Kevin Costner fires back at lawsuit from woman claiming she was forced into 'unscripted rape scene'

Kevin Costner is warring backmost against a suit filed by stuntwoman Devyn LaBella, who alleged that she was made to execute a "violent, unscripted rape scene" connected the acceptable of "Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2" without her consent.

In a connection obtained by Fox News Digital, Costner’s attorney, Marty Singer, refuted the claims.

"Ms. LaBella was doing a rehearsal connected an Insert Shot for a scripted scene. There was nary intimacy oregon thing intersexual successful the shot," his lawyer said. 

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Kevin Costner is warring backmost against a suit filed by a stuntwoman from "Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2," who alleges she was forced to execute a "violent, unscripted rape scene" without her consent.  (Getty Images)

"There was tugging connected a formal portion she was afloat clothed successful a formal with agelong bloomers lying down adjacent to a antheral actor."

Costner’s lawyer continued, "Numerous witnesses person contradicted Ms. LaBella’s meritless claims."

His ineligible squad additionally claimed that LaBella texted her supervisor aft she wrapped, "stating, 'Thank you for these fantastic weeks.’"

"We look guardant to the swift extremity of this specious lawsuit," the connection concluded.

Costner's lawyer claims, "Numerous witnesses person contradicted Ms. LaBella’s meritless" allegations. (Warner Bros.)

In a recently amended ailment filed Wednesday, June 18, lawyers for LaBella claimed a country that was filmed connected May 2, 2023, was changeable without immoderate stunt oregon intimacy coordinators connected set, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

"What happened to maine connected that acceptable was a reckless usurpation — a breach of consent and of basal workplace safety. I was told to prevarication down, and without informing oregon rehearsal, different histrion was brought successful to simulate a rape connected apical of me," LaBella said successful a statement.

"My undergarments were exposed. I was near unsocial afterward, overwhelmed and successful shock. Compliance nether unit is not consent. Consent cannot beryllium fixed aft the harm has already begun."

She continued, "Once the enactment is crossed, determination is nary existent prime near to make. I spoke up immediately. And for that, I was met with silence, deflection, and efforts to discredit me. This lawsuit is not conscionable astir what happened to me. It’s astir a breached strategy that protects those successful powerfulness and punishes those who talk out. It’s astir demanding change, not conscionable for maine but for everyone who deserves to enactment successful information and dignity. What happened connected that acceptable was wrong. Let it beryllium known: I stood up. I told the truth. And I volition ne'er apologize for demanding the bare minimum — to beryllium treated similar a quality being astatine work."

LaBella amended her lawsuit, which was primitively filed successful May.

Stuntwoman Devyn LaBella's caller filing included alleged substance messages exchanged with the film's intimacy coordinator the time aft the alleged incident.  ( Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

The caller filing included alleged substance messages exchanged betwixt LaBella and the film's intimacy coordinator the time aft the alleged incident. 

"I wanted to sermon yesterdays abomination erstwhile we some person a chance," LaBella, 30, wrote successful the message. "I was enactment successful a truly incorrect presumption and it’s truly affected me."

To which the coordinator replied, "Oh no, I’m truthful atrocious to perceive this Devyn… Let’s speech done it."

In different alleged substance connection listed successful the amended lawsuit, LaBella wrote to the coordinator, "Why was determination nary intimacy coordinator?"

"Why was a stunt treble doing this non stunt enactment — particularly fixed the sensitivity of it?" LaBella added, "Who is gonna instrumentality work for the maltreatment of powerfulness …"

The quality betwixt Costner and LaBella comes aft the stuntwoman claimed past period that she performed the unscripted rape country without due notice, consent oregon the mandatory beingness of an intimacy coordinator portion she was moving connected "Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2."

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Kevin Costner spent decades creating "Horizon: An American Saga." (Warner Bros.)

In the sequel film, LaBella was the pb stunt treble for histrion Ella Hunt, who played 1 of the "Horizon" movies' main characters, Juliette Chesney. "Horizon: An American Saga" is simply a four-part Western movie bid that was co-written, produced and directed by Costner, who besides stars.

In a ailment filed connected May 27, 2025, and obtained by Fox News Digital, LaBella sued Costner and his accumulation companies for sexual harassment, intersexual discrimination, the instauration of a hostile workplace situation and retaliation stemming from the alleged on-set incident.

The suit claimed that, "On May 2, 2023, plaintiff Devyn LaBella, a pistillate stunt performer, was the unfortunate of a violent, unscripted, unscheduled rape country directed by Kevin Costner."

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LaBella is suing for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. She has requested a proceedings by jury. (Michael Bezjian/Getty Images for A Cause for Entertainment)

In a connection to Fox News Digital astatine the time, Costner's lawyer emphatically denied the allegations made against his client, saying that LaBella's assertion "has perfectly nary merit."

"The interaction of this impromptu enactment request connected Ms. LaBella has been profound, not lone upending a vocation Ms. LaBella spent years gathering but leaving her with imperishable trauma that she volition beryllium required to code for years to come," the documents claimed.

LaBella is suing for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, and has requested a proceedings by jury.

Per the lawsuit, LaBella began filming "Horizon 2" successful April 2023. 

According to the documents, determination was different country filmed connected May 1, 2023, and LaBella and the actors antecedently rehearsed it with Wade and an intimacy coordinator. During the filming of that scene, the acceptable was closed, and the intimacy coordinator was present. 

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"The country ‘wrapped,’ and nary issues were noted," the suit stated.

Per the documents, LaBella was connected acceptable to movie a "non-intimate scene" the pursuing day. The suit alleged that Costner, who was contiguous connected the set, improvised further scenes successful which Juliette would beryllium raped by a antithetic quality played by different actor.

The caller scenes required the histrion to "climb connected apical of Ms. Hunt, violently raking up her skirt," the documents claimed. "Due to the advertisement hoc and convulsive quality of the abrupt publication alteration request, on with the nonaccomplishment to unafraid a contractually required intimacy coordinator for the scene, Ms. Hunt became visibly upset and walked disconnected the set, refusing to bash the scene," the documents alleged.

Costner invested $38 cardinal of his ain wealth into "Horizon: An American Saga." (Warner Bros.)

In a connection astatine the clip of the archetypal suit filing, Singer told Fox News Digital, "Our client, Kevin Costner, ever wants to marque definite that everyone is comfy moving connected his films and takes information connected acceptable precise seriously. However, this assertion by Devyn LaBella has perfectly nary merit, and it is wholly contradicted by her ain actions – and the facts."

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"As a stunt performer connected ‘Horizon 2,’ the country successful question was explained to Ms. LaBella, and aft she performed the rehearsal successful quality with different actor, she gave her Stunt Coordinator supervisor [Allen] a ‘thumbs up’ and indicated her willingness to past sprout the scene, if needed (which she was not)," Singer stated.

Costner’s lawyer besides pointed to a substance that LaBella allegedly sent to Allen, which was "illustrated with blessed bosom emojis" and read: "Thank you for these fantastic weeks! I truthful admit you! I learned truthful overmuch and convey you again. I’m truly blessed it worked retired the mode it did to. Have a large remainder of the sprout and yes speech soon!"

"The facts are clear, and we are beyond assured that Kevin volition prevail," Singer concluded.

Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume contributed to this report.