Kevin Costner denied claims of sexual harassment on the set of Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 found in a lawsuit filed in May 27 by stunt performer Devyn LaBella against Costner. Now, several months later, Los Angeles judge Jon Takasugi denied Costner’s bid to have the case thrown out under California’s anti-SLAPP law on October 16. Only one of LaBella’s ten claims was removed, one that was related to the Bane Act; in the original filing, LaBella claimed that Costner “demanded” she was in the scene. “Plaintiff does not identify anything Costner, or any other individual, said to her that would constitute ‘threats, intimidation, or coercion’ of the kind contemplated by the Bane Act,” the judge explained in the published filing.
Originally, in a declaration filed on August