EXO‘s members Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen have launched a brand new assertion responding to their company SM Entertainment’s claims, together with the alleged involvement of a ‘third party’ of their contract termination resolution. The three singers despatched notices to the company as they need to finish their ‘slave contracts.’ While the singers’ new statement refuted any external influence in the matter, Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen also asserted that they will be a part of the K-pop group even if they part ways with SM Entertainment. Also read: EXO members Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen file for termination of ‘slave contracts’ with SM Entertainment

Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen on SM Entertainment’s claims

Previously SM Entertainment claimed intervention of exterior affect within the matter. Referring to the identical, the Okay-pop idols’ lawyer Lee Jae Hak stated in a press release, as per Soompi, known as it ‘false information merely aiming to mislead public opinion.’

His assertion learn, “The artists really feel very distressed after seeing SM’s official assertion that retains speaking about an exterior third celebration. They really feel particularly distressed because it appears to obviously present the attitude that SM views the artists with.

“Our artists are undoubtedly adults who can assume for themselves and take accountability for their very own choices, and they’re people with impartial ideas and judgments. They have felt some doubts for a decade, they usually mustered up fearful and tough braveness with the thought that the questions they couldn’t dare carry up as rookies ought to at the very least be introduced up now.

“Our artists requested and listened to many individuals round them about what is true and what they should do to search out clever options. Of these individuals round them, there are household and acquaintances, seniors and juniors of the music trade, colleagues, and even employees who’ve labored along with the artists. Of these people, there are those that shared issues, those that shared heat encouragement, and those that additionally expressed their assist. In response, we should ask if all of those persons are third celebration influences, malicious influences, dangerous influences.

“Our artists are clearly human beings who can make decisions for themselves and take action for themselves. The decision to find their rights such as requesting settlement data was made by themselves after long deliberation and deep thought, and it is definitely not due to the intervention of an external influence,” his assertion added.

Did Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen be a part of new company?

The lawyer additionally addressed speculations of Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Chen making an attempt to go for twin contracts on the identical time. The lawyer stated, “Additionally, SM is claiming that our artists have signed or tried to signal twin contracts, however the three people Baekhyun, Chen, and Xiumin haven’t signed or tried to signal different unique contracts moreover their present unique contracts signed with SM. SM should chorus from making false claims.

“SM stated they’d solely enable the “viewing” of settlement information and never enable “provision” due to the priority that it could be shared with exterior events. However, even when the artists are given the settlement information and obtain session from not solely their authorized consultant but additionally accountants round them or anybody else, this may be simply exercising of the artists’ rights. Even of their unique contracts, there aren’t any laws that state that the artists can not present the experiences offered to them with anybody else and must solely overview them alone. The contracts truly embrace a clause that the artists can overview the info offered to them by SM for 30 days and may make appeals when mandatory.

“SM not even providing settlement data, and their legal representative and other celebrities advising them about the injustice of this situation. This inevitably raises the question of who should be criticizing the wrongdoing of who in this situation. We would like to state again that the essence and truth of this case is that the artists and their legal representative have consistently requested the provision of settlement data, but SM eventually refused, which has led to contract termination,” it ended.

Future for Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen in EXO

The assertion additionally talked about a number of different key factors within the case, as claimed by the artist towards the company. It additionally clarified that Baekhyun, Xiumin, And Chen will proceed actions with different members as part of EXO, even when they terminate their contracts with the company.

The three EXO members seek termination of their contract and requested ‘clear and transparent records’ of their earnings. But SM Entertainment allegedly refused to take action. EXO debuted beneath SM Entertainment in 2012. The group consists of 9 members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun.