Amid the ongoing battle between three members of K-pop group TVXQ and their agency, SM Entertainment, held a press conference Monday to announce their stance on a recent interim court ruling prior to a final verdict. The agency of the troubled boy group stressed that the legal case regarding the three members ― Xiah, Micky and Hero ― was not about ``slave contracts'' or human rights, but ``financial temptation that started with a cosmetic business.'' ``The petition is based on financial temptations that started with a cosmetic business,'' Kim Young-min, the head of SM Entertainment, said during a press conference at the 63 Building, Yeouido, southern Seoul. Along with Kim, Nam So-young, head of SM Entertainment Japan, and executives Han Se-min and Jeong Chang-hwan, were also present at the conference. This was the agency's first official statement after the legal quarrel began.