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Stunt Performer Cites Intimacy Coordinator Texts in Lawsuit Against Kevin Costner

The amended complaint features text messages describing the scene as an “abomination,” highlighting a lack of required safety protocols

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Overview

  • Devyn LaBella alleges that on May 2, 2023, during filming of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 in Utah, she was directed by Kevin Costner into an unscripted sequence where actor Roger Ivens forcibly lifted her skirt and pinned her down.
  • In messages to intimacy coordinator Celeste Cheney, LaBella wrote that she had been put in a “really wrong position” and called the incident an “abomination.”
  • Kevin Costner’s attorney Marty Singer denies any sexual content in the rehearsal, labels the lawsuit meritless and says multiple witnesses contradict LaBella’s version of events.
  • LaBella claims she faced retaliation after reporting the incident, including not being rehired for Horizon 3 and losing industry contacts.
  • Her lawsuit demands unspecified damages, a public apology, mandatory anti-harassment training and the formal use of intimacy coordinators on all future productions.