{"id":218871,"date":"2025-10-17T03:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218871\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T03:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:50:10","slug":"kevin-costner-gets-part-of-horizon-2-stunt-performers-lawsuit-tossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218871\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner Gets Part Of &#8216;Horizon 2&#8217; Stunt Performer&#8217;s Lawsuit Tossed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Kevin Costner<br \/>\n                          Gets Part Of &#8216;Horizon 2&#8217; Stunt Performer Lawsuit Tossed &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Lawyer Rips Accuser<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published October 16, 2025 6:07 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251017_ca3f4bd06b5b4b8fb855456231782fdc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c4a5186c-719a-4ff4-a81d-1e2a13e6e004\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ca3f4bd06b5b4b8fb855456231782fdc_md.jpg\" alt=\"kevin costner Devyn LaBella getty shutterstock\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kevin-costner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Costner<\/a> tried to get a lawsuit against him over an alleged unscripted rape scene tossed out of court &#8230; it wasn&#8217;t thrown out completely, but about a chunk is now gone.<\/p>\n<p>According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the judge in the case denied his motion to throw out all 10 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/devyn-labella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devyn LaBella<\/a>&#8216;s claims &#8230; and instead tossed two.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250912_765f6524958741de9a627b22d4796597\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c4a5186c-719a-4ff4-a81d-1e2a13e6e004\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/765f6524958741de9a627b22d4796597_md.jpg\" alt=\"kevin costner horizon sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of those involved sexual harassment and the other involved an alleged violation of the Bane Act, which is intended to combat hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Costner&#8217;s attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/marty-singer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marty Singer<\/a>, tells TMZ &#8230; \u201cWe were pleased to learn that the Court granted our anti-SLAPP motion in part, dismissing two of the plaintiff\u2019s claims (including one of her claims for sexual harassment).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continues &#8230; &#8220;While we were disappointed with the Court\u2019s decision to allow her remaining causes of action to proceed, the evidence is clear that they have no legal or factual merit, and we plan to appeal the Court\u2019s decision promptly. In spite of the plaintiff\u2019s outlandish allegations, there was never any \u2018simulated rape,\u2019 \u2018simulated sex\u2019 or sexual harassment &#8211; and absolutely no retaliation. Rather, she is seeking millions of dollars for agreeing to participate in the rehearsal of a single, benign shot that even she admits was explained to her in advance. We will continue to fight for the truth and we are extremely confident we will prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve told you &#8230; LaBella sued back in May, claiming she was forced to participate in an unscripted and unscheduled rape scene on the set of the Western film series, &#8220;Horizon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250528_ff003e8ee30b4d88871a06d0145a9fc3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c4a5186c-719a-4ff4-a81d-1e2a13e6e004\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ff003e8ee30b4d88871a06d0145a9fc3_md.jpg\" alt=\"Devyn LaBella sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin&#8217;s insisted there was NO violent rape scene on his set &#8230; and he&#8217;s called the lawsuit a shake down.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ broke the story &#8230; Kevin filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit back in August &#8230; but the judge&#8217;s ruling didn&#8217;t come down until today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner Gets Part Of &#8216;Horizon 2&#8217; Stunt Performer Lawsuit Tossed &#8230; Lawyer Rips Accuser Published October 16,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[879,49,48,361,75,12891,44,12892],"class_list":["post-218871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-news","tag-tmz-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}