Judge Awards $250,000 to Musician Who Fled Trump-Led Kennedy Center Gig

The center had sued Chuck Redd when he canceled a free concert last year, citing the addition of the Trump name to the venue. But a judge dismissed the case.

Chuck Redd faced litigation after pulling out of a Christmas Eve concert in protest of the venue adding Donald Trump's name to its moniker.

Jazz musician Chuck Redd was sued by the performing arts center after backing out of a concert, but a judge later dismissed the case

Carlos Barria/REUTERS The Kennedy Center has to pay $252,000 in legal fees and costs to jazz musician Chuck Redd after its failed lawsuit against him, a judge ruled Monday. The Kennedy Center sued Redd for breach of contract after he pulled out of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve concert, at which he’d perform

Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump's name being added to the complex. In June, a superior court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against Redd.

A judge issued a Monday order requiring the Kennedy Center to pay the legal fees of Chuck Redd, a jazz musician who dropped out of his annual Christmas Eve show last year following President Trump’s overhaul of the performing arts venue.  D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier, a Biden appointee, is requiring the

The organization tried to sue Chuck Redd for backing out of an annual Christmas eve gig, but a judge dismissed the suit in June

A judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to pay a jazz musician who pulled out of a performance after the venue’s board voted to rename the building for President Donald Trump.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the Kennedy Center to pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician Chuck Redd, whom the arts center sued for cancelling a Christmas Eve concert after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the building’s facade.

A judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. must pay a jazz musician $252,000 in legal fees and costs, following the organization’s unsuccessful lawsuit against him for pulling out of a concert in the wake of a rebranding to include Donald J. Trump’s name. Chuck Redd hosted and performed at the Kenned

The Kennedy Center is being ordered to pay more than $250,000 in attorneys fees and costs to jazz musician Chuck Redd, who was sued after he backed out of a performance when Donald Trump’s name was added to the arts institution. D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier ruled that the center owes Redd…

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington was ordered to pay more than $250,000 in legal fees to a musician who canceled a Christmas Eve concert over the venue’s move to add President Donald Trump’s name.