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[NEWS] 150305 B.A.P’s side updates on the lawsuit progress “TS has not replied with a substantial statement”

Group B.A.P who has filed a lawsuit of confirmation of the nullification of their contract and claim of unfair profit against their company TS Entertainment, has spoken up about the progress.

B.A.P has spoken about their lawsuit progress through their lawfirm this 5th. According to Dodam, (their lawfirm) “On January 15th, TS has agreed to re-submit a substantial statemement due to their lack of evidence/refutations about the 6 member’s argument on unauthorized use of 1.55 million dollar on their album promotion fee but today being the 4th, they still have not submitted their substantial statement.” they stated.

Last 20th of January, Dodam has submitted an application for designation of date to the Seoul District Court, the 13 civil affairs department asking for an appointed date for their first argument. Thereupon, on February 5th, the court has appointed March 13th as their first argument date. On the following 17th of February, Dodam has submitted a Document application submission order and TS Ent representative’s Financial transaction information asking for the contracts and all the other documents kept by the company.

However, the date for pleading was changed from February 22 to March 13 but was cancelled due to a change in justice department. Dodam submitted a request for date arrangement on March 2nd and the court has set the argument date as March 16th. A defense preparation date is a procedure for trial to help the court effectively use additional evidence after first hearing both sides points and confirms the truth of the argument with requested evidence which they will later use to further investigate at the later defense argument date.

B.A.P debuted in 2012 and received love for their songs ‘One Shot’, ‘1004(Angel)’ and more and were appraised as a ‘New Stars of Global K-POP’. They filed a lawsuit against their company in November 2014.

[TRANS] TS representatives “We are arranging our position for the request for promotional fee evidence”

While all 6 members of B.A.P filed a ‘confirmation of contract nullification’ lawsuit against their company TS Entertainment, B.A.P representatives requested substantial replies and documents regarding the lawsuit. Additionally, TS Entertainment representatives have revealed that they are arranging their position.

A TS Entertainment related official has spoken on the phone with X-Sports News and said “We currently are aware of news relating to B.A.P. We are arranging our position”.

The legal representative of the B.A.P members, Dodam, has stated through a press release “TS Entertainment has submitted a reply on January 15th but it did not include detailed arguments regarding the unauthorized use of the $1.55 million album promotion fee or the points the B.A.P members made. Currently they have not given a substantial reply”.

Additionally stated, “Last month of 17th, Dodam has submitted a Document application submission order and TS Ent representative’s Financial transaction information asking for the contracts and all the other documents kept by the company to be submitted.”

6 members of B.A.P has submitted a lawsuit of confirmation of the nullification of their contract and claim of unfair profit against their company TS Entertainment last 26th of November. According to B.A.P, on March of 2011, the conclusion of their contract with the entertainment was only favorable towards the company and remarkably unfavorable to the members.

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[NEWS] B.A.P EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT COURT DISPUTE START...FIRST ARGUMENT BEING HELD ON MARCH!

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The court will start the official trail process of the groups 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 dates as the 13th of next month with the argument where Bang Yongguk and the other B.A.P members have 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 distributions, 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 know 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 firstofficial album "First Sensibility" which got first place on the Billboard's World Album Chart.

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TS enter, submits a first statement…denies law suit contents

According to an entertainment official, TS’ side has recently filed a one-time written answer/defense and was known to deny all of B.A.P’s sides’ arguments.

One official has stated, “TS has filed a statement, but they were only formally denying B.A.P’s arguments and had no specific data, and/or explanations. So they would have to file an extra statement/written answer.”

Also, “TS is in a position where they will be needing a lot of time to file an extra statement in order to refute to B.A.P’s arguments” , “Because of these reasons, it seems like they will file the extra statements when the first pleading/argument date is near. The first pleading/argument date is expected to be around March~April.” they stated.

It is known that B.A.P has filed a contract nullification law suit earlier against their company, TS Entertainment on November 26th, to Seoul Western District Court. In the brief, BAP has come into an agreement(signed their contract) on 2011 of March with their company, but the contract was still unfavorable/had lots of disadvantages towards the members.

B.A.P has stated that the profit distributions were one-sidedly benefitting the company and the damage compensation of nullifying their contract and regulations for repaying the compensations were disadvantageous. Also, even with a profit of $10 mil they have never received a basic statement and received $18,000 per member. These statements and more regarding their unfair slave contract were purpose of their lawsuit. While group B.A.P has filed a law-suit against their company, TS ENTERTAINMENT, TS’ side has filed a written answer/defense recently.

Regarding this TS representatives denied any factors of slave contracts and there was never any unfair treatment. They replied that they have confirmed there is a third party influence trying to recruit the group.

Meanwhile B.A.P debuted in January 2012 through their single album ‘WARRIOR’ and has released 11 albums since then. They had tours in different countries in the world and were busily active.

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[ARTICLE] B.A.P Zelo’s older brother speaks out against TS Entertainment

In light of recent events involving B.A.P filing a lawsuit against their agency, TS Entertainment for contract nullification, member Zelo‘s older brother has released his own statement about the situation via his personal Facebook.

On November 26th, Korean media outlets reported that B.A.P filed a lawsuit against TS Entertainment for contract nullification, citing issues such as unfair treatment, and reported that during their 3 years of promotions, TS Entertainment gained a revenue of 10 billion won (about $9 million USD) but the members of B.A.P themselves received less than 18 million won (about $16,000 USD) each, during that time span.

Since then, TS Entertainment has released two official statements regarding the situation, the most recent one claiming that B.A.P is being controlled by an outside agency who hopes to later recruit the group. In response, B.A.P also released a statement through a legal representative and expressing their plans to also sue TS Entertainment for defamation.

Now, Zelo’s older brother has taken to his personal SNS to post a statement, defending his brother and asking for his message to be spread. He wrote as follows:

“Spread the word please. I would like to speak about TS’s official statement on B.A.P’s lawsuit as an older brother of one of the members. We gave the artists a break in order to protect them? They threatened 3 of the members when they were barely conscious from exhaustion and forced them to carry on with their schedules by giving them IV lines. Only when the parents begged did they give them a break using the word indefinite hiatus. If anything you say is true, show us proof TS and don’t block out Naver real time search rankings.”

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Article about B.A.P's lawsuit on MBC News

You can read the full article here (in Korean).

Dodam law firm's lawyer, Kim Namjoo stated "If the company does not reveal their use of album promotion fees, it will be hard for the company to escape responsibilities for lying to the members with false calculations and the usage of the money."

[Mwave] TS Entertainment Believes There are Forces Behind B.A.P′s Lawsuit

With the six members of B.A.P having filed a lawsuit against its agency to nullify their contracts, TS Entertainment released an official statement.

On December 5, TS Entertainment sent out a press release to explain the suspicion on unfair conditions and profit distribution in the contract.

The agency started, “In October, the members stated through their manager that they would like to take a break. Respecting that opinion, we canceled all schedules including the South America tour and Japan tour and gave the members a long vacation,” and added, “The members then took the time to recharge themselves and continued to be in contact with the company.”

The agency continued, “Recently, we confirmed their willingness to resume activities with the award ceremonies taking place in January and started making plans for next year’s schedules, but on November 27 we suddenly heard news regarding the lawsuit through the press. The employees at the company were in contact with the members, sharing details of their daily live activities, until the afternoon of November 26, which is when the petition was accepted so the news regarding the lawsuit that came out on November 27 was very shocking to the company.”

TS Entertainment Believes There are Forces Behind B.A.P′s Lawsuit

The agency explained, “We immediately tried to contact the members through their manager but couldn’t get in touch with them. We tried to talk on the phone with the members’ parents and some of the parents’ members confirmed the fact that the petition has been accepted and requested that we ‘talk to the lawyers.’”

“We became suspicious of the fact that one-sided reports were constantly being released by a small number of media outlets even before the petition went through. This situation seemed more serious because we just exceeded break-even point as we entered 2014 and B.A.P was about to generate steep profits. And finally, we received trustworthy reports claiming that there is a force that has been fostering public opinion through the media in order to worsen the contractual relationship between B.A.P and the company and to recruit B.A.P on their favorable terms,” revealed TS Entertainment.

The agency emphasized, “From now, the company will thoroughly apprehend the existence of the forces behind to take strong action and after confirmation, we will be strictly holding them accountable for their actions that violated the ethics of this industry and furthermore lowered the status of K-Pop.”

On November 26, B.A.P filed a lawsuit against TS Entertainment to nullify its contract. The members reportedly claimed that the contract with the company is unfair and since the profits have not been distributed properly, the agency needs to return 300 million won out of its unfair profits.

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[Dispatch] Revealing the background of B.A.P’s lawsuit…”What is more important than the calculations?”

Revealing the background of B.A.P's lawsuit..."What is more important than the calculations?"

The six members of B.A.P has submitted their official statement to ‘Do Dam’ law firm. They revealed the details of the last 3 years.

They pointed out the unfair treatment they received and also the company’s false calculations. They have requested to make the data regarding the series of accusations and problems to be made public.

This the B.A.P representative’s official statement.

The 3 years time they spent working hard for their dream

The B.A.P members debuted in 2012, and including that year they had 260 official schedules, 140 official schedules in 2013 (16 overseas schedules), 110 official schedules in 2014 and of those 33 overseas schedules in America, Europe, China, Japan, and Singapore. With their dreams of becoming the best singers they have received the nickname ‘You Don’t Rest B.A.P’.

And to achieve those dreams they followed all of the company’s policies.

This year particularly, starting from March 21 to June, they had to digest a murderous schedule touring Sendai, Osaka, Tokyo, Philippines, New York, Dallas, Chicago, LA, London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Melbourne, Sydney, Taiwan, Singapore, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Chiba, and Bangkok.

Even in the emergency room they had to go to performances with the thought of compensating damages

In mid-October 2014 one of the B.A.P members were in the emergency room for dehydration and despite the hospital employees attempt to dissuade the company employees that “Something bad could happen if he’s discharged in this state”, the member himself has had the company tell him “you’ll be responsible for damage compensation” beforehand and finished the concert with an IV bandage.

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They paid no attention to the member's health, they have blinded the members with "following the contract, damage compensation", and with the company not releasing any accurate material to the members, they were "in a situation with no faith" and no other choice that could be made.

It doesn’t matter if we earned $0. What is important is the company revealing accurate paperwork

Besides the physical and mental fatigue from their busy schedules, what gave member’s a hard time was ‘a trust issue with the company’.

The first time the member’s received their first pay of $17,900 on August 1, 2014 but to get that process to get that pay was very difficult.

The reason was not because of the amount but the company changing their words every time and not showing the account statements.

Below is regarding the calculations and is organized to show the company changing their words.

Circumstantial evidence of false use, company can not reply when confronted about the $1.55 million album promotion cost

From late 2013 all the members wanted from the company was to reveal at least one clearly explained paper. The members can look at the contract and see the contract conditions, so they wanted to see if the calculations were done properly.

However the member’s requests have been ignored. The members have tried to believe in their company even though the company didn’t release any materials for them.

In the end they never released any material regarding the sale sums, and even now the member’s don’t know how much the contract deposit or what the contract conditions were for their performances.

When the members received the account statements on July 31, 2014 they have asked for an explanation regarding the $1.55 million ‘unexplained album promotion expense’, but the company is failing to give us a reply.

It is crucial evidence that the money has not been used properly. If there was no false use of expenses, then the group would have passed the net profit turning point in 2013.

Kim Nam Joo from Do Dam law firm says “The company will need to explain exactly how the album promotion fees were $1.55 million. If they don’t, it will be very difficult for them to be exempt from the legal responsibility of lying to the members, providing false calculations and where they used that money.”

If the expenses and use of the money are legitimate, the members wouldn’t care if they earned $0.

However, the company did not reveal any paperwork regarding sales, contract details and material, and where the money has been used. They are misleading the public by saying how much they ‘would have’ earned in 2014 and 2015.

They made appearances by force

On the other hand, not only did the company not explain any contracts but did not let the members know about variety appearances and performance schedules beforehand and ordered them to go.

Around November of this year, even though a B.A.P member’s health hasn’t been well and he was getting hospital treatment, the company has notified this member of his appearance in the SBS program “Rule of the Jungle”.

Regarding this the member said “My health isn’t good and if I appear on Rule of the Jungle then I might damage the image of the group and the show. I will go on the show when I get healthier” and revealed how he couldn’t appear on the program no matter what.

However the company has ignored the member’s opinion and said “We made the schedule so you have to go onto Rule of the Jungle” and forced him to attend the show meeting held beforehand.

Even though the member told them company how sick they were the company didn’t accept their excuse and made a one-sided schedule and forced them to comply. By saying that the member’s sudden emotional outburts caused troubles with the variety appearance is evidence that the company has forced them to attend one-sided schedules.

Also, even if the member’s health were bad and they asked for a break many times the company scheduled an South American tour without letting the members know and even made the order to keep it a secret from the members.

The group found out about their South American tour when one staff said to the members “You have a South American tour 2 weeks from now. I was told to keep it a secret from you guys”. That is how excluded B.A.P was from their schedule maintenance.

This has happened recently in mid-October of 2014.

The company is insisted there is a 3rd party influence and taking legal action against them for slander

From the company’s official statement today, the company is insisting that there is a 3rd party behind the members. However, there is no other 3rd party influence. The only 3rd party influence was the company that tried to make them into “Singing machines”, pressuring them to work endlessly, not provide the members with even the basic account statements, and keeping overseas schedules a secret.

With no idea who the 3rd party influence is and no evidence on how they came about to the knowledge of a 3rd party influence, the company is making false accusations. The members are being examined for possibilities of slander against their company.

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[Koreaboo] B.A.P plans to sue TS Entertainment for defamation and releases response to statement

Following TS Entertainment’s official statement released just hours ago to the media, B.A.P has shared their response through a legal representative.

On the afternoon of December 5th, the popular idol group’s legal representative said,

“TS Entertainment is trying to tie the members with terms like ‘acting under the terms of the contract’ and ‘compensation for defamation.’ They have not, however, released any of the information the members have asked for and have shown no reason for the members to trust them.”

Rebutting to TS Entertainment’s previous statement that they “decided to respect their request and cancelled their South American and Japanese tour to give them a long period of break” when the group’s chief manager requested a break on their behalf, the representative rebutted with, “The [B.A.P] members have worked under the entertainment agency’s management for three years in order to accomplish their dreams, but the company did not care for the members’ health.”

“Even when a member was taken to the emergency room and the hospital told the company that something major could happen if the member wasn’t hospitalized, they talked about compensation for damages and took the members to the concert [to perform.”

They added, “Never mind the payout, the company did not even reveal proper documentations even once. The only thing the members wanted at the end of 2013 was for the company to be transparent with their documents, but they refused to show the members anything relating to the amount of sales. The members, to this day, do not know the guarantee or terms under which they performed in various concerts.”

“TS Entertainment pressured them to act their part of the contract, while the company did not.”

On the alleged third party involved in B.A.P’s lawsuit, mentioned in TS Entertainment’s latest press release, the legal representative replied, “The company that tried to turn us [them] into singing machines is the only 3rd part involved in this conflict. TS is refusing to give any proof and spreading false truths about the existence of a third party. The members are trying to press defamation charges against the company as well.”

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TS Entertainment has released their second official statement following their first statement on November 27th, since B.A.P filed a lawsuit against the agency, citing unfair wages and requesting contract nullification.

Since then, there have been reports that the tensions between B.A.P and TS Entertainment have been ongoing since May 2014, Dispatch released an exclusive Q&A article discussing B.A.P’s side in the controversy, andadditional reports regarding TS Entertainment and unfair wages for additional groups have arisen.

Now, through a press release, TS Entertainment has released their second official statement regarding these disputes.

Hello, this is TS Entertainment.

First we would like to apologize for worrying those who have been watching us with care. We bow to you in apology.

TS Entertainment, since its launch in 2008, has produced groups such asUntouchable, Secret, and B.A.P, and is nearing the launch of a new group as well. As K-Pop became an international phenomenon and proudly set its foundations, we have made it our goal to introduce our artists to the world and grow along side the rapidly growing culture.

B.A.P was the first boy band we produced and our cherished project. We invested so much into the group that investment wise, we would not be lacking when compared to any other company out there. Thankfully, the 6 members were all hard working, as well as talented. Also because they worked so hard, B.A.P became a notable K-Pop group that could successfully go on world tours twice.

While we were working hard hand-in-hand, the members notified us [in October] through their chief manager that they wanted to take a break. We decided to respect their request and cancelled their South American and Japanese tour to give them a long period of break. The members went back and forth from their dorm to their families and sometimes even outside of the country to recharge themselves. They kept in contact with the company through all of this. Recently we had confirmed that they would agree to restart their activities starting with awards in January, and had begun to plan schedules for next year. This was in progress when we ran into a report on November 27th about the lawsuit filed against us.

Even on the day that the lawsuit was passed (November 26th), we had talked with the members like any other ordinary day, so it was even a huge shock to us on the 27th. We tried to contact the members through their chief manager, but could not reach them. We then tried to contact their parents and then from those we were able to contact, we were able to confirm that the lawsuit was indeed real and the parents requested for us to them “talk through the lawyers.” We have been waiting for the formal statement of accusation to arrive in order to truly be able to grasp the situation.

Meanwhile, through a number of media sources, we witnessed many accusations stockpile against us. This caused us to be suspicious, and especially because B.A.P had passed their BEP (Break Even Point) and was on the verge of making a steep amount of profit, the gravity of the situation increased. Finally, we were able to gain credible news from certain sources that there is a party behind this who is trying to create an air of hostility between B.A.P and us in order to recruit them easily.

We plan to find this party and as soon as we are able to, we will make sure they pay for not only playing against the rules of this business, but defacing the K-Pop industry as a whole.

In truth, we still not have received an official statement of accusation because there was a mix-up in the stamping of the document, so the court has ordered it to be fixed. Although we have not yet received the official document, the company has requested to view the contents and wants to answer the topics of controversy at the moment.

Controversy 1) $10 million USD ->$ 17,800 USD

TS: B.A.P reached their BEP at their 2 year mark. The payout for the 2nd half of 2014 is expected to be $285,000 USD, but if things had gone according to schedule, the expected payout would be approximately $600,000 USD.

The investment in B.A.P started when they were trainees and bigger investments started in late 2011, when Bang Yong Gook debuted first with “I Remember” and when the unit BANG&ZELO, which released “Never Give Up,” was created. As you can see from the chart above, up until 2013, the cost [of investing] was bigger than the profit. This is because we prioritized “the invasion of the globe through music,” that is, the dream of B.A.P and the goal of TS Entertainment. Thus, we continued to invest, risking losses, and in the end, we were able to turn B.A.P into a solid next generation K-Pop artist. Additionally, it is a very impressive feat to pass their BEP in just 2 years in this industry.

As can be seen in the charts above, after the BEP was reached, the profit grew at a phenomenal rate. Even looking at late 2014 (July to December), if we had stayed on schedule with the South American and Japanese tours, we were expecting a total of $600,000 USD for the group. However, due to cancellation of the schedules, we expect the payout to be around $285,000 USD.

We had estimated, depending on the amount of activities in 2015, that the payout for early 2015 would have reached $1.8 million USD.

Controversy 2) 1( B.A.P):9(TS) profit ratio

TS: The expected average profit share through the contract was a ratio of 4(B.A.P):6(TS).

Before we discuss this, we would like to reveal how we calculate the settlements. We process the turnout every 6 months through this method. First we deduct the cost from the total sales from B.A.P and then we take the profit and categorize it into channels and venues through which the sales were made, before distributing the profits.

The reason we deduct costs from total sales is because there are things that are hard to classify, such as specific types of cost like as dorms, transportation, food, lessons, exercise, massages, hospital bills, T-Money, etc.

The reason the distribution for events and performance is a ratio of 5:5 and the distribution for album/audio files/merchandise is a ratio of 1:9 is because the former costs less in production than the latter. Also, the latter requires us to pay our employees after distribution, as well as pay for the venues of concerts and events, and we usually include the cost of labor in the production cost itself.

In early 2014, we focused more on albums, concerts, and music files because we wanted to increase the fame of B.A.P. Through everyone’s hard work, we successfully finished two world tours and we were shifting our focus onto activities that would turn the average distribution of profits to a ratio of 4(B.A.P):6(TS).

Controversy 3) Slave contract?

TS: Our contract is standard with the FTC (Fair Trade Commission) and has additional, simple elaborations in some parts of the contract.

All the facts mentioned through one media source are based on the “standard contract” according to the Fair Trade Commission and elaborates on certain parts.

On the issue of the length of the contract, according to the “standard contract,” it says if there are instances where “long overseas activities or contracts with overseas agencies” or other reasons that require contracts to be longer, one can extend the length of the contract through a written agreement.

At the time [B.A.P signed their contracts,] we set the length as “7 years from the release of an album (single, group, digital or official)” and the members each signed in March, June, or September of 2011. Since some members, such as Zelo and Yong Gook began activities earlier, the members all have different termination dates.

Controversy 4) Issue of trust

TS: Issue of communication [with family members]

Last July, even after the payout was completed, the B.A.P members had no problems and continued their schedules. But after mid-September they started acting odd. They disappeared and showed emotional fits and thus their scheduled activities suffered. However, we apologized to the broadcasting people countless times in order to protect the members.

Then, we gained information from their management team and executive members of the company and tried to think of a solution for the emotional stress they [B.A.P] were receiving. When they requested that they “wanted to rest,” we respected that and since October 13th, we agreed to “minimize official schedules” and cancelled the South American and Japanese tour so that they could get enough rest until the end of the year.

We kept in contact with them continuously and had meals with them. Since none of them seemed to act out of the ordinary, we thought they were simply resting and getting ready for their activities. Additionally, as is mentioned before, we had previously confirmed that they would begin activities again in January. We became aware of the lawsuit in the midst of these activities.

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These are our official responses to the controversy that is prevalent at the moment and we plan to reveal everything and prove the truth in front of the court, one by one. We can say with confidence that TS Entertainment did not break any laws and that we have never treated B.A.P wrongly or forced them into anything.

Our company policy is “Honesty, Hard work and Humility.” Perhaps our wish to create a better, more comfortable environment where their talents to be improved was communicated incorrectly. If we failed to recognize that we were hurting the members’ hearts, it is also our fault and the result of our inexperience.

Finally, TS Entertainment would like to talk to the members of B.A.P and discuss the goals we had talked about when they debuted and wish they would harden their resolves again. However, if they continue to disregard our attempts at communication, we will do as they wish and find the best way to solve this problem in court.

We would like to once again apologize to everyone we have worried with this incident and promise we will do our best to reach an amicable settlement on the issue.

[B.A.P Official Facebook] TS Official Statement

Hello, this is TS Entertainment.

First, we bow our heads in apology for unintentionally worrying those who have been watching over out label with love.

After TS Entertainment was founded in 2008, we have put out artists such as Untouchable, SECRET, and B.A.P for the past 7 years, and we will soon be launching a rookie band. As K-Pop becomes a flow of worldly culture, we put our goals in increasing our label artists’ capacities, introduce them to the world, and grow together with them.

B.A.P was our label’s first ambitious boy group, and our investment and preparation for them was big enough not to be lagging when compared to any other label. Thankfully, the six B.A.P members that stuck together through talent and effort also worked hard, and B.A.P members distinguished themselves as a K-Pop artist who could even have 2 world tours.

While we were running hard together, around October, the members told us through their management team leader that they wanted to rest. We respected their intentions and cancelled all schedules including their South American tour and their Japan tour, and gave them a long rest. During this, the members went back and forth between the dorms, their homes, and overseas to recharge, and continuously kept in contact with the label. And recently, we confirmed with them that they wanted to restart their promotions starting with the award shows in January, and we were planning their schedules for next year, and we were abruptly told of the news of their lawsuit through a media company’s article on November 27th.

Our company was in great shock when the news article on the lawsuit came out on the 27th because even up until the afternoon on November 26th, when the complaint was filed, the label employees and the members contacted each other and made every day talk. Immediately, the label tried to contact the members through the management team leader, but we could not get in contact with them. Afterward, we tried to contact their parents, and the parents who we were able to get into contact with confirmed the filing of the complaint, and requested that we “talk to the lawyer.” To this, we decided that the company would only be able to understand the details of the situation after we received the complaint, and had been waiting to receive it.

However, even before the label received the complaint, we were put to question because of the continuous, one-sided points that a small number of media sites reported. Because B.A.P hit the break-even point in 2014 and had been facing imminent high profit, the situation looked even more serious. Finally, we were tipped off by credible sources that there are a de facto power behind the media reports to make the relationship between B.A.P and our label worse to recruit B.A.P with advantageous conditions for the new label.

To this, the label will thoroughly grasp the identity of the de facto power and take strong action. As soon as we are able to confirm it, we will demand strict responsibility of those who have violated business ethics and depreciating K-Pop.

In fact, our company didn’t receive the complaint formally. It turned out that the law firm representing the plaintiff didn’t pay the right amount of the fee in filing the complaint and so the court sent “the correction order” to the lawyer. Even though our company didn’t receive the complaint, we were able to acquire the copy of the complaint by asking the court. And hereby we’d like to make our official statement in those points raised by some press.

Point 1) 10 billion KRW in sales for 3 years, for 17.8 million per member

TS->Reached the break-even point in about 2 years. During the second half of 2014, the predicted total profit is 285 million KRW. If the schedules were carried out as expected, the predicted total profit in the 2nd half of 2014 was 600 million KRW.

Our investment in B.A.P started during their trainee years, and the large costs were used starting in the second half of 2011, with leader Bang Yong Guk’s solo single ‘I Remember’ and BANG&ZELO’s unit ‘Never Give Up’ album production costs. As you can see from the above chart, even until 2013, costs were bigger than profits. This is because instead of immediate profit, the B.A.P members worked for their own dream and the company’s goal in “taking over the world through music.” Thanks to these bold investments, B.A.P was able to mark their place as the next-generation K-pop artist, and they reached the break-even point in about 2 years since debut in early 2014, and were able to make results that the industry had to pay close attention to.

As you can see from the chart, after they reached the break-even point, B.A.P’s costs and profits margin keep largely widening, and B.A.P should have been able to create exponential profit. As you can see immediately from the second half of 2014 (July-December), if they went through with the schedules such as the South American tour, the Japanese tour, and the Chinese events, they were predicted to bring in a total of 600 million KRW in net-profits. However, because these were sadly cancelled, we predict their total net-profits for the second half of 2014 would be 285 million KRW.

Also, depending on their activities in 2015, we were predicting 1.8 billion KRW for their net-profits, which is 15 times the amount of their 1st profit distribution.

Point 2) Profit ratio 1 (B.A.P): 9 (TS) ?

TS-> Their average profit ratio during the contract period is predicted to be 4 (B.A.P) : 6 (TS)

Before we explain the “profit ratio,” let us explain how our label calculates profits. In accordance with the contract, the label calculates profits every 6 months. Firstly, we deduct all the investment fees that we used for B.A.P from all the sales related to B.A.P. And then we divide the leftover profits according to the sales type, and then again with the artists’ profit ratio. The reason why we do not deduct each cost per type but from the total first is because there are a lot of costs that cannot be deducted from a specific category, such as their dorms, their transportation, their food, their tuition, their lessons, their culture activities, their workouts, their massages, their hospital costs, their T-money, etc.

The reason why the album/song/MD (1:9) profit ratio is lower than the performance/advertisement/event (5:5) profit ratio is because the latter uses low costs compared to the artist fee and the costs that come from outsourcing is counted as a joint cost. But in the former case, we sometimes do outsource, but the personnel costs in using specialty staff in the label (contents planning/design/production, video, MD planning/production/sales, fan marketing, etc) is not counted as joint costs, but because the label has to pay it ourselves after dividing costs with the artists.

The profit ratio calculated in the first half of 2014 was measured low because it was mostly on album promotions through albums and songs to secure the popularity in the beginning stages of their debut. After this, through everyone’s effort, B.A.P was able to successfully finish 2 world tours and have confidently placed themselves as a remarkable K-pop artist, and so their profit creation composition and average profit ratio is also changing. This is as the members and the label aimed for, and it was faithfully devoted to the goal of reflecting the artists’ level of contribution in the success in the profit composition. We were predicting an average profit ratio of 4 (B.A.P) : 6 (TS) as their concerts, events, and advertisements would be the main activities from now on.

Point 3) Slave contract?

TS -> The same contract as set by the Fair Trade Commission + Details

The “slave contract” as said through one media outlet is all based on the standard contract set by the Fair Trade Commission, and included details that materialized the contract.

Also on the contract period, if you see the contract period as specified by the Fair Trade Commission’s standard contract, it is based on 7 years. However, in cases where it is “necessary because of signing and fulfilling contracts with a foreign management company for long-term overseas promotions,” or “when the contract needs to be maintained for longer for other proper reasons”, it can be extended through “agreement in written.”

B.A.P’s exclusive contract period is set for “7 years based on when the album (solo album, digital album put out as a group, full-length album) was first released.” The members signed the exclusive contracts in March, June, and September of 2011 individually. Because leader Bang Yong Guk and member Zelo were active as solo and unit before B.A.P, all of the members’ contract termination date is different.

Point 4) Problem of trust

TS -> Problem of communication

In July, even after the profit distribution, the B.A.P members carried out schedules without saying anything. However, because they acted emotionally unexpectedly such as suddenly disappearing in mid-September, plans to carry out promised schedules such as variety shows fell apart. However, the label apologized multiple times to the broadcast stations and their employees and asked for them to be excused, and worked hard to protect the members.

Also, the label paid attention and tried to find a fundamental solution by talking through the management team leader and executive staff to the emotional situations that the B.A.P members had been through. When the members responded that they wanted to rest, on October 23rd, we agreed to minimize official promotions and canceled the South American and Japanese tours, and took actions so they could rest abundantly until the end of the year.

Even after this, the B.A.P members had continuous communication with the label employees, lived in the dorm, went together to hospitals, and ate together, like nothing had changed, so we had believed that they would prepare for their next promotions while resting and waited. As we have said before, we were told that they wanted to restart promotions in January, and were planning schedules for next year, and suddenly received this news.

The label’s official response to the points will end here, and the label will provide the court with detailed, transparent material for all the problems the complaint brings up to bring clear light to all the facts and truths. What is certain is that TS Entertainment did nothing illegal, and we have never treated B.A.P unfairly or forcefully.

TS Entertainment’s company motto is “honest, diligence, modesty.” Perhaps our intention to make an environment where the members could make a warm home away from home as well as one their talents were well-matched instead of focusing on immediate profit was wrongly relayed. If we were not able to figure out the members’ hurt emotions, this is also a mistake from trial and error because our label’s employees are not experienced enough.

Lastly, TS Entertainment hopes B.A.P members can tell us frankly what they want and look again at the dreams that we aimed for together early in their debut. However, if the members continue to block conversation even with continuous attempts for communication and want to take matters to court, the label will respect their decisions and find a clear solution in court.

Once again, we bow our heads sincerely for worrying many people, and will work hard to do our best in finding a solution for this situation.

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[Ohmystar News] Violation of Contracts? B.A.P Is Not The Only One

There has been evidence shown to prove that there has been problems with the company’s contract with its artists before B.A.P has filed a lawsuit against them.

On the 26th, the six members of B.A.P (Bang Yongguk, Himchan, Youngjae, Daehyun, Jongup, Zelo) has filed a lawsuit to nullify their contract with their company TS Entertainment. The company has reacted to this lawsuit on the 27th, stating that “the slave contract is not true, the company has supported B.A.P for all their activities and were working with them to the fullest to help reach a common goal” and “we granted the artist a momentary hiatus because we respected our artist and put them as our top priority”.

A broadcast official testified new information based off of the company’s explanation and stated “Other than B.A.P, TS Entertainment’s other artist, Group A, had many appearances to events and released albums but practically received nothing from their profits”.

This official said “Despite their activities, such as attending university events, they still receive $700 a month and help with producing music and lyrics inside the company.” He added “they probably didn’t receive proper calculations or any statements regarding their profits,” Also, “a fairly popular Group B also had issues with their profit distribution and every time a member would complain, the company would temporarily comfort them with gifts.”

It has been reported that Group A has recently been receiving profit statements this year. Compiling the officials testimonies, Group A has been active for 8 years but they never received a clear explanation of their earned profits. An associate of TS revealed “There is a separate accounting team so they would know the specifics, but it is true that the company failed to be clear with their singers regarding their profit distribution and contract terms,” and added “There has been a lot of talk amongst the artists about the lack of clarity regarding their profit distributions,”

The TS public relations official told <Oh My Star> “that is not true”. He said “Group A didn’t have many outside activities to begin with,” and said there was no problems with that group. When asked about the unclear profit distribution, he replied ” there have been times where we gave them personal gifts but that had no relation to their profits,”

“This problem is not limited to B.A.P…it is something we need to work on together”

B.A.P’s representatives argued that “3 years after our debut we have made an estimated $10 million in sales, but we only received $18,000 per member” and “the term of the contract started not on the date that we signed but it was calculated to start on the day of our first album release. We released 11 albums from our debut in January 2012 and with endless oversea promotions our health has worsened considerably,”

According to B.A.P representatives accusations, TS Entertainment hasn’t followed the Fair TRADES Commision laws created in 2009 regarding the “Right to consent on entertainer activities”, “be against the explicit intent of the contracts prohibitions”, and the “right to refuse unfair demands”.

TS Entertainment was started in 2008 by the manager of the popular late 1980’s to 1990 group, So Bang Cha. Without a particular income during the early start of the company, it was in danger of bankruptcy. With artists’ perseverance and hard work has given the company its standing ground and began growing relatively quickly, getting attention from the music industry.

The video is about the conflicts between entertainments and its artists. B.A.P is mentioned and the reporter from Dispatch is briefly stating the facts we already know from their article (unfair money distribution between TS and its members, etc)

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SNS Updates by Friends/Family/Artist/Staff

Instagram - m_sk9 (past manager)

Instagram - soulsnatch (photographer)

Twitter - HAK Ssem (Daehyun’s teacher)

First, Dispatch has cleaned everything up the most realistically and I couldn’t say anything while I was active because I worried it would harm the team but I want to say something now.

They didn’t ask for the payment last year, they just wanted to see the details of how they were going to get paid but they didn’t even show that properly. They just provided the total amount of what they calculated and told them to view it briefly. How can you expect the parents to accept that. They never explained in detail how they were at a minus so of course from the parents’ standpoint it didn’t make sense.

At first they wouldn’t even meet the parents but after they met, the parents complained about how they could act that way to the parents of their company’s artists. Of course it could have meant to be amongst themselves but how can the parents not be worried when the company they believed would take care of their children behaves that way?

They have cut off all ties to the outside world for the past 3 years. Never mind not having a cell phone, even if the fan signings were at one of the member’s hometowns they wouldn’t let them see their parents for more than 10 minutes. Even though they obviously knew they had nothing scheduled, they wouldn’t let them see their parents who came from far away. They never had an official break and lived under the manager’s watch.

This is the first time they ever had an official break. Before they had breaks given secretly by the managers or head of the team for one or two days. The official break is actually very shameful because everything fell apart after a confrontation with the parents. Almost makes you think if they’re asking them to create a scene so it can be more advantageous for them when they get sued. They didn’t care for the kids properly and almost staged it so their actions would go against the contract so they cancelled a schedule but quickly rescheduled it right after…During their early debut days these people were monitoring them even if they were going to the convenience store across the company building. They are these type of people, I think people are very nice.

They worried about keeping in contact with anyone via Kakaotalk or Facetime on their iPads and what would happen if they were caught contacting anyone so they would erase whatever they had on their iPads after they were done using them. These kids lived memorizing their friends, teachers, and parents phone numbers.

The physical strain is obvious and the mental strain was too hard on them so they got hospital treatment but they force the kid who went to get treatment to attend their schedule and told their parents that if they don’t participate in the schedule they will ask for damage compensation. I heard this from the parents themselves who said the manager has yelled those words to them.

In the article it mentioned that the members depended on their parents for hospital bills but that wasn’t the only thing they needed support with. They didn’t have any income so anything that was personal from their debut to now was provided by their parents via transfer of funds or use of the parents credit cards.

The parents had requested to talk to the company many times but the members assured their parents even while getting IV shots. They told them to believe in them and all they needed was to work hard on their music. These members never complained and worked hard on their activities.

It doesn’t matter to me if you move those words elsewhere. No, I want you to spread this as much as you can so many people will be able to see it. I am more than ready to fight for Daehyun.

@bap_s_o_u: currently I can’t come to contact the members so I showed it to the parents and received permission to upload those words.

@bap_s_o_u: also I never uploaded those words with a light heart

trans. cr; nicole @ baptrans ; take out with full credit

[DISPATCH] Why did B.A.P sign a slave contract?

Q1. So for the approximate 3 years they have been active, did they receive 18 million won($18,000) for their earnings?

To be precise it was 17.9 million won($17,900). B.A.P has signed a contract with TS Entertainment in March of 2011. They debuted January of 2012. However until June of 2014 they have never received a single payment. They received their first payment on July 31 2014 and that amount was 17.9 million won($17,900) per person.

Q2. If you divide that over 40 months that is about 500 thousand won($500) per month

D. In B.A.P’s case dorms, eating, transportation etc was covered by the company. At least during their promotions they didn’t need their own personal money. However it is different in personal cases. For example the members had to borrow money from their families when they had hospital fees. One of B.A.P’s acquaintances said “They had no choice but to depend on their families for hospital fees” and “They had no choice but to endure it for their future”.

Q3.What are the conditions of the contract between B.A.P and their company?

D. According to the contract ‘Dispatch’ has received, the division of profits was very big. Firstly, album earnings were divided 1 (B.A.P):9 (company). They were given 10% from characters and merchandise sales.

Q4. 10% of sales? Or 10% of profits?

D. Whatever was left over from the expenses of merchandise. Basically, 10% of net profit. For example, B.A.P sells the ‘Matoki’ dolls. If we say the net profit for a 20,000 won($20) doll was 6,000 won($6), B.A.P would get 10% of the net profit so they would receive 600 won(.60 cents). And you would further divide that ⅙. So each member would be getting 100 won(.10 cents).

Q5. Do the 1:9 contracts still exist nowadays?

D. It is possible. B.A.P has agreed on the profit tariff. But, starting from the third album the division has been raised to be 2:8. B.A.P has released 11 albums so far. But they only have one official album. Basically, B.A.P still receives 10% of album profits.

Q4. B.A.P is more famous overseas. What are the profits for oversea performances?

D. The profit division for concerts, events, and performances are 5:5. It is a higher division than album divisions. Commercial performance fees, magazine sales etc are also divided by half. However, we have no way of knowing if these sales have been properly calculated and recorded. B.A.P’s side argued that the profits from overseas performances were a trick.

Q5. What kind of tricks are present in oversea performance calculations?

D. The guarantee for oversea performances are definite profits. However, the company has recorded these profits as expenses. According to the statement that ‘Dispatch’ received, 1.2 billion won($1.2 million) payment for a Japanese performance was recorded as an expense. 140 million won($140,000) for magazine contract fees was also recorded as an expense.

Also, the overall payment of 17.9 million won($17,900) capitals aren’t specified. For example, none of the payments are mentioned if it’s an album, a commercial, a broadcast appearance, an event. Basically, they have contracted to have a division of 1:9, 2:8, and 5:5 but nothing in their payment states what area they are receiving pay for therefore not knowing how much they are getting from the division.

Q6. The B.A.P sides are accusing that there has been false sums

D: That is true, for example, the ‘unknown public relations fee’. If you look at the statement from January of this year, an approximate 1.6 billion won($1.6 million) has been recorded as being used for a ‘public relations fee’. However, in the secondary statement from July of this year the ‘public relations fee’ has shrunken to 200 million won($200,000). Instead the ‘album promotion fee’ has been newly added. B.A.P side is requested an explanation to the 1.5 billion won($1.5 million) of the album promotion fee.

Q7. What is the stance of the company on the album promotion expenses?

D. We have asked the head accountant “Where were the album promotion expenses provided”. As a reply, “It went into the personal account of the CEO so I don’t know”. The B.A.P side has requested to read the fee transfer statement but were rejected. B.A.P side is hoping that the portion regarding the use will be revealed at the court hearing.

Q8. Why did B.A.P wait 3 years to bring up the problems

D. They have requested the account statements late 2013. The company didn’t reveal anything that year, and January of 2014 was the first time they revealed the account statement. However, due to prevent leaking the information outside they only had them view them briefly. They added that they had no money to pay them with. They had told them that the expenses were greater than the sales so they were at a loss.

Q9. Did the parents of B.A.P accept those facts?

D. According to the company’s first account statement, the profits from March 2011 to December 2013 the profits was 500 million won($500,000). B.A.P has requested an account statement one more time with the help of an attorney in March 2014. And then they received the secondary account statement checks in July 2014.

Q10. How were the account statement details for July 2014?

D. January 2014 (2011 - December 2013) the account statement was at a ‘minus’. However the July account statement (2011 - June 2014) the account statement has returned to a ‘plus’. Over the six months, the net profit has increased over 600 million won($600,000). Also the company has paid each member 17.9 million won($17,900).

Q11. How did a group at a loss turn into a surplus group?
D. According to the secondary statement, over the past 3 years B.A.P has earned (in total profits) 9.9 billion won($9.9 million). Total expenditure was under 9.3 billion won($9.3 million). So suddenly they changed to a 600 million won($600,000) surplus. CJ performance 1.2 billion won($1.2 million) pay was recorded as a sale. Here the commercial profits were an additional at least 400 million won($400,000). The first statement merchandise profits of 900 million won($900,000) had jumped to a 2.6 billion won($2.6 million) in the secondary statement.

Q12. What is B.A.P questioning the most?

D. The 5:5 division of the performance profits. B.A.P is arguing that the japanese performance and CJ performance profits were not recorded properly. Firstly, a portion of the Japanese performance profits were recorded as an expense. CJ performance fees were different from what they had verified scale.

Even if they do believe in the company’s entire statement 100%, it is outside of common sense. If they gave up on the Japan performance profits and received the 5:5 division from the CJ performances…each member would have received at least 100 million won($100,000). No matter how you look at it, it is not understandable and doesn’t make sense as to how “it’s only $17,900”.

Q13. Then it is necessary to look over the contract

D: The contract was a 7 year contract starting from March of 2011. However, it is technically over 7 years. It is because the contract started not from the time the group was made but it started from the time an album was released. B.A.P debut album was released in January 2012. According to this, the contract would end in January 2019. Basically, B.A.P’s contract length is 7 years and 10 months.

Q14. It is known that the normal contract length is 7 years

D: There is a particular clause in the contract. According to the article 3 of the contract it states that , <The contract will end almost 7 years from the first album release>. They have stated that it took one year to prepare for a successful entertainment activity. They have used these tactics to extend the contract length. (tn: so basically they are in contract for 8 years)

Q15. What part of the contract is B.A.P arguing that it is a slave contract?

D: According to article 3 section 5, if they no longer can participate in entertainment activity due to personal affairs, they will extend the contract terms. Basically, military duties, infant care, or being hospitalized for more than 30 days due to personal issues, they will extend the contract terms for the same amount of time.

Article 6 ‘The latter’s rights and responsibilities’ also catch our eyes. If you look at section 6, if they receive public criticism due to use of recreational drugs, indecent relationships with the opposite sex, etc all responsibility and loss following will be compensated by that person.

Article 16 about ‘compensations’ are amazing. From the moment the contract has been terminated, the monthly mean of sales is multiplied by however many months of the contract they had left. For example, B.A.P has earned a total of 9.9 billion won($9.9 million) over 3 years. They have about 49 months of the contract left. If they terminate the contract now and compensate, they would have to pay 14 billion won($14 million).

Q16. We know that this is similar to other companies as well.

D: The country’s entertainment companies return to a promoting system. They invest a lot of money into raising singers. Especially in small companies if the singers don’t succeed the company has to be responsible for all the losses. That’s why they make the contract terms as long as possible, not counting the years of mandatory military service.

Q17. B.A.P has been aware of all this and still stamped the contract

D: B.A.P has understood those parts. They said “It wasn’t that we didn’t understand the early risks of the company. That is why we endured the unfair contract and even not getting paid for 3 years”. They want to know if the company has done what they had promised to do in the contract. Basically, it is a problem of trust.

Q18. Problem of trust, where has it gone wrong

D: It was this past October 19. A member has been taken to the emergency room for exhaustion due to long exposure of stress and overworking. As he was getting an IV in the hospital room, a company representative has showed up. It was because the member needed to go to Changwon for a performance.

On October 24, there was also a problem when MBC has a performance in China. B.A.P has said they could not go to the China for the performance due to health problems. They even gave the company doctor’s notes. However the company representative said “If the broadcast company sues us you guys will take full responsibility” and forced them to go to the performance.

Q19. How is the process going after they have submitted the law suit?

D: B.A.P has stated that this is not simply a problem with payment. They have taken hold of the money they earned in the past and worried about the future. They asked how they could have a vision for the future with a trust already broken. That is why they decided to sue for the nullification of their contract and unfair gain.

The law will decide on the outcome of TS Entertainment’s unfair contract. However, TS will need an explanation for their payment statements. They will need to explain how B.A.P was paid that much and prove it. If it is shown that the money was used for personal reasons, B.A.P will be suing the company CEO for embezzlement and many more offenses.

[Soompi] All 6 B.A.P Members File Lawsuit Against TS Entertainment, Agency Releases Official Statement

An exclusive report by Xports News has been released, stating that the six members of B.A.P are suing their company for nullification of their contract, according to legal sources. The members allegedly submitted the lawsuit to the Seoul Western District Court on November 26.

According to the report, the submitted suit claims that the members’ contracts with the agency are considerably advantageous to the company and unfavorable to the members.

The report states that the official contract starting date is not when the contracts were signed, but the date of the release of the first album, and continues for a duration of seven plus years. Moreover, the contract allegedly goes against what is outlined by the Fair Trade Commission for the prevention of “slave contracts,” and contains clauses that violate civil rights, outlines unfair profit distribution, etc.

TS Entertainment stated to Xports News that they will be releasing an official statement upon confirmation of the lawsuit.

Previously, on October 28, TS Entertainment wrote on their home page that B.A.P needed time to recharge after their hard work and efforts, and announced that the group’s South America tour would be canceled.

Source (1)

TS Official Statement

On the afternoon of November 27, TS Entertainment released their official statement:

“Thus far, TS Entertainment has done our best to support our artist B.A.P with a common goal. As we revealed this past October 28, in consideration of our artist, we canceled all official promotions for the group, and they were taking a break. In the midst of discussions with the group about their future promotions, we found out about the sudden lawsuit through news reports.”

“Currently, we are looking into the details of the matter. However, the ‘unfair contract clauses’ and ‘slave contracts,’ that were mentioned in previous reports as the main issues brought up by the lawsuit do not exist, and unilateral unfair treatment of the artist by our agency also never happened.”

“Upon confirming the details of the lawsuit, we will be taking the proper steps to see it through. We sincerely apologize to all the fans of TS Entertainment artists for causing concern.”

Source (2)

2015/03/06

[☆] B.A.P SUING THEIR COMPANY

TS Entertainment has released their second official statement following their first statement on November 27th, since B.A.P filed a lawsuit against the agency, citing unfair wages and requesting contract nullification.

[Soompi] All 6 B.A.P Members File Lawsuit Against TS Entertainment, Agency Releases Official Statement