diff --git a/khal/khalendar/event.py b/khal/khalendar/event.py
index 8fda097e5..294d59f7d 100644
--- a/khal/khalendar/event.py
+++ b/khal/khalendar/event.py
@@ -837,7 +837,21 @@ def delete_instance(self, instance: dt.datetime) -> None:
 
     @property
     def status(self) -> str:
-        return self._vevents[self.ref].get("STATUS", "")
+        status = self._vevents[self.ref].get("STATUS", "")
+        # Some malformed events have multiple status entries. Only use the
+        # last one.
+        if isinstance(status, list):
+            if status:
+                status = status[-1]
+                logger.warning(
+                    f'{self.href} ("{self.summary}"): The event contains '
+                    "multiple 'STATUS' entries, which is invalid as per "
+                    "RFC 5545. Khal will assume the last entry is "
+                    f"intended ({status})"
+                )
+            else:
+                status = ""
+        return status
 
     @property
     def partstat(self) -> str | None:
diff --git a/tests/event_test.py b/tests/event_test.py
index c33e4ed94..0a05c6027 100644
--- a/tests/event_test.py
+++ b/tests/event_test.py
@@ -364,6 +364,20 @@ def test_event_rd():
     assert event.recurring is True
 
 
+def test_status_multiple():
+    event = Event.fromString(_get_text("event_dt_status_multiple"), **EVENT_KWARGS)
+    assert event.status == "CONFIRMED"
+    FORMAT_CALENDAR = (
+        "{calendar-color}{status-symbol}{start-end-time-style} ({calendar}) "
+        "{title} [{location}]{repeat-symbol}"
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        human_formatter(FORMAT_CALENDAR)(event.attributes(dt.date(2014, 4, 9)))
+        == "✔09:30-10:30 (foobar) An Event []\x1b[0m"
+    )
+
+
 def test_status_confirmed():
     event = Event.fromString(_get_text("event_dt_status_confirmed"), **EVENT_KWARGS)
     assert event.status == "CONFIRMED"
diff --git a/tests/ics/event_dt_status_multiple.ics b/tests/ics/event_dt_status_multiple.ics
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e99a97d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ics/event_dt_status_multiple.ics
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+BEGIN:VCALENDAR
+VERSION:2.0
+PRODID:-//PIMUTILS.ORG//NONSGML khal / icalendar //EN
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+SUMMARY:An Event
+DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20140409T093000
+DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20140409T103000
+DTSTAMP:20140401T234817Z
+UID:V042MJ8B3SJNFXQOJL6P53OFMHJE8Z3VZWOU
+STATUS:TENTATIVE
+STATUS:CONFIRMED
+END:VEVENT
+END:VCALENDAR