A DC judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay musician Chuck Redd $252,479.70 in legal fees after he canceled a Christmas Eve concert following the venue's renaming to include Donald Trump. The Kennedy Center had sued Redd, and Trump-appointed president Richard Grenell called the cancellation a 'political stunt,' threatening $1 million in damages before a judge dismissed the suit under DC's anti-SLAPP statute protecting speech.
Separately, a federal judge ruled in May that the Trump-controlled board lacked authority to rename the institution 'The Donald J Trump and The John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts' and ordered Trump references removed. That judge also blocked the administration from closing the center for planned renovations, which reportedly include facade polishing and moving events offsite. The Kennedy Center says it intends to appeal the fee ruling.
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