Jared Leto accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls
Jared Leto accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls
Emily SmithWed, July 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM UTC
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Jared Leto allegedly abused four teenagers aged 16 to 19 - Daniele Venturelli
Jared Leto has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting teenage girls.
Leto, who starred in Fight Club and American Psycho, allegedly abused four teenagers aged 16 to 19. He has not responded to the claims.
One woman said she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17, while another said he threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 after they were left alone in a hotel room.
A third woman said she had sex with the Oscar-winning actor in California when she was 17.
The age of consent in the state is 18, meaning the incident would be classified as statutory rape.
Jared Leto has been dogged by sexual misconduct allegations for decades - 2024 Getty Images
Another woman alleged she was groomed by Leto, now 54, who made sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16.
On at least one occasion he suggested they should have sex and later sent her a non-disclosure agreement which she refused to sign.
A total of 10 women alleged inappropriate behaviour by the actor between 2002 and 2016 in a new BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret.
Leto was in his 30s and 40s at the time.
Leto at the Met Gala in 2019 - Theo Wargo
One of the women interviewed said the actor instructed a security guard to take her backstage at a musical festival when she was 14.
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The woman claimed Leto commented on her chest during an autograph signing before her mother confronted him.
Four other women also claimed they received strange and often sexual phone calls from Leto as teenagers.
“This was 25 years ago… he has gotten away with it,” one of his alleged victims said.
Two men who worked with Leto’s band have also spoken about how uncomfortable staff felt about the way he would interact with teenage girls, often inviting them backstage to his dressing room or to the house where he was recording.
“I think everyone thought the age gap was way too big,” one said.
Leto starred in Dallas Buyers Club - ANNE MARIE FOX
One woman alleged that she first had sex with Leto when she was 17 and he was 34 at his house in California.
“He told me, ‘I would like you to call me daddy.’ And it was either ‘pretend to be a little girl’ or ‘my little girl’,” she told the BBC.
The woman said she was “so naive and vulnerable” at that time and had no sense of how “normal” the behaviour was in an adult relationship.
“It was only as time went on that I realised more and more how scary that really was,” she said.
Nine women last year accused Leto of sexual impropriety, in an article by Air Mai, a US media outlet. He denied all the allegations.
The Telegraph has contacted Leto for comment.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
