{"id":4202,"date":"2026-01-13T08:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2026-01-13T08:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:11:18","slug":"daniel-following-newjeans-departure-addresses-lawsuit-exclusively-in-english-adors-awareness-questioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"Daniel, Following NewJeans Departure, Addresses &#8216;Lawsuit&#8217; Exclusively in English; ADOR&#8217;s Awareness Questioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Daniel SNS.\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0113\/1768232040846037.png\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former NewJeans member Daniel greeted fans through a live broadcast, but only spoke about the lawsuit in English, causing some disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>On the 12th, Daniel conducted a live broadcast through a new SNS account.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, tearful from the broadcast&#8217;s start, expressed, &#8220;I&#8217;m already tearing up. This moment of greeting feels a bit unfamiliar. To say you waited isn&#8217;t enough; Bunnies (NewJeans fandom name) remained steadfast. That warmth will last a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most of the content was the same in Korean and English. However, references to the lawsuit were made exclusively in English, prompting speculation that this was a deliberate act given the issue&#8217;s sensitivity.<\/p>\n<p>In English, he said, &#8220;In time, I will tell you all about the lawsuit and everything you are curious about,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I fought until the end to be with the members. They are part of me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Daniel.\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0113\/1768232093099787.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since it was the first live broadcast after the news of NewJeans&#8217; departure, there was considerable attention, especially on the ongoing lawsuit, but some expressed disappointment as he only mentioned the details in English.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, Daniel emphasized, &#8220;I can state this clearly. There is always NewJeans in a corner of my heart. Even if we are in slightly different places, with the same heart, we remain one Bunnies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ADOR notified Daniel of the termination of his exclusive contract on the 29th of last month. Following last year&#8217;s court ruling affirming the validity of the exclusive contract, Haerin and Hyein expressed their intention to return, Hanni confirmed her return, and Minji&#8217;s status remains under discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, ADOR stated, &#8220;Regarding the individual in Daniel\u2019s family responsible for causing this dispute and the delay in NewJeans&#8217; departure and return, along with former representative Min Hee-jin, we intend to hold them legally accountable.&#8221; In addition, ADOR filed a claim for damages of about 43.1 billion KRW against Daniel, and Daniel has also appointed legal representatives to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Image source: Xportsnews, Daniel&#8217;s account<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NewJeans member Daniel greeted fans through a live broadcast, but only spoke about the lawsuit in English, causing some disappointment. On the 12th, Daniel conducted a live broadcast through a new SNS account. Daniel, tearful from the broadcast&#8217;s start, expressed, &#8220;I&#8217;m already tearing up. This moment of greeting feels a bit unfamiliar. To say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[460,659,658],"class_list":{"0":"post-4202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue","8":"tag-contract-termination","9":"tag-daniel-live-broadcast","10":"tag-newjeans-lawsuit"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}