Kevin Costner sued by ‘Horizon’ Chapter 2 stunt performer over unscripted rape scene

A stunt performer is suing Kevin Costner, his company Horizon Series Inc. and his Territory Pictures production company over what she says was a “violent unscripted, unscheduled” rape scene that she was roped into without notice and an intimacy coordinator present.

Costner’s attorney called the lawsuit a “shakedown.”

At the core of the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, is the allegation that a day after filming a scripted, planned rape scene where LaBella was the stunt performer and occasional stand-in for actor Ella Hunt and an intimacy coordinator was present, Costner added an unplanned and unscripted rape scene with a different male actor.

“There was no escaping the situation, and all Ms. LaBella could do was wait for the nightmare to end,” the lawsuit says.

“Our client Kevin Costner always wants to make sure that everyone is comfortable working on his films and takes safety on set very seriously. However, this claim by Devyn LaBella has absolutely no merit, and it is completely contradicted by her own actions — and the facts,” Costner’s attorney Martin Singer said Wednesday in a statement to The Times, adding that he was confident his client would prevail.