By Mohd Haider, Benzinga | A D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against jazz drummer Chuck Redd, who canceled a Christmas Eve performance to protest the venue’s renaming for President Donald Trump. Redd, who had hosted the center’s annual free “Christmas Eve Jazz Jam” since 2006, withdrew after Trump’s name was added to both the building’s facade and website.
The center, then led by Richard Grenell, had sought $1 million in damages after Redd pulled out of the annual free “Christmas Eve Jazz Jam,” later offering a $7,500 settlement contingent on Redd performing and abandoning all “political commentary.”
No Signed Contract, Court Finds
On Friday, Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ruled officials failed to prove a legally binding agreement existed. “There’s no dispute that he did not sign the 2025 agreement,” she said, according to the Washington Post. The dismissal came under D.C.’s anti-SLAPP statute, a law designed to block lawsuits aimed at silencing public participation.
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Read more here re: the judge’s decision and why:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/court-throws-out-kennedy-center-s-1-million-case-against-musician-who-canceled-show-over-trump-renaming/
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