[NEWS] 090821 SM's Side of the Lawsuit

According to South Korean media, it is reported that at the Seoul Central Court, at 10:20 a.m., a session of the JaeSuYoo lawsuit took place.

SME's lawyer had stated in court that SM never forced TVXQ to star in ads or unwillingly made them perform and had always timely paid DBSK the income they deserved. SM had said in court, that because of this dispute, they had suffered from 150 billion won in direct economic losses and had made a serious blow to the company's image. So, SME hopes to resolve the dispute as soon as possible.

SME's lawyer had said that SM had wanted to stop them from promoting the cosmetic company because they were mainly worried about DBSK's image, not other goals.

The problem about DBSK belonging to SM for an excessive amount of time was talked about. SM's lawyer had said that the Korean Fair Trade Commission had recently released a respective agreement about the companies owning singers for an unlimited amount of time.

SM's lawyer had also stated that they would, every six months, have an income distribution reciept issued to the DBSK members and allowed them to sign to confirm.

SME and JaeSuYoo, though both sides were against each other in the morning, they both indicated that they did NOT want DBSK to disolve/disband.

The previous day, there had been about an estimated amount of 120 000 TVXQ fans that were also signing a petition to the court and asking for agreements to DBSK's favours.