{"id":5818,"date":"2025-07-11T10:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:10:06","slug":"kevin-costner-and-horizon-producers-sued-by-stunt-performer-over-violent-unscripted-rape-scene-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5818","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner and Horizon producers sued by stunt performer over \u2018violent unscripted\u2019 rape scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"189\"><strong data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"189\">Stunt Performer Sues Kevin Costner Over Unscripted Rape Scene in <em data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"187\">Horizon: An American Saga \u2013 Chapter 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"578\">Devyn LaBella, a stunt double for actress Ella Hunt, is suing Kevin Costner and producers of <em data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"323\">Horizon: An American Saga \u2013 Chapter 2<\/em> for breach of contract, sexual harassment, and creating a hostile work environment. She alleges she was forced to perform a violent, unscripted simulated rape scene without prior notice, consent, or an intimacy coordinator, violating SAG-AFTRA protocols.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"767\">LaBella claims Costner directed the scene himself after Hunt refused to participate, and that the set was not closed to the crew. She says the incident left her humiliated and in therapy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"903\">Costner has denied all allegations. His attorney says LaBella consented to the scene and even thanked the team afterward in a message.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"1126\">Costner, who wrote, directed, and stars in <em data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"957\">Horizon<\/em>, has largely self-funded the series. Despite <em data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1014\">Chapter 1<\/em> flopping at the box office, he plans to complete all four installments. He also said he has no plans to retire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stunt Performer Sues Kevin Costner Over Unscripted Rape Scene in Horizon: An American Saga \u2013 Chapter 2 Devyn LaBella, a stunt double for actress Ella Hunt, is suing Kevin Costner and producers of Horizon: An American Saga \u2013 Chapter 2 for breach of contract, sexual harassment, and creating a hostile work environment. She alleges she&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5818\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Kevin Costner and Horizon producers sued by stunt performer over \u2018violent unscripted\u2019 rape scene&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5820,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions\/5820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}