The stuntwoman suing Kevin Costner over an alleged “unscripted rape” scene revealed she has skilled backlash and “on-line harassment” and fears it might flip worse, Us Weekly can completely report.
On June 26, Devyn LaBella advised the courtroom she had by chance filed paperwork with delicate private info within the case. She requested that or not it’s redacted instantly to stop potential hurt.
Her legal professional defined, “This case includes a Hollywood manufacturing firm and a widely known actor and director, which has already garnered vital public consideration and backlash.”
“Following the submitting of this lawsuit, [LaBella] has skilled an onslaught of on-line harassment,” her lawyer wrote. “Having her personal, private figuring out info publicly obtainable … will unnecessarily contribute even additional to the harassment she is going through.”
Taking the great with the dangerous. Kevin Costner has garnered important acclaim as each an actor and a director, however he’s confronted his fair proportion of non-public hardships. Throughout a July 1995 interview with the Seattle Occasions, the Postman star opened up about his 1994 divorce from Cindy Silva after 16 years of marriage. At […]
The movement added, “Moreover, her tackle being public places her susceptible to being harassed at her residence.”
Devyn LaBella John Sciulli/Getty Pictures for Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald
As Us first reported, LaBella filed an amended lawsuit in opposition to Costner, 70, and Territory Footage on June 18 over an incident on set of the big-budget Western movie Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2.
In her swimsuit, LaBella mentioned she arrived on set on Might 2, 2023. She mentioned she was requested to face in for actress Ella Hunt in a scene that concerned actor Roger Ivens.
Costner, who directed the movie, was current on the day in query however LaBella alleged there was no intimacy coordinator. She claimed she needed to movie an “unscheduled rape scene.”
LaBella’s swimsuit claimed no one warned her or advised her that Ivens would “carry out or interact in any motion on high of her and first discovered that Ivens would mount her and violently pull her skirt up when he was already on high of her doing so.”
“As directed by Costner, this unscripted, unrehearsed scene consisted of [Ivens] mounting [LaBella] whereas miming the unbuttoning of his pants, and utilizing his physique and arms to forcibly pin down [LaBella], who was on her again beneath him. [Ivens] violently rustled [LaBella’s] skirt up as if making an attempt to penetrate her in opposition to her will and he was directed to pin her legs open along with his knee,” the swimsuit learn.
The stunt performer mentioned she complained to the intimacy coordinator, who wrote up an alleged incident report. She mentioned it was “awkward” on set however she completed the remainder of the manufacturing.
Kevin Costner Matthias Nareyek/Getty Pictures
LaBella famous that she was not requested to return for Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 3, which began filming in early 2024.
Costner, who has but to file an official response in courtroom, responded to the swimsuit through his lawyer Marty Singer.
Singer claimed the swimsuit had “no benefit.” He advised Daily Mail that there was “no intimacy or something sexual” within the scene in query.
The actor’s legal professional added, “Kevin Costner all the time desires to guarantee that everyone seems to be snug engaged on his movies and takes security on set very critically.”
He mentioned that her claims had been “utterly contradicted by her personal actions and the info.”
Singer added, “She continued to work on the film for just a few extra weeks till her wrap date, and he or she took the stunt coordinator to a thank-you dinner.”
LaBella spoke to the Daily Mail in response to the actor’s claims.
“I used to be advised to lie down, and with out warning or rehearsal, one other actor was introduced in to simulate a rape on high of me. My undergarments had been uncovered. I used to be left alone afterward, overwhelmed and in shock. Compliance beneath strain isn’t consent. Consent can’t be given after the hurt has already begun,” she mentioned.
LaBella added, “As soon as the road is crossed, there isn’t any actual selection left to make. I spoke up instantly. And for that, I used to be met with silence, deflection, and efforts to discredit me.”