{"id":177015,"date":"2025-06-26T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/kevin-costners-lawyer-slams-meritless-sexual-harassment-claims-against-the-actor\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:00:57","slug":"kevin-costners-lawyer-slams-meritless-sexual-harassment-claims-against-the-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/kevin-costners-lawyer-slams-meritless-sexual-harassment-claims-against-the-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner&#8217;s lawyer slams &#8216;meritless&#8217; sexual harassment claims against the actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-06-26\" datetime=\"1750932057\" pubdate=\"\">26 June 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kevin-costner\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kevin-costner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Costner<\/a>&#8216;s lawyer has described of sexual harassment allegation against the actor as &#8220;meritless&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Kevin Costner&#8217;s lawyer has fired back at sexual harassment allegations against the actor<\/p>\n<p>The Yellowstone actor is being sued by Devyn LaBella, who has claimed she was subjected to a \u201cviolent, unscripted, unscheduled rape scene\u201d without notice on set in May 2023 while filming Horizon: An American Saga \u2013 Chapter 2.<\/p>\n<p>The 24&#8211;year-old stuntwoman&#8217;s team first filed the lawsuit against Costner and Horizon producers last month and have now filed an amended complaint including text messages with the movie&#8217;s intimacy coordinator, and the alleged emotions she felt after the scene.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Costner&#8217;s lawyer Marty Singer told DailyMail.com in a statement: &#8220;Ms. LaBella was doing a rehearsal on an Insert Shot for a scripted scene. There was no intimacy or anything sexual in the shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was tugging on a dress while she was fully clothed in a dress with long bloomers lying down next to a male actor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe lawyer has also alleged that LaBella &#8211; who was a stunt double for series star Ella Hunt &#8211; thanked her supervisor for &#8220;these wonderful weeks&#8221; after finishing work on the Western saga.<\/p>\n<p>\nSinger continued: &#8220;Numerous witnesses have contradicted Ms. LaBella\u2019s meritless claims.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;She herself texted her supervisor after she wrapped stating, &#8216;Thank you for these wonderful weeks.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We look forward to the swift end of this specious lawsuit.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>\nCourt documents obtained by DailyMail.com say Devyn was hired as a stunt double for lead actress Ella Hunt and not informed or consented to the added scene, which she alleges caused \u201cpermanent trauma\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe also claimed the absence of an intimacy coordinator during filming.<\/p>\n<p>\nHer suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, states the scene was not on the call sheet and  Hunt herself refused to perform it, allegedly walking off set. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe added Kevin directed actor Roger Ivens to perform the assault scene and asked her to stand in without adequate preparation or safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>\nKevin\u2019s attorney Marty Singer denied the allegations, calling her a \u201cserial accuser\u201d and accusing her of \u201cshakedown tactics\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe stated: \u201cKevin always wants to make sure that everyone is comfortable working on his films and takes safety on set very seriously.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nHe also said Devyn had approved and rehearsed a prior intimate scene and was \u201cin good spirits\u201d afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>\nDevyn, whose credits include Barbie (2023) and FX\u2019s American Horror Stories, said in a statement to People: \u201cOn that day, I was left exposed, unprotected, and deeply betrayed by a system that promised safety and professionalism.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nShe added she sought therapy for anxiety and sleep disturbances after the incident and vowed to advocate for safer sets.<\/p>\n<p>\nHer attorneys, James A. Vagnini and Kate McFarlane, described the case as \u201cemblematic of what is still a very deep rooted issue in Hollywood\u201d and \u201ca clear example of male-dominated, sexist Hollywood movie production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/kevin-costners-lawyer-slams-meritless-sexual-harassment-claims-actor-1421049.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 June 2025 Kevin Costner&#8216;s lawyer has described of sexual harassment allegation against the actor as &#8220;meritless&#8221;. Kevin Costner&#8217;s lawyer has fired back at sexual harassment allegations against the actor The Yellowstone actor is being sued by Devyn LaBella, who has claimed she was subjected to a \u201cviolent, unscripted, unscheduled rape scene\u201d without notice on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11758,1231,8875],"class_list":{"0":"post-177015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-devyn-labella","9":"tag-kevin-costner","10":"tag-marty-singer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}