{"id":2068425,"date":"2026-07-29T08:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2068425"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T05:45:04","slug":"jared-leto-accused-of-criminal-sexual-misconduct-by-four-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2068425","title":{"rendered":"Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual misconduct by four women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_jaredleto_getty_2000x1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual misconduct by four women<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Several allegations have been made in the the BBC documentary &#8216;Jared Leto: Hollywood&#8217;s Dark Secret&#8217;. The alleged offences took place when the women were teenagers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Damian Jones<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-29T09:45:04+01:00\">29th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_jaredleto_getty_2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Leto\" title=\"Premiere Of Disney&apos;s \"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Jared Leto CREDIT: Maya Dehlin Spach\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Jared Leto has been accused by four women of criminal sexual conduct.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC documentary \u2013 <em>Jared Leto: Hollywood\u2019s Dark Secret \u2013 <\/em>which is currently airing on the BBC iPlayer, the alleged offences took place when they were teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>One of the women claims she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17-years-old by the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman, while another alleged the star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>A third described how she had under-age sex with the star in California when she was 17 \u2013 which would be classified as statutory rape and she claims that Leto \u201cshrugged off\u201d a conversation about the age of consent being 18 in the US state.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman also alleged she was groomed by Leto, claiming he abused his celebrity status by making repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. According to the BBC (via <em>BBC News<\/em>), she was subsequently sent a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to prevent her from talking about her relationship with Leto, which she refused to sign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_thirtysecondstomars_getty_2000x1270.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds To Mars performs at Ippodromo Snai San Siro on July 2, 2025 CREDIT: Sergione Infuso\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In total, 10 women spoke in the BBC documentary, with nine of them sharing their stories publicly for the first time, saying they encountered Leto between 2002 and 2016. <em>NME<\/em> has contacted representatives of Leto for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Four of them said they received strange and often very sexual phone calls from him when they were younger.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman alleged that when she was 14, that Leto instructed a security guard to take her backstage at a music festival after having made a lewd comment about her chest during an autograph-signing. The girl\u2019s mother confronted Leto, but he repeated the comment, it is alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC claims it has corroborated a number of the women\u2019s accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters with Leto at the time and the corporation says it has also seen pictures and messages that support the women\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Two men who worked with his band also told the documentary how uncomfortable staff felt about the way Leto would allegedly interact with teenage girls, sometimes inviting them backstage to his dressing room or inviting them to the house where he was recording.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC claims that despite repeated attempts to contact Leto, he has not responded to the allegations put to him by the corporation.<\/p>\n<p>It comes just over a year after the singer and actor was accused of sexual misconduct by nine women, allegations representatives for the singer denied at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In a report published by\u00a0<em>Air Mail<\/em> last June, multiple women accused Leto of inappropriate behaviour. The allegations dated back to the early 2000s, with one woman calling it \u201can open secret\u201d that he texted sexual remarks to teenage models.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations against the Thirty Seconds To Mars singer and Hollywood actor emerged the previous month, when Los Angeles based DJ Allie Teilz shared on old Facebook post of hers, written in 2012, on her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoure [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage\u2026 In a kilt.. And a snow hat,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI was assaulted and traumatised by this creep when I was 17,\u201d she added in separate story. \u201cHe knew my age and didn\u2019t care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A representative of Leto \u201cexpressly denied\u201d the multiple accusations reported in the <em>Air Mail<\/em> expose \u2013 including Teilz\u2019s \u2013 with the representative saying the claims were \u201cdemonstrably false\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>For more help, advice or more information regarding sexual harassment, assault and rape in the UK, visit the\u00a0<\/b><b>Rape Crisis charity website<\/b><b>. 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Life\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">One dead and at least 16 injured after car rams into crowd at Berlin Pride event<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Jared Leto has been accused by four women of criminal sexual conduct.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC documentary \u2013 <em>Jared Leto: Hollywood\u2019s Dark Secret \u2013 <\/em>which is currently airing on the BBC iPlayer, the alleged offences took place when they were teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>One of the women claims she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17-years-old by the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman, while another alleged the star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>A third described how she had under-age sex with the star in California when she was 17 \u2013 which would be classified as statutory rape and she claims that Leto \u201cshrugged off\u201d a conversation about the age of consent being 18 in the US state.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman also alleged she was groomed by Leto, claiming he abused his celebrity status by making repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. According to the BBC (via <em>BBC News<\/em>), she was subsequently sent a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to prevent her from talking about her relationship with Leto, which she refused to sign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_thirtysecondstomars_getty_2000x1270.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds To Mars performs at Ippodromo Snai San Siro on July 2, 2025 CREDIT: Sergione Infuso\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In total, 10 women spoke in the BBC documentary, with nine of them sharing their stories publicly for the first time, saying they encountered Leto between 2002 and 2016. <em>NME<\/em> has contacted representatives of Leto for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Four of them said they received strange and often very sexual phone calls from him when they were younger.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman alleged that when she was 14, that Leto instructed a security guard to take her backstage at a music festival after having made a lewd comment about her chest during an autograph-signing. The girl\u2019s mother confronted Leto, but he repeated the comment, it is alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC claims it has corroborated a number of the women\u2019s accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters with Leto at the time and the corporation says it has also seen pictures and messages that support the women\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Two men who worked with his band also told the documentary how uncomfortable staff felt about the way Leto would allegedly interact with teenage girls, sometimes inviting them backstage to his dressing room or inviting them to the house where he was recording.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC claims that despite repeated attempts to contact Leto, he has not responded to the allegations put to him by the corporation.<\/p>\n<p>It comes just over a year after the singer and actor was accused of sexual misconduct by nine women, allegations representatives for the singer denied at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In a report published by\u00a0<em>Air Mail<\/em> last June, multiple women accused Leto of inappropriate behaviour. The allegations dated back to the early 2000s, with one woman calling it \u201can open secret\u201d that he texted sexual remarks to teenage models.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations against the Thirty Seconds To Mars singer and Hollywood actor emerged the previous month, when Los Angeles based DJ Allie Teilz shared on old Facebook post of hers, written in 2012, on her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoure [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage\u2026 In a kilt.. And a snow hat,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI was assaulted and traumatised by this creep when I was 17,\u201d she added in separate story. \u201cHe knew my age and didn\u2019t care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A representative of Leto \u201cexpressly denied\u201d the multiple accusations reported in the <em>Air Mail<\/em> expose \u2013 including Teilz\u2019s \u2013 with the representative saying the claims were \u201cdemonstrably false\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>For more help, advice or more information regarding sexual harassment, assault and rape in the UK, visit the\u00a0<\/b><b>Rape Crisis charity website<\/b><b>. In the US, visit\u00a0<\/b><b>RAINN.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/jared-leto-accused-of-criminal-sexual-misconduct-by-four-women-3959540&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_jaredleto_getty_2000x1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual misconduct by four women Several allegations have been made in the the BBC documentary &#8216;Jared Leto: Hollywood&#8217;s Dark Secret&#8217;. 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