The actor and singer Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual conduct by four women in a BBC documentary, with the alleged offences taking place when the women were teenagers.
The incidents reported by the BBC are alleged to have taken place between ۲۰۰۲ and ۲۰۱۶, when the actor was in his ۳۰s and ۴۰s. He is now ۵۴.
One of the women alleges that the Oscar winner assaulted her in a motel bathroom when she was ۱۷. Another alleges that he threatened her with sexual assault when she was ۱۹ and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room.
A third alleges she had sex with Leto in California when she was ۱۷, which would be classified as statutory rape. She claims the actor “shrugged off” a conversation about the age of consent being ۱۸ in the state.
A fourth woman alleges that Leto made repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was ۱۶, and on at least one occasion suggested they should have sex. She was subsequently sent a non-disclosure agreement to prevent her from talking about her relationship with Leto, which the BBC said it has seen. The woman refused to sign the NDA.
Despite repeated attempts to contact him, the BBC said Leto has not responded to the allegations put to him.
Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret is released on Wednesday. It features a total of ۱۰ women alleging the actor and musician behaved in a sexually inappropriate way towards them, with nine of them sharing their stories publicly for the first time, the BBC said.
The broadcaster said it has corroborated “a number of the women’s accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters with Leto at the time”. In some cases, it said it had also seen pictures and messages that “support the women’s accounts”.
The documentary also features two accounts from individuals who worked with Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, who say staff felt uncomfortable about his conduct. They allege that he would sometimes invite teenage girls backstage to his dressing room or to the house where he was recording.
Leto has been a prominent actor since the ۱۹۹۰s, with Fight Club, The Thin Red Line and Girl, Interrupted among his early major film roles.
He won an Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and has also appeared in hit films such as Suicide Squad, Blade Runner ۲۰۴۹ and, most recently, Masters Of the Universe.
Thirty Seconds to Mars were formed in ۱۹۹۸ and are known for tracks such as The Kill, Kings and Queens and This Is War. The group are now touring Europe, and will perform in London and Manchester next year.
Last year, American DJ Allie Teilz alleged on social media that Leto assaulted her when she was ۱۷. In a separate report in Air Mail, nine women accused Leto of engaging in inappropriate behaviour over the years. He denied the allegations.
