{"id":3757,"date":"2026-06-06T23:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:05:01","slug":"judge-tosses-kennedy-center-suit-musician-canceled-christmas-133652277","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3757","title":{"rendered":"Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance<\/a> at the Kennedy Center<\/a> in protest of President Donald Trump’s influence over the venue.<\/p>\n

The dismissal on Friday was granted under Washington’s Anti-SLAPP laws<\/a>, which are designed to prevent meritless lawsuits intended to silence opposing points of view on matters of public interest. <\/p>\n

Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player who has toured with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Ray Brown, had presided over holiday \u201cJazz Jams\u201d at the Kennedy Center since 2006. He called off last year\u2019s performance shortly after Trump\u2019s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center voted to add the president\u2019s name<\/a> to the facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Center sued Mr. Redd because he publicly and rightly objected to adding Donald Trump\u2019s name to the Kennedy Center, a living memorial to former President John F. Kennedy,” Lisa J. Banks, one of Redd’s lawyers, said in a statement. “The lawsuit against Mr. Redd was political retribution, pure and simple, by the Trump Kennedy Center, and the Court correctly saw it as such in dismissing the case with prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Redd told The Associated Press in an email Saturday morning that he is \u201cvery pleased with the judge’s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The motion to dismiss, filed in March<\/a>, argued that Redd wasn’t contractually obligated to perform. It included the contract provided by the Kennedy Center, which the artist never signed.<\/p>\n

Representatives for the Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit’s dismissal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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