London — 4 girls chatting with CBS Information’ associate community the BBC have accused actor and band frontman Jared Leto of legal sexual conduct after they have been youngsters.
One girl mentioned the Oscar-winning actor and “Thirty Seconds to Mars” band frontman sexually assaulted her in a motel when she was 17, whereas one other informed the BBC mentioned she had intercourse with Leto in California when she was the identical age — which might qualify as statutory rape.
A 3rd girl informed the BBC that Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 whereas she was alone with him in a resort room. One other alleges the star groomed her as a youngster, on one event suggesting they need to have intercourse.
Others say they acquired sexual telephone calls or lewd feedback from Leto.
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In whole, 10 girls spoke to the BBC for the documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Darkish Secret, together with 9 who mentioned they have been sharing their tales for the primary time.
The ladies all say they encountered Leto when he was in his 30s and 40s, between 2002 and 2016. He’s now 54.
“This was 25 years in the past … he has gotten away with it,” one in every of his accusers mentioned.
CBS Information has not independently corroborated the accusations.
Leto’s representatives shared an announcement from him saying: “I’ve by no means sexually assaulted anybody in my whole life. These claims are completely and categorically false.”
Leto has been tormented by allegations of sexual misconduct for years, however has denied all wrongdoing. No legal expenses have ever been filed towards him.
Two males who labored with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto’s band, informed the BBC that workers have been uncomfortable about his interactions with teenage women, saying he sometimes invited them to his dressing room or to the home the place the band was recording.
The BBC mentioned it corroborated a number of of the ladies’s accounts with household and mates who have been conscious of the interactions with Leto on the time. The community additionally mentioned it seen footage and messages supporting the ladies’s claims.
“I feel everybody thought the age hole was approach too huge,” one former band worker informed the BBC.
New allegations
The 4 girls accusing Leto of legal habits, whom the BBC recognized solely as Isabel, Alex, Clara and Etta, go into element within the documentary about what they are saying befell.
Isabel, now in her 40s, mentioned she was 17 when she agreed to satisfy Leto at a resort, the place he began kissing her and used her hand to masturbate himself. She mentioned she pulled away and informed him she wished to depart, including that Leto then placed on a towel and let her out of the “dingy gross motel” room after showing to test who was round.
Clara informed the BBC she had intercourse with Leto when she was 17 and he was 34, at his California house, whereas her pal waited in one other room.
In California, if an grownup has intercourse with somebody under the age of 18 it may be categorized as statutory rape.
“He informed me, ‘I would love you to name me daddy’. And it was both fake to be a bit of woman or ‘my little woman’,” she mentioned within the documentary.
She mentioned she was “naive and susceptible” and not sure if the habits was regular in an grownup relationship.
“There isn’t a well-adjusted man in his 30s who’s going to take a look at a youngster and assume … she can be an incredible associate,” Clara informed the BBC.
Etta informed the BBC she was despatched a non-disclosure settlement by Leto two years after he despatched her specific sexual emails, although he knew she was 16. “He did not less than as soon as point out him and I having intercourse sooner or later,” she mentioned.
She by no means signed the NDA, which was seen by the BBC.
Earlier allegations
In June 2025, 9 girls accused Leto of sexual impropriety in a information story revealed by U.S. outlet Air Mail.
The story additionally detailed how, a month earlier, Los Angeles DJ Allie Teilz had reposted a 2012 Fb standing through which she wrote: “Youre [sic] not likely in L.A. till Jared Leto tries to drive himself on you backstage… In a kilt.. And a snow hat.”
Air Mail reported that Teilz wrote in an Instagram story: “I used to be assaulted and traumatized by this creep once I was 17 … He knew my age and did not care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.”
A consultant for Leto “expressly denied” the accusations within the Air Mail piece, calling Teilz’s allegations “demonstrably false.”
The BBC mentioned it counted greater than 120 separate allegations made about Leto’s habits towards girls, a lot of them on-line, a few of which have been historic.
Leto received the 2014 Academy Award as finest supporting actor for his position in “Dallas Patrons Membership.”
Leto is ready to tour Europe and the U.Okay. subsequent 12 months with Thirty Seconds to Mars.
