Kennedy Center Must Pay $250,000 in Legal Fees to Musician Who Canceled in Protest
Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier said the center owes Chuck Redd $252,479.70 after dismissing its contract suit over his canceled Christmas Eve performance.
- On Monday, D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ordered the Kennedy Center to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,479 in legal fees, with payment due within 45 days.
- Redd withdrew from his annual Christmas Eve Jazz Jam in December 2025 to protest the Kennedy Center's decision to add President Donald Trump's name to the building.
- Former Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell initially threatened to sue Redd for $1 million, but Judge Jones Bosier dismissed the suit in June, citing the D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act and finding no signed contract existed.
- Calling the litigation 'politically motivated,' attorney Lisa Banks stated the 'Trump-controlled Kennedy Center' attempted to silence opposition, a claim the court supported by finding the fees 'reasonable.'
- Although Trump's name has been removed from the facility following a separate federal court order, a tarp still conceals the facade, and the board must provide a status update this month.
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Judge orders Kennedy Center to pay musician Chuck Redd $252,000 in fees
A D.C. judge has ordered the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to pay more than $252K in attorneys' fees to jazz musician Chuck Redd after his lawyers successfully argued that the center's breach-of-contract lawsuit targeted his protected speech over the venue's attempted name change.
Kennedy Center ordered to pay over $250K US to jazz musician who cancelled over Trump rebrand
A Washington judge has ordered the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd more than $250,000 US in legal fees. The ruling comes just months after that same judge tossed the centre’s lawsuit accusing Redd of breach of contract.
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A Washington judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay the legal fees of a jazz artist after the performing arts institution sued him for cancelling his performance due to the incorporation of President Donald Trump's name into the venue.On Monday, Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier awarded The Post Judge orders the Kennedy Center to pay $250,000 to an artist who canceled a show for the incorporation of Trump's name appeared first on…
Judge orders Kennedy Center to pay US$250,000 to performer who cancelled show over addition of Trump’s name
The Kennedy Center sued Redd in March, arguing that he breached his contract when he canceled his performance less than a week before the show in protest of Trump’s handpicked board voting to rename the building to include the president’s name.
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