Cinema VinesOscar‑winning actor Jared Leto has publicly denied a series of sexual assault accusations that surfaced in a BBC documentary released on Wednesday. The film, titled “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,” features four women who claim the Hollywood star assaulted them when they were minors, ranging from 16 to 19 years old. Leto, who is 54, issued a statement asserting, “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.”
The allegations span incidents that allegedly occurred between 2002 and 2016, when Leto was in his 30s and 40s. One woman said she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom at age 17, while another alleged that the actor threatened her with assault when she was 19. A third recounted an underage sexual encounter in California at age 17, which would constitute statutory rape, and a fourth claimed that Leto made sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. Additional footage in the documentary shows other women describing “strange and often very sexual phone calls” from the actor.
The BBC stated that it had corroborated several of the women’s accounts through conversations with friends and family who were aware of the incidents at the time, and that it had reviewed photographs and messages that supported the claims. In 2025, a separate U.S. outlet, Air Mail, reported that nine women had accused Leto of sexual impropriety.
Leto’s career highlights include an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an HIV‑positive transgender woman in the 2013 film “Dallas Buyers Club.” He has also appeared in “House of Gucci,” “Suicide Squad,” and “Morbius.” Outside of acting, he fronts the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
