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Actor and former Thirty Seconds to Mars star Jared Leto is facing allegations of criminal sexual conduct, and four women have told the BBC in a new song released on Wednesday that the offenses took place when they were teenagers.
BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Darkest Secretincludes interviews with 10 women who talk about their alleged experiences between 2002 and 2016, when Leto was in his 30s and early 40s.
The BBC says four of them describe what it describes as criminal behavior involving Leto. The documentary also includes corroboration of other accounts told by friends and family about the encounter at the time.
Leto dismissed these allegations.
Leto, who won the 2014 Academy Award for best supporting actor Dallas Buyers Club, appeared in hit movies like Fight Club, Blade Runner 2049 again Suicide Squad. Leto’s band is also scheduled to tour Europe in April 2027.
This is not the first time he has faced allegations of sexual misconduct. An investigative report by digital agency Air Mail in June 2025 included accounts from nine women describing a pattern of abusive behavior, unwanted advances and exposure between 2006 and 2012. Los Angeles DJ Allie Teilz publicly alleged on social media that Leto assaulted her when she was 17.
The BBC acknowledges those earlier allegations, which Leto’s rep denied at the time, in its letter – noting that it has listed more than 120 separate online allegations related to Leto’s behavior towards women.
WATCH | Excerpt from the documentary:
Leto denies the allegations of the BBC
The BBC says it has seen images and messages in other cases, and made repeated attempts to contact Leto for comment, but he has not responded to the allegations. CBC News also reached out to representatives for Jared Leto, but they had not received a comment at press time.
However, multiple outlets, including The Hollywood Reporter, are reporting that Jared Leto’s representatives have provided them with a statement.
“I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” Leto, 54, said in a statement, also calling the claims made in the film “totally false.”
Allegations of sex in a BBC documentary
None of the four women are identified by their real names.
Isabel told the BBC she was 17 when she met Leto, then 30, in Las Vegas in 2002. She alleges that he sexually assaulted her after inviting her to his motel room. He says he also regretted it for years after meeting.
Former model Alex says she was 19 when Leto threatened to sexually assault her in 2013. He told the BBC that Leto’s assistant invited him to a party in London, but when he arrived, it was only Leto in the hotel room. After swearing, he says he left quickly, feeling unsafe.
Clara says she was 17 when she met Leto, who was 34 at the time. He told the BBC he remembers having a conversation about the age of consent in California, when he was 18, and Leto retracted the comment. He suspects that he and Leto are having sex, and this was the first of three or four visits to his house.
Etta says she met Leto at a modeling agency in Los Angeles in 2014 when she was 16. She told the BBC that she asked for her email, and that the contact immediately changed the sex. Etta also said that she was sent a non-disclosure agreement in 2016, which she refused to sign.
If you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety or that of others around you, please call 911. For support in your area, you can check crisis lines and local services by using Completes the database of the Canadian Sexual Violence Association. .
