Jared Leto is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct after 10 women shared their experiences in the BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, with four alleging conduct that could amount to criminal offences.
The accusations span from 2002 to 2016, when the Oscar winner and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman was in his 30s and 40s. Several of the women said they were teenagers when the alleged incidents took place.
Among the most serious allegations is that of a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by Leto in a Las Vegas motel bathroom in 2002 when she was 17. According to her account, she met the actor while working at a store before being invited to the motel where he was staying. She alleged that Leto called her into the bathroom while he was showering, kissed her and forced her to perform a sexual act on him.
Another woman alleged she had sex with Leto at his California home when she was 17. California's age of consent is 18, meaning the alleged encounter could constitute statutory rape. She claimed Leto knew her age and dismissed concerns about it.
A former model described an encounter following a Thirty Seconds to Mars concert in London in 2013. Although she was 19 at the time, she said she told Leto she was 17 because she wanted to see how he would react. She alleges he brushed off her age before she was later invited to a nearby hotel room, where she found herself alone with him. When she asked for money to get home or a phone charger, she claims he refused both requests and repeatedly threatened that she would wake up to him sexually assaulting her if she stayed. She said she left immediately.
Another woman accused Leto of grooming her after they met through a modeling agency when she was 16. She alleged he made repeated sexually explicit phone calls, asked intimate questions and suggested they have sex. She claimed she was later sent a non-disclosure agreement intended to prevent her from discussing their interactions, which she said she refused to sign.
The documentary also includes allegations from a woman who said she was 14 when she met Leto at a fan signing in 2005. She claimed he signed his autograph across her chest, made a sexual remark about her body and instructed a bodyguard to take her backstage. When her mother confronted him about the comment, she alleged he repeated it rather than apologizing.
Four additional women alleged they received sexually explicit or inappropriate phone calls from Leto when they were younger, while two former employees of Thirty Seconds to Mars told the BBC they were uncomfortable with how the musician interacted with teenage girls. According to the documentary, young fans were sometimes invited backstage, into dressing rooms or to the home where Leto was recording music.
The investigation states that reporters corroborated portions of the women's accounts through friends and family members they had spoken to at the time, along with photographs, messages and other supporting material.
The documentary follows similar allegations published by Air Mail in 2025, when nine women accused Leto of a pattern of inappropriate sexual behavior, including allegations involving girls under the age of 18. Those claims gained wider attention after Los Angeles DJ Allie Teilz alleged that Leto assaulted her when she was 17. Leto's representatives previously denied the allegations published by Air Mail, calling them false and expressly rejecting claims that he engaged in sexual misconduct or inappropriate relationships. The BBC reported that it repeatedly sought comment from Leto regarding the new allegations but did not receive a response.
Leto, 54, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Dallas Buyers Club and has starred in films including Fight Club, Suicide Squad and Blade Runner 2049. He also fronts the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, which he formed with his brother Shannon Leto in 1998. ~ Chidera Arimah