Four women have come forward with allegations of criminal sexual misconduct against actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto. The alleged offences took place when the accusers were teenagers.
The allegations range from sexual assault to statutory rape and grooming. Each account details a distinct pattern of alleged misconduct involving minors.
“Four women have accused Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct, with the alleged offences having taken place when they were teenagers,” the BBC reported.
One of the women says she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17. Another says Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19, having been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room. A third describes having under-age sex with him in California when she was 17 — conduct that would be classified as statutory rape. Leto “shrugged off” a conversation about the age of consent being 18 in the US state, she says.
A fourth allegation involves grooming through repeated explicit communication when the accuser was a minor. “The fourth woman describes being groomed by Leto, saying he abused his celebrity status by making repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. On at least one occasion, she says he suggested they should have sex,” the BBC reported.
The allegations emerged through a BBC documentary titled Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, which aired on July 29, 2026. The film brought together multiple women willing to speak publicly about their experiences for the first time.
Ten women in total feature in the documentary, nine of whom are speaking publicly for the first time. The encounters are said to have taken place between 2002 and 2016, spanning more than a decade of alleged misconduct.
The BBC investigation also uncovered more than 120 online allegations about Leto’s behavior toward women. Many were historical and could not be independently verified.
The breadth of the accounts — spanning years and involving multiple individuals — points to what investigators describe as a consistent pattern of behavior targeting young women. Further developments may follow as the story continues to unfold.
Source: BBC News
