Overview

• Costner’s sworn declaration says the contested moment was a rehearsed lead‑up shot with no nudity, no simulated sex and no physical contact between stunt performer Devyn LaBella and actor Roger Ivens.
• He and his attorneys submitted real‑time images and roughly a dozen declarations from cast and crew, including cinematographer Jim Muro, stunt coordinator Wade Allen and Ivens, to support their account.
• The motion highlights a text LaBella allegedly sent a supervisor after wrapping that expressed thanks and said she was happy with how things worked out.
• LaBella’s lawsuit, filed in May and later amended, alleges she was forced into a violent, unscripted simulated rape without required notice or protections, with intimacy coordinator Celeste Chaney backing her account in a report.
• Costner’s team is seeking to strike or narrow the case under California’s anti‑SLAPP statute, with a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing requested for Sept. 18 while the litigation remains active.