Java List.add() UnsupportedOperationException

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I try to add objects to a List<String> instance but it throws an UnsupportedOperationException.
Does anyone know why?

My Java code:

String[] membersArray = request.getParameterValues('members');
List<String> membersList = Arrays.asList(membersArray);

for (String member : membersList) {
    Person person = Dao.findByName(member);
    List<String> seeAlso;
    seeAlso = person.getSeeAlso();
    if (!seeAlso.contains(groupDn)){
        seeAlso.add(groupDn);
        person.setSeeAlso(seeAlso);
    }
}

The error message:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    java.util.AbstractList.add(Unknown Source)
    java.util.AbstractList.add(Unknown Source)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

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