Kevin Costner, the star, director, and producer of the Horizon film series, is being sued for sexual harassment, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and sexual discrimination by stunt performer Devyn LaBella. The lawsuit alleges that Costner directed an improvised rape scene in Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 without proper protocols or an intimacy coordinator. LaBella, lead stunt double for actress Ella Hunt, filed the suit on May 25 in Los Angeles County. “What happened to me shattered my trust and forever changed how I move through this industry,” LaBella said in a statement.
The alleged incident took place on May 2, 2023, when Costner asked LaBella to stand in for an unplanned rape scene with actor Roger Ivens without telling her what the scene would be. “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 suit states. The call sheet allegedly stated LaBella and Hunt would do a different scene, but when the women arrived on set, Costner informed Hunt about the rape scene. Hunt refused to do the scene because there was no intimacy coordinator on set — a breach in her contract. (A scripted sex scene was filmed the previous day with an intimacy coordinator present.)
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SAG-AFTRA policy requires a rider be provided to all performers “at least 48 hours prior to call time on the day a scene is to be shot,” per the union’s website. SAG also requires that the set is closed, “meaning that only those necessary to be physically present in the moment are allowed on set.” Per the lawsuit, “over one hundred people” saw the scene. Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 2024 and screened at Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February 2025.
