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A new BBC documentary, 'Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,' features allegations of sexual misconduct against actor and musician Jared Leto from four women who were teenagers at the time of the incidents. One woman, Etta, said she met Leto in 2014 when she was 16 and he was 42, and their conversations quickly turned sexual. Another woman, Isabel, alleged that in 2002, when she was 17, Leto invited her to his hotel room, got in the shower, and forced her to touch him. A third woman said she had sex with Leto at 17, and he dismissed a discussion about the age of consent. A fourth alleged Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19. Four additional women reported receiving sexually explicit phone calls from him. A former employee of Leto's band, 30 Seconds to Mars, described witnessing him bring young girls to a recording house, including one instance where a girl's parents dropped her off. Leto has denied all allegations, stating he has never sexually assaulted anyone. The documentary includes accounts from a total of 10 women, nine of whom are speaking publicly for the first time.
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Actor and singer Jared Leto has been accused of sexual misconduct by four women who said they were teenagers at the time of the alleged incidents, according to a new BBC documentary titled "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret."
Allegations from the Documentary
- Etta told the BBC she met Leto in 2014 when she was 16 and he was 42. She said Leto approached her outside a modeling agency in Los Angeles and they exchanged contact information. According to Etta, their phone conversations quickly shifted from industry talk to discussions about sex.
- Isabel said she met Leto in 2002 in a Las Vegas mall when she was 17 and he was 30. She told the BBC he invited her to his hotel, which she described as "dingy." Once there, she alleged Leto got in the shower and called her over. She said he opened the shower curtain, began kissing her, and grabbed her hand to touch himself.
"Alarms started going off in my head, like, 'What are you doing here? This is not what you came for,'" Isabel told the BBC. "I pulled away and was like, 'OK, I'm going to go.'"
Isabel said she went home, looked him up, and learned he was in his early 30s.
- Another woman told the BBC she had sex with Leto when she was 17, and that he "shrugged off" a conversation about the age of consent.
- A fourth woman alleged that when she was 19, Leto threatened her with sexual assault.
Additional Accounts
The BBC reported that four other women said they received "strange and often very sexual phone calls" from the actor.
A total of 10 women spoke to the BBC about their experiences with Leto; nine of them were sharing their allegations for the first time.
Witness Account
Simon, who worked with Leto's band 30 Seconds to Mars for a decade, told the BBC he witnessed Leto inviting many young girls to a house where the band was recording. He recalled one instance when a girl's parents dropped her off. Simon said Leto and the girl went to a bedroom, and when they returned, there was a feeling of shame and embarrassment in the air.
"I just remember being really moved by it," Simon told the BBC.
Leto's Response
"I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life," Leto said Wednesday in a statement to HuffPost about the allegations in the documentary. "These claims are absolutely and categorically false."
Previous Allegations
About a year ago, Air Mail published a report featuring nine women accusing Leto of sexual misconduct dating back to 2006. Leto, now 54, denied those allegations as well.
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Jared Leto Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Four Women Who Were Teenagers