[NB] Girl group trainee ordered to pay 12.47 million won for leaving without authorization

[Mccuish]

 

Article: Girl group trainee forced to pay 12.47 million won for leaving without authorization

Source: News 1 via Nate

1. [+162, -0] Girlfriend

2. [+153, -3] The only 6 member girl group that debuted this year was Girlfriend...

3. [+93, -7] (Lyrics to Glass Bead) It's not just that the group's debut was delayed, there's a lot of money involved that the company invested so she needs to pay the appropriate penalty.

4. [+13, -8] It's Girlfriend but not a current member, an ex-member who left the company and quit the group. Don't misunderstand.

5. [+10, -3] There's only one 6 member girl group that debuted in January ã…‹

6. [+6, -2] The kids who sang Glass Bead

[Jo.]

That must be a lot of money for a former trainee to pay, but I was under the impression that a trainee debt would be a lot more.

[Mao]

nvm im dumb

[cnude]

I mean it sucks but it's part of their contracts.

[SLAY]

YAAAASSSS please anticipate GFRIEND's upcoming comeback in June!

[KPF93]

damn

[nolja]

YAAAASSSS please anticipate GFRIEND's upcoming comeback in June!

how can they make comeback when they need money from that girl to fund their come back

[Irrelephant]

She must have had a pretty grave reason to peace out. 

[Bootyhole]

1. [+162, -0] Girlfriend

 

 

[SLAY]

This article is actually about me. I'm GFRIEND's 7th member but I left before debut because I wanna debut solo

[wujunugu]

This article is actually about me. I'm GFRIEND's 7th member but I left before debut because I wanna debut solo

[flyhigh]

Yikes, wonder what the reason was

[beautifulday]

calculating how much JYP can claim their ex-trainee/artirsts who left the company

[NARA.]

Poor Girl

[indigo]

Huh, is that training debt or a penalty?

[hot toe picker]

so it's a girl who was a part of the line-up but quit before debut? She must've quit before August 2014 then because there's videos of the six members practicing the choreo for Glass Bead way back then. 

[tay desu]

how can they make comeback when they need money from that girl to fund their come back

 

I'm pretty sure they're doin alright on their own.

 

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YAAAASSSS please anticipate GFRIEND's upcoming comeback in June!

[Jiyu]

that sucks 

[nolja]

Huh, is that training debt or a penalty?

her ps fee

She must have had a pretty grave reason to peace out.

they probly asked her to get a nose job or something

[Twice]

I wonder why she left. 

[˹AS˼]

We need to make a GoFundMe page for her! That's $11,500!!! She probably didn't even get a dime from training.

[timpa]

Most trainees aren't accumulating debt they must pay back. The companies just view itbas training costs. A lot are not under contracts and can leave at anytime. A trainee doesn't usually accrue debt until they sign a debut contract which usually then locks them into the agency as they are expected to debut. These usually specify a time (debut within 1 or 2 years) and the debt costs them tend to be those that keep you from earning profits for awhile(maybe ever) after debut.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if this involved some plastic surgery. Around $12,000 us is too much to just be 1/7 of food/housing/special training.

[Truth_hurts]

I feel sorry for her.

[Fentyoncé]

Full story from AKP:

 

A female trainee that ran away right before debut has been ordered by the court to pay the penalty for breaking her contract.

 

On the 18th, the Seoul Central Court revealed that they had ordered a Miss Kim to pay 12,470,000 KRW (approximately 11,500 USD) to the label A, who had originally sued her for 55,700,000 KRW (approximately 51,400 USD) for damages.

 

According to A, Miss Kim was supposed to be a part of a 7-member group that was to debut last year in July, and signed a short-term training contract with her and her mother in October 2013. However, in April, she told the label, "I want to rest at home. I'm quitting", and stopped coming to practice. Another trainee also left afterward, and the girl group had to ultimately debut as a 6-member group in January this year instead. Company A sued Miss Kim by saying, "We suffered losses because of a one-sided contract breach", and the court accepted a part of their demands.

 

The judge on the case said, "[since Miss Kim broke the contract], as follows from the penalty fee clause that is stated in the contract, she must pay twice the amount of fees that Company A invested in her. We do not think the penalty fees are overly heavy."

 

Miss Kim had said, "Company A ordered an impossible amount of weight loss and excluded me from practice because of my looks," but the judge dismissed her claims. However, on Company A's claims that she also had to pay the penalty for the 5-month delay in the girl group's debut, the judge stated that the delay could have also been from the other member that left, and ruled she did not have to pay for those.

[hiraishrimp]

I hope the girls themselves don't receive abuse for this