Chuck Redd hosted and performed at the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve concerts for years, but he bowed out of performing at last December’s planned gig, citing “the defiant and illegal name change happening to the Kennedy Center.” The Kennedy Center — or the Trump Kennedy Center, as it was then temporarily known — subsequently sued Redd for breach of contract, only to have the suit thrown out in June. Banks, one of Redd’s attorneys, said: “The Trump-controlled Kennedy Center tried to silence opposition to its illegal name change by filing a meritless lawsuit against jazz musician Chuck Redd. The court rightly dismissed that breach of contract lawsuit, finding there was no contract and no damages, and was brought against Mr. Redd based on his protected opposition. The Kennedy Center had argued that he had “agreed to a written contract” to play the gig for $6,500, regardless of whether he actually signed it.