Kennedy Center ordered to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,479.70 in legal fees

Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier ordered the Kennedy Center to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,479.70 in legal fees on 11 August 2026, per Rolling Stone. Bosier dismissed the Kennedy Center's breach of contract lawsuit in June, finding Redd had signed no contract and citing D.C.'s Anti-SLAPP laws. Redd had cancelled his annual Christmas Eve Jazz Jam in protest after the board added President Trump's name to the venue.