Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen of Okay-pop boyband EXO have said their intentions to proceed being members of the group regardless of their ongoing dispute with SM Leisure over their contracts.
Yesterday (June 1), Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen notified SM Leisure that they might be terminating their contracts with the company via their lawyer Lee Jae-hak. Of their assertion, the trio cited “mistreatment and unfair contract phrases”.
In a brand new assertion right now (June 2), launched via the trio’s authorized illustration, Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen stated that they’re searching for to proceed their actions as members of EXO regardless of their ongoing dispute with SM Leisure.
“Separate from settling authorized points with SM, we wholeheartedly thank the followers who’ve despatched love and assist to EXO over such a very long time,” the assertion reads, per Korea JoongAng Every day. “Nonetheless this authorized battle concludes, we’ll faithfully, and diligently proceed our group actions beneath the band EXO.”
Elsewhere within the assertion, the trio additionally refuted claims SM Leisure made yesterday. The Okay-pop company had addressed the artists’ unique assertion, the place they rebutted numerous allegations however the three EXO members.
Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen refuted claims that the trio have been influenced by “exterior forces”, saying: “We artists are adults who’re able to considering ourselves and chargeable for the choices that we make.”
The three EXO members’ authorized illustration additionally rebutted SM Leisure’s claims that it had offered the artists with their requested cost data.
“Fee information is meant to be learn via slowly for 30 days, however solely permitting artists to look at it’s the company’s effort to construct its justification and say, ‘We confirmed what we needed to,’” the lawyer stated. “Figuring out SM Leisure’s intentions, we couldn’t compromise by simply ‘reviewing’ the information and never be ‘offered’ it like we requested.”
