Kevin Costner attacked in justice for an improvised rape scene on the set of « Horizon 2 » – Liberation
Hollywood will not change. The stuntman Devyn Labella filed a complaint on Tuesday May 27, against the director and producer Kevin Costner for sexual harassment and breach of contract. In particular, she accuses him of not having respected the rules established when signing her employment contract concerning the intimacy scenes, during the shooting of the second opus of The Western saga Horizon. The feature film production houses are also targeted by a complaint, reports the American media Hollywood Reporter.
The facts mentioned in the complaint of Devyn Labella date back to May 2023. The 1st, the waterfall had to officer as a lining of actress Ella Hunt, who interprets the character of Juliette in the films. A sequence depicting a scene of rape, repeated and detailed upstream, had been turned in the presence of a intimacy coordinator In very specific conditions and regulated by the SAG-AFTRA cinema union: each gesture was specified, the team on the set was restricted and breaks were fixed for the actors.
But the next day, on May 2, the waterfall reports being in « Situation of vulnerability, without protection and deeply betrayed by a system that promised security and professionalism ». Despite everything, the stuntman is again present on the set for the shooting of two other scenes, without intimacy planned this time. According to his complaint, Kevin Costner He would then have asked him to replace Ella Hunt again for another sequence, without specifying the content. It was in fact a new, unforeseen rape scene, played by another actor, which Devyn Labella will only discover when the catch starts. The actor Roger Ivens « Violently raised Madame Labella’s skirt as if he was trying to penetrate her against her will, » and kept it on the ground, on the instructions of Kevin Costner, while the latter « Tested different angles », Can we read in the justice document.
Through his lawyer, Kevin Costner said it was a rehearsal and not a filmed scene. He then assured that Devyn Labella would then have agreed to turn this socket, which will ultimately be made with another lining.
For his part, Devyn Labella, an experienced cascade, recalls in her complaint that the rules of the protocol set up by the SAG-AFTRA union concerning the filming of intimate scenes were not respected that day. These sequences are supposed to be announced 48 hours in advance, the consent of the actors must be collected explicitly, an intimacy coordinator must be present and the team reduced.
Devyn Labella began therapy in June 2023 following these events. In her complaint, she puts words on how this experience has turned her vision of the profession upside down: « What happened to me broke my confidence and forever modified the way I evolve in this industry. »
