Kevin Costner reacts to lawsuit over Horizon 2…
Kevin Costner is firing back at “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2” stuntwoman Devyn LaBella’s inappropriate harassment lawsuit.
The “Yellowstone” actor, 70, filed a new movement in California Superior Court Tuesday to dismiss LaBella’s May lawsuit against Costner that claims she was pressured into an “unscripted” rape scene on the set of his 2024 Western sequel.
Costner called the allegations “patently false” and “deeply disappointing” in his court declaration, according to Variety.
Kevin Costner in “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1.” Warner Bros.
Devyn LaBella in a selfie.
“I can only assume that purpose was to use this sensationalistic language to embarrass and damage me and the ‘Horizon’ movies on an ongoing basis in order to gain a massive and unjustified payday,” Costner wrote.
(*2*) he added.
Kevin Costner steps out in London in 2014. GC Images
Costner said that he believes LaBella’s claims “were designed, through the use of false statements and sensationalistic language, to damage my reputation.”
“The truth matters,” he said. “That’s why, even at the high cost of this lawsuit (financial and personal), I will always speak up to defend myself and my crew against false allegations.”
Devyn LaBella on a movie/TV set. devynlabella/Instagram
Devyn LaBella in an Instagram picture. Devyn LaBella/Instagram
Per People, Costner also included dozens of images of LaBella taken on the set of the movie in his declaration. He claimed that the scene in query “was a buildup and foretelling of two violent rape scenes that occur offscreen” and was not an precise “rape scene.”
The Oscar winner additional claimed LaBella “was laughing and smiling during the blocking of the shot in question.”
Kevin Costner in the first “Horizon” movie. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
Several crew members backed up Costner’s claims in his movement, including Wade Allen, the stunt coordinator who employed and supervised LaBella, and Roger Ivens, the other performer in the scene.
“At no point that day did she evidence any distress or discomfort, or any concern about what she had been asked to do,” Allen said, per Variety.
Devyn LaBella in a selfie. devynlabella/Instagram
Kevin Costner in “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
In May, LaBella filed a criticism against Costner and manufacturing firms behind the Western movie alleging inappropriate discrimination, harassment, and the creation of a hostile work setting.
In the paperwork obtained by The Post, LaBella claimed she was “the victim of a violent unscripted, unscheduled rape scene,” which she famous was directed by Costner on May 2, 2023.
LaBella, who doubled for Ella Hunt in the film, alleged that she “experienced shock, embarrassment and humiliation while attempting to process the situation” in the times that adopted after filming.
Devyn LaBella at a crimson carpet event on June 25, 2025. APEX / MEGA
In June, LaBella amended her lawsuit to embody textual content messages she allegedly exchanged with the movie’s intimacy coordinator, Celeste Cheney, the day after the scene in query was shot.
In the texts, LaBella described the alleged incident as an “abomination” and also listed off over a dozen questions about how the scene was dealt with.
Kevin Costner in “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
At the end of her message, LaBella allegedly requested Cheney, “Who is gonna take responsibility for the abuse of power, negligence and ignorance on set?”
Costner beforehand denied LaBella’s accusations in a assertion via his lawyer, Marty Singer.
“Ms. LaBella was doing a rehearsal on an Insert Shot for a scripted scene. There was no intimacy or anything inappropriate in the shot,” Singer told The Post in June.
Kevin Costner at Fanatics Fest NYC on June 20, 2025. Getty Images for Fanatics
Devyn LaBella on the set of “CSI: Vegas.” devynlabella/Instagra,
“Numerous witnesses have contradicted Ms. LaBella’s meritless claims,” Singer added. “We look forward to the swift end of this specious lawsuit.”
After the first “Horizon” movie bombed at the box workplace in May 2024, the sequel was pulled from film theaters and instead had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in Sept. 2024.
Two more motion pictures in the Western franchise are at present in the works.
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