On Sept. 12, THE BOYZ kicked off the U.S. leg of the group’s fourth world tour at The Theater at Madison Square Garden with a concert that pop-culture site OtakuKart said “encapsulates the group’s dynamic charisma and intense stage presence.” And yet, one member who originally helped define that dynamic wasn’t on the stage: Ju Haknyeon, who was dismissed from the group in June after rumors surfaced that he had met with a former Japanese adult-film actress.

In the aftermath, while his former bandmates toured the globe, Haknyeon has been wracked by sleepless nights and mounting financial fears — all stemming, he alleges, from a pattern of coercion by his former management company and label, ONE HUNDRED, that led to his sudden exit and a multimillion-dollar breach of contract lawsuit that’s

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