B.A.P exclusive contract court dispute start.. First argument being held on March!
The court will start the official trial process of the group B.A.P’s lawsuit against their company, TS Entertainment.
According to the court this 22nd, the Seoul Western District Court, 13 copies of civil affairs has finally set their first argument date as the 13th of the next month with the arguement where Bang Yongguk and the other B.A.P members has filed a lawsuit of unfair treatment and nullification of their contracts.
But because of transfer of personnel at the end of this month, this case’s justice panel will be changed and might cause a further delay on their first argument.
Both sides of the case wanted to have an amicable settlement, but couldn’t come up with a narrowed settlement so they have decided to leave the case to the court. The judge panel will listen to both, B.A.P and TS Ent’s process of results from the first arguments until now.
Meanwhile, B.A.P has filed a confirmation of the nullification and claim of unfair profit lawsuit against TS Entertainment last November 26th to the Seoul Western District Court .
B.A.P members have claimed their arguments for their long contract terms and their unfair profit shares.
B.A.P’s representative attorney Kim Nam Joo states “The company kept changing their words and refused to reveal the calculated material,” and “We requested an explanation about the $1.5 million album promotion fee, but we have not gotten a reply for the past few months.”
TS Entertainment refuted one by one B.A.P representatives claims of profit distribution, calculated statements, contract length etc. Also, they have claimed to have influential information on a third party trying to recruit B.A.P and said “After thoroughly investigating, we will take strong measures against this”.
After this, it has been known that TS Entertainment has submitted a response through their legal representative regarding B.A.P representatives claims of unfair treatment to the court on January 15th.
B.A.P debuted the past 2012 with their first single album ‘Warrior’. Last year they received the 3rd annual Ga-On Kpop Awards, this year they received the Discovery Award and World Rookie Award which acknowledged their ability to be successful overseas. They released their first official album ‘First Sensibility’ which got first place on the Billboard’s World Album Chart.
source: nicole & woojung @ baptrans + daum
their first argument/trial is set for the 13th of March