Regarding the relevant facts, if there is something unfair or anything that should be corrected, this is an issue that the people directly involved should reveal. The agency has already finished confirming the incident that took place between Chuu and the staff member, and we released a statement regarding that.”
Prior to BBC dropping Chuu, the k-pop idol already filed a request with a court for temporary injunction to suspend her exclusive contract with the agency in December 2021 and her request was granted partially last March, according to Manila Bulletin.
She then started working independently on some activities this year without agency restrictions.
News of leaving the agency arose in October this year as speculations of Chuu setting up her own agency was circulating, in which BlockBerryCreative only commented, “The rumors of her transfer are groundless.”
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