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Kennedy Center must pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician who canceled in protest

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Anastasia Tsioulcas
Kennedy Center must pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician who canceled in protest
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A Washington, D.C. judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to pay over $250,000 in legal fees to jazz musician Chuck Redd. Redd had canceled his performance in protest after President Trump's name was added to the building's facade, leading to a failed lawsuit by the center.

A superior court judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Kennedy Center to pay more than $250,000 to a jazz musician who last December canceled the annual Christmas Eve performance he had hosted there for nearly 20 years. Chuck Redd, a vibraphonist and drummer, decided to cancel the concert after President Trump's name was added to the facade of the arts center that month.

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