The Coalition for a Just Cincinnati Monday rejected a proposal from the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) to mediate two lawsuits stemming from the boycott of downtown.

        Covington attorney Lucian Bernard, who is representing the coalition, said “no amount of mediation between my client and yours can address the issues that led to the boycott in the first place.”

        The arts association — which oversees the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Music Hall and Memorial Hall — sued the coalition last month, claiming the boycott group is interfering with legal contracts between the association and performers.

        In recent months, the coalition has persuaded Bill Cosby, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and singer Smokey Robinson to cancel shows.

        The coalition also filed suit, alleging the CAA tried to intimidate it into silence with a threat of legal action.

        Mr. Bernard pointed out that the six individuals named in the CAA's lawsuit are not authorized to end the boycott.

        “The six people that your client has sued include ministers, a retired Air Force veteran, a library science professional and a concerned mother. One remains hospitalized recovering from surgery,” Mr. Bernard wrote to CAA attorney Edward Marks.

        Mr. Marks called rejection of mediation a disappointment.

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