Jared Leto 'absolutely' Denies Women's Accusations Of Sexual Misconduct When They Were Teens

Jared Leto faces allegations of criminal intersexual behaviour by respective women who allege nan intersexual incidents pinch nan musician and Oscar-winning character occurred erstwhile he was successful his 30s and 40s and they were teenagers.

In a BBC documentary titled “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,” multiple women said astir their experiences pinch nan “House of Gucci” prima and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman, detailing allegations of inappropriate matter messages, intersexual battle and statutory rape from 2002 to 2016. Among nan allegations, 1 female said she was 17 years aged erstwhile Leto sexually assaulted her successful a motel bathroom. Another female alleges Leto continued to sexually prosecute her successful Los Angeles contempt knowing she was 17 years old, younger than nan property of consent successful California.

Leto, successful a connection shared pinch The Times connected Wednesday, denied nan allegations raised by nan BBC documentary: “I person ne'er sexually assaulted anyone successful my full life,” he said. “These claims are perfectly and categorically false.”

Journalist and documentarian Jessica Sartenaer said successful nan conception published Wednesday that nan BBC began its investigation into allegations against Leto aft noting an Instagram communicative from a salient DJ based successful Los Angeles. In a since-expired Instagram story, DJ Allie Teilz, resurfaced a 2012 Facebook station successful which she accused Leto of trying to “force himself” onto her backstage astatine a concert. Teilz captioned her repost: “Jared Leto was a creep then..still a creep now, going connected 15+ years of being Hollywood’s astir persistent predator,” according to nan BBC documentary.

Numerous societal media users reportedly responded to Teilz’s posts pinch their ain claims astir Leto’s alleged predatory behavior, galore noting they were taxable to Leto’s misconduct erstwhile they were teens. A female identified arsenic “Etta” told nan BBC she was 14 erstwhile Leto approached her extracurricular of a modeling agency and invited her to an Oscars party. Etta provided email correspondences to nan outlet and said nan “Morbius” character encouraged her to enactment successful interaction via matter aft nan invite. Text messages turned into telephone calls and conversations astir her modeling profession quickly turned sexual, according to nan documentary. Leto allegedly asked Etta astir her virginity, her kinks and intersexual capabilities.

Etta said successful nan documentary that Leto’s ineligible squad allegedly contacted her and urged her to motion a nondisclosure statement astir her narration pinch nan actor, though she ne'er did.

The documentary portrays Leto arsenic a personage who leveraged his fame to link pinch young fans and power them. The female who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Leto astatine property 17 successful a motel bath told nan BBC she met Leto successful 2002 astatine a promenade successful Las Vegas. Leto would person been successful his early 30s astatine nan time. He invited her to meet him astatine a adjacent motel. She waited successful nan room while he stepped into nan shower, but he yet called her complete and began kissing her, according to nan BBC. The woman, identified arsenic “Isabelle,” accused Leto of forcing her manus to his genitals and utilizing her manus to masturbate. Isabelle pulled distant and moved to time off nan room, but Leto allegedly looked extracurricular nan motel room for immoderate imaginable bystanders earlier letting her out, she recalled to nan BBC.

The BBC besides published allegations by “Clara,” nan female who said Leto knowingly had activity pinch her erstwhile she was 17 — he was 34 astatine nan clip — astatine his location successful California. Clara said she connected pinch Leto aft his subordinate requested her telephone number. She and her friend were invited to walk clip pinch nan set astatine nan Chateau Marmont successful Hollywood, wherever nan property of consent of California became a taxable of conversation. Leto, who allegedly shrugged disconnected nan conversation, invited Clara and her friend backmost to his location and told nan friend to hold successful different room while he had activity pinch Clara. Clara visited Leto’s location a full of 3 aliases 4 times, according to nan BBC. She besides alleged that Leto often requested that she telephone him “daddy” and that she dress to beryllium a small girl.

Leto successful 2013 allegedly invited different woman, named Alex, to his band’s performance astatine London’s O2 and to an after-party. She was 19 astatine nan clip but told Leto she was younger retired of a request to protect herself, nan BBC reported. Leto allegedly replied: “Age is conscionable a number, and anyway, we’re successful Europe.” Alex alleges Leto threatened to sexually battle her successful a edifice room later that evening.

The BBC besides said to men who who worked intimately pinch Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars. One man said Leto was often texting girls to induce them to walk clip pinch nan band. Leto besides allegedly asserted power by ignoring nan girls he invited and speaking to them rudely. The man besides recalled that Leto took 1 fan, who was dropped disconnected by her parents, “off to nan bedroom.” Afterward, she called her parents to prime her up.

Leto has agelong faced quiet scrutiny for his alleged behaviour pinch women and young girls. In 2005 nan New York Post published a communicative accusing nan character of “aggressively pursuing many” teen models. Last twelvemonth Air Mail published accusations against Leto of impropriety by 9 women, though he denied those claims astatine nan time.

Still, nan actor-musician has moved connected from those allegations seemingly unscathed. Leto, who won his Oscar successful 2014 for “Dallas Buyers Club,” astir precocious appeared successful “Masters of nan Universe” and is group to circuit pinch his set adjacent year.