Kevin Costner Sued For ‘Violent, Unscripted’ Rape Scene In ‘Horizon 2’

A “Horizon” stunt performer is suing Kevin Costner and film producers for what she’s describing as “a violent, unscripted, unscheduled rape scene” directed by Costner in the film.

Stunt performer Devyn LaBella filed the sexual harassment lawsuit in the Superior Court of California for Los Angeles County on Tuesday, citing an alleged incident from 2023 during the filming of “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2.”

LaBella claims she was hired by the production company as a stand-in for lead actress Ella Hunt “during physical scenes” and that during that time, her SAG agreement terms were violated. Those include a ban on “any last minute requests for nudity or simulated sex.” The terms also require producers to give a 48-hour notice and get the performer’s permission for any changes to intimate scenes, along with providing an intimacy coordinator for sex scenes, People reported.

Per the complaint, LaBella was slated to cover Hunt’s non-intimate scenes on the day in question. But when Hunt arrived on set, the actress learned that Costner had requested new scenes which would require actor Roger Ivens to climb on top of her, “violently raking up her skirt.” 

Hunt was allegedly upset by the “ad hoc and violent nature of the sudden script change request” and refused to film the new scenes. After she left the set, Costner is said to have asked LaBella to stand in, which she agreed to without knowing why Hunt had departed without filming, per USA Today.

The lawsuit says LaBella did not know that “involvement in the impromptu shot would go beyond standing in as a standard body-double.”

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“She was not warned or prepared for Mr. Ivens to perform or engage in any action on top of her and first learned that Ivens would mount her and violently pull her skirt up when he was already on top of her doing so,” the complaint says. 

It added that Costner directed Ivens to “repeatedly perform a violent simulated rape” on LaBella “without proper notice, consent, preparation, or appropriate safeguard measures in place, such as the project’s intimacy coordinator being called in.”

LaBella further asserted that Costner provided “no clear direction of when the scene began or ended,” and said she was “never given the opportunity to prepare for or consent to participate in this scene, much less to object to it.”

The stunt double said the incident was “especially humiliating”  because “she was menstruating at the time, compounded by the fact that between takes, Mr. Ivens’ hands rested on top of the bundled-up skirt above her vagina.”

The complaint also says the scene was “broadcast publicly on monitors for the entire crew to witness,” but asserts the “set should have been closed” due to the content being filmed.

LaBella is suing for an unspecified amount of money over the alleged incident and has asked for a trial by jury.

“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2” is the second part in Costner’s passion project, a four-part Western film series he wrote, directed, and financed with his own money. The first installment premiered in June 2024. “Chapter 2” was initially slated to debut in August 2024, but the sequel was pulled from release after the first chapter struggled at the box office, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

“Chapter 2” was shown at the Venice International Film Festival in September, but so far, it is not scheduled for a theatrical release as initially planned.