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Jared Leto responds after shocking new sexual misconduct allegations from four women
The Independent • • general
Key Points:
- Jared Leto has denied multiple allegations of sexual assault, statutory rape, grooming, and threats made by four women in a BBC documentary titled "Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret."
- The accusers claim incidents occurred between 2002 and 2016 when they were between 16 and 18 years old, while Leto was in his 30s and 40s; the most serious allegation involves a woman who said he sexually assaulted her in 2002 when she was 17.
- Additional allegations include threats of sexual assault, grooming, sexually explicit phone calls, and inappropriate behavior with teenagers, some supported by testimonies from former band crew members.
- Leto, an Oscar-winning actor and lead vocalist of Thirty Seconds to Mars, has categorically denied all claims, calling them "absolutely and categorically false."
- Previous investigations and reports, including one by Air Mail in 2025, have also highlighted similar allegations against Leto, which he has consistently denied.
