Editing Steven Seagal (section)

===Conflicts with stuntmen===
Seagal has been accused by former stunt performers who have worked with him, including [[Kane Hodder]], [[Stephen Quadros]], and [[Gene LeBell]], of intentionally hitting stuntmen during scenes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Jason (Kane Hodder) | date=November 5, 2022 |url=http://www.unratedmagazine.com/Bios/_Artists.cfm?Band_ID=2117 |publisher=Unrated Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Karlukovski |first1=George |title=Martial Arts Illustrated |date=July 2007 |publisher=MAJ Publications |asin=B00CSMKRI8 |pages=27–28}}</ref> Additionally, while serving as stunt coordinator for ''[[Out for Justice]]'', LeBell allegedly got into an on-set altercation with Seagal over his mistreatment of some of the film's stunt performers. After the actor claimed that, due to his [[aikido]] training, he was "immune" to being choked unconscious, LeBell supposedly offered Seagal the opportunity to prove it. With Seagal's permission, LeBell then successfully choked him unconscious, with Seagal losing bowel control. Although LeBell  has not directly confirmed the rumor, he implied that it was true in a 2012 interview.<ref name="sing">{{Cite web |date=March 2012 |title=Gene LeBell talks Steven Seagal s----ing himself |url=https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/390705/Gene-LeBell-talks-Steven-Seagal-s----ing-himself/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217044204/https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/390705/Gene-LeBell-talks-Steven-Seagal-s----ing-himself/ |archive-date=2015-02-17 |access-date=2015-03-18 |website=mixedmartialarts.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Shatti |first=Shaun |date=2012-03-11 |title=Legendary Gene LeBell Talks Ronda Rousey, MMA Judging and Choking Out Steven Seagal |url=https://www.mmafighting.com/strikeforce/2012/3/11/2858055/judo-gene-lebell-ronda-rousey-mma-judging-choking-out-steven-segal |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=MMA Fighting |language=en}}</ref> Seagal's bodyguard and stuntman Steven Lambert stated that a confrontation did happen, during which Seagal elbowed LeBell before he could lock the hold, after which LeBell flipped Seagal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yFI_PhGPbc |title=Truth Finally Revealed on Seagal and LeBell According to Actual Eyewitness Steven Lambert Testimony! |website=YouTube |date=March 14, 2021 |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317131125/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yFI_PhGPbc |url-status=live }}</ref> Seagal has directly denied that a confrontation took place, calling LeBell a "sick, pathological scumbag liar".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenness |first=Kirik |date=2015-12-17 |title=Steven Seagal denies Gene LeBell made him poop his pants |url=https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma/rousey-i-bet-i-could-beat-steven-seagal |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=MMA Underground |language=en}}</ref>

[[Robert Wall|Robart Wall]] included LeBell in his "Dirty Dozen", a list of martial artists willing to answer to a public challenge made by Seagal.<ref name="Nils">Thomas Nilsson, ''A Conversation with "The Toughest Man Alive": "Judo" Gene LeBell Has Seen and Done It All in a 50-Year Martial Arts Career'', Black Belt magazine, February 1999</ref> LeBell however declined to participate, as the feud with Seagal was hurting him professionally. He did however criticize Seagal for his treatment of stuntmen, and left open the possibility of a professional fight if Seagal wanted.<ref>David W. Clary, ''Wall Challenges Seagal to Face "Dirty Dozen"'', Black Belt magazine, March 1992</ref>

Allegations of mistreatment towards stuntmen have continued throughout Seagal's later career, with both stuntman Peter Harris Kent ([[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Arnold Schwarzenegger']]s stunt double) and [[Mike Leeder]] publicly criticizing his on-set antics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bick |first1=Jordan |title=Stunt Double Has Choice Words For Steven Seagal |url=http://www.manlymovie.net/2015/09/stunt-double-has-choice-words-for-steven-seagal.html |website=www.manlymovie.net|date=September 4, 2015 }}</ref> Actor [[John Leguizamo]] also claimed that during rehearsals on ''[[Executive Decision]]'', in retaliation for laughing at him, Seagal caught him off guard and knocked him into a brick wall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ghomeshi |first1=Jian |title=John Leguizamo Slams Steven Seagal on Q TV |date=November 4, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB1RvU8UR38 |publisher=Q on CBC |access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> [[Michael Jai White]], who acted with him in a number of movies, stated that he routinely hit stunt men, and that he was known for it. He said they just accepted it. However, he stated that Seagal never hit him.<ref>{{Citation |title=Michael Jai White: Steven Seagal Knew Not to Hit Me in Fight Scenes (Part 17) | date=August 15, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz7U1YGzqFc |language=en |access-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>