Kevin Costner<\/a> has made another attempt to have a sexual harassment lawsuit dismissed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Kevin Costner has sought to have a lawsuit dismissed<\/p>\n
The 70-year-old actor-and-director is being sued by Devyn LaBella, who 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, and after a judge recently threw out two of her 10 claims, Kevin has launched an appeal to get the eight remaining allegations also axed.<\/p>\n
According to TMZ, the Bodyguard star’s lawyer, Marty Singer, made the file to dismiss on Thursday (30.10.25).<\/p>\n
Kevin’s legal team previously insisted the stuntwoman’s lawsuit – which also accused him of sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, creation of a hostile work environment, retaliation, and breach of contract – was a “shakedown”.<\/p>\n
Singer also branded Devyn a “serial accuser” and added: \u201cKevin always wants to make sure that everyone is comfortable working on his films and takes safety on set very seriously.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nIn his original motion to dismiss, documents obtained by the Daily Mail claimed Devyn was happy on set and even sent a grateful text to a supervisor after the shoot wrapped, as well as offering Kevin’s own version of what happened during the scene in question.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the actor’s declaration, the scene was included the script and saw Devyn in “full costume” of bike shorts and ankle-length dress lying next to actor Roger Ivens in a covered wagon.<\/p>\n
\nHe insisted the scene only had Roger lift the hem of Devyn’s dress before swinging a leg over her so that he ended up “on all fours over her”.<\/p>\n
\nThe declaration insisted: “There was no nudity, simulated sex, simulated rape, physical contact, fighting, gyrating, or any physicality other than Devyn\u2019s outer dress being pushed from her ankles to her knees.<\/p>\n
\n“While Devyn\u2019s outer dress may have bunched up around her knees (there was a lot of fabric), the dress was still below her waist and the pantaloons and petticoats underneath remained undisturbed.”<\/p>\n
\nThe Yellowstone actor insisted the scene had been blocked ahead of time with the participation of the performer, who “understood what was to happen and consented to help.”.<\/p>\n
\nIn the filing, Kevin – who directed, co-wrote, produced and starred in Horizon – included declarations from other members of the cast and crew to support his version of events.<\/p>\n
\nAnd he alleged Devyn – who was a stunt double for series star Ella Hunt – had texted a supervisor after filming and said: “Thank you for these wonderful weeks! I so appreciate you! I learned so much and thank you again. I\u2019m really happy it worked out the way it did too. Have a great rest of the shoot and yes talk soon!”<\/p>\n
\nThe stuntwoman’s team first filed the lawsuit against Costner and Horizon producers in May, and weeks later filed an amended complaint including text messages with the movie’s intimacy coordinator, and the alleged emotions she felt after the scene.<\/p>\n
\nCourt documents stated Devyn was hired as a stunt double and not informed or consented to the added scene, which she alleges caused \u201cpermanent trauma\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nShe also claimed the absence of an intimacy coordinator during filming.<\/p>\n
\nHer suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, states the scene was not on the call sheet and Ella herself refused to perform it, allegedly walking off set. <\/p>\n
\nShe added Kevin directed Roger to perform the assault scene and asked her to stand in without adequate preparation or safeguards.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"31 October 2025 Kevin Costner has made another attempt to have a sexual harassment lawsuit dismissed. Kevin Costner has sought to have a lawsuit dismissed The 70-year-old actor-and-director is being sued by Devyn LaBella, who claimed she was subjected to a \u201cviolent, unscripted, unscheduled rape scene\u201d without notice on set in May 2023 while filming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11758,12900,1231],"class_list":{"0":"post-202351","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-ella-hunt","10":"tag-kevin-costner"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202351","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=202351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}