Ten women have come forward in a newly released BBC documentary titled "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret," detailing serious allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior by the 54-year-old Academy Award-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars vocalist.
Four of these individuals explicitly accuse Leto of criminal sexual acts that allegedly occurred when they were teenagers, spanning a period between 2002 and 2016 when the star was in his thirties and forties.
Among the specific allegations, one woman states she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom at the age of 17, while a 19-year-old claims she was threatened with sexual assault after being unexpectedly isolated with him in a hotel room.
Another accuser reports having statutory under-age sex with the actor in California when she was 17, noting that he casually dismissed her concerns regarding the state's legal age of consent being 18.
A fourth woman says she was groomed through repeated, sexually explicit phone calls starting when she was 16; she later refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement that was sent to her in an attempt to silence her about their interactions.
Beyond these four primary accounts, four additional women reported receiving strangely sexualized phone calls from the star during their youth. Furthermore, one individual alleges that when she was only 14 at a music festival, Leto directed a security guard to bring her backstage after making inappropriate and lewd comments about her body, which he allegedly reiterated even after being directly confronted by the girl's mother.
BBC has independently verified elements of these accounts through corroborating messages, photographs, and testimonies from friends and family members who were informed at the time.
Additionally, two former male crew members for Leto's band admitted to the documentary that staff were frequently uneasy about the significant age gap and his habit of inviting teenage girls into his dressing room or recording studio.
Despite the severity of these claims—nine of which are being made public for the first time—and a quote from one victim stating he has "gotten away with it" for decades, Leto has not replied to the BBC's requests for comment.