Jared Leto Says “I Have Never Sexually Assaulted Anyone in My Entire Life” Amid Fresh Claims in Bombshell BBC Doc - hollywoodreporter.com

What the report says

The Hollywood Reporter says Jared Leto has denied allegations raised in a new BBC documentary, “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret.” In a statement provided to THR through his team on Wednesday, the actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman said he had never sexually assaulted anyone and described the claims as false. THR reported the response after the BBC program was released earlier the same day.

According to THR’s account of the BBC investigation, 10 women made allegations involving sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior by Leto, including four who accused him of criminal sexual conduct. The women said the alleged incidents occurred between 2002 and 2016, and some said they were teenagers at the time. THR reported that one woman alleged she was assaulted in a motel bathroom at age 17, while another alleged she had sex with Leto at 17 in California, where THR noted such conduct would be classified as statutory rape.

The article also says the BBC reported claims from a woman who alleged Leto groomed her when she was 16 and made sexually explicit phone calls, and that she later received a non-disclosure agreement she refused to sign. THR said the BBC reported seeing the NDA and corroborating several accounts with friends and relatives of the women.

THR noted that Leto’s representatives also denied earlier misconduct allegations after an Air Mail report last year. Leto, 54, is an Oscar-winning actor known for “Dallas Buyers Club” and other film roles, and is also the lead vocalist of Thirty Seconds to Mars. The BBC allegations have not been adjudicated in the information provided by THR.