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Kevin Costner’s Lawyer Cries “Shakedown” As Stuntwoman Slams Star & ‘Horizon’ Franchise Over “Violent Unscripted” Rape Scene


Kevin Costner and his Horizon franchise are already facing legal action over financing, & now the star has been hit with a sexual harassment suit over a rape scene

Kevin Costner and his Horizon: An American Saga franchise are already facing legal action from New Line over a cofinancing deal, and now the star/director of the Western series has been hit with a sexual harassment suit by a veteran stuntwoman over an unscheduled, unrehearsed “violent unscripted” rape scene. With New Line Cinema(who are battling Costner in that cofinancing action) and Territory Pictures, Inc., among the other defendants, LaBella’s suit starkly asserts that “the conduct of Defendants and their Managing Agent Mr. Costner demonstrates a callous indifference for the law and Ms. La Bella’s rights.” LaBella also says she was “blacklisted from subsequent employment opportunities on the Horizon series,” after she told “multiple individuals, including the Intimacy Coordinator and her stunt supervisors” what happened on May 2, 2023. On the other side, the pugnacious Marty Singer is giving no quarter for the accusations against Costner In an emoji pepper statement to Deadline based in part on alleged texts from LaBella, the Tinseltown lawyer says:

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