Jared Leto accused of sexual misconduct by four women in new BBC investigation

Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual conduct by four women including one who alleges he raped her as a teenager.

The allegations against the Oscar winner and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman, 54, date from when the women were aged between 16 and 19.

Leto won an Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club in 2014

One accuser alleges she had sex with Leto when she was 17, which under Californian laws would be classed as statutory rape.

The Hollywood star, aged 34 at the time, invited the woman and a friend to his Californian home, the alleged accuser told the BBC.

She claims Leto told her friend to wait in a separate room as the alleged rape took place.

A second woman claims she was sexually assaulted in a “dingy” Las Vegas motel bathroom when she was 17.

Leto, who was in his early 30s at the time, allegedly invited the girl into the bathroom as he showered and made her touch him inappropriately.

A third claims the Dallas Buyers Club star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 after the pair were left alone in a hotel room.

The allegations came after a Thirty Seconds to Mars concert at London’s O2 Arena in 2013 when Leto would have been 41.

A fourth accused Leto of grooming her and alleges he once took advantage of his celebrity status by making repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16.

He suggested they should have sex on at least one occasion, the alleged victim claims.

The accusations all come from a new BBC documentary titled Jared Leto: Hollywood‘s Dark Secret.

The BBC claims they have seen at least one non-disclosure agreement (NDA) sent to a woman aimed at preventing her from talking about her relationship with Leto.

Another woman also accuses the Morbius lead of ordering a security guard to take her backstage at a music festival when she was 14.

Leto as Ares in the 2025 film Tron: Ares

The woman alleges he made a sexual comment about her chest during an autograph-signing before claiming her mother confronted him.

Four other women also allege they received strange and often sexual phone calls from Leto when they were younger.

The allegations all date from between 2002 and 2016 when Leto was in his 30s and 40s.

Leto is yet to respond to the allegations.

He has previously denied historic sexual misconduct accusations by nine women, including some who said they were teenagers at the time.

The Sun has reached out to Leto’s team for comment.

One unnamed accuser said: “This was 25 years ago… he has gotten away with it.”

Staff members for Thirty Seconds to Mars also spoke out with one saying: “Jared is one of the worst people I’ve ever worked for in any way, shape or form.”

Leto won an Oscar and Golden Globe for Dallas Buyers Club in 2014 where he played Rayon, a transgender woman living with HIV.

He has also starred as The Joker in Suicide Squad and had roles in Blade Runner 2049 and Tron Ares.

Away from the big screen, Leto, born in Louisiana, is also the frontman to rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars. 

Leto starred as Skeletor in Masters of the Universe, which was released in June in the UK.

Thirty Seconds to Mars are also scheduled to go on tour in 2027 across Europe including shows in London and Manchester.