Actor Jared Leto denies multiple sexual assault allegations after BBC report

Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto has denied sexual misconduct allegations made by four women in a BBC documentary, calling the claims 'absolutely and categorically false.' The women allege assaults between 2002 and 2016 when they were teenagers. The BBC says it corroborated accounts with friends, family, pictures, and messages.

Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto on Wednesday denied sexual misconduct claims made by four women who told the BBC that the Hollywood star assaulted them when they were teenagers. In a statement, Leto said: "I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false." The allegations were featured in a BBC documentary titled "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret," in which four women described encounters that took place between 2002 and 2016, when Leto was in his 30s or 40s. One woman said she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom at age 17; another said Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19; a third said she had underage sex with him in California at 17, which would be statutory rape; and a fourth said Leto made sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. Four additional women described "strange and often very sexual phone calls from Leto," according to the BBC. The outlet said it corroborated the accounts with friends and family who were told at the time, and in some cases with pictures and messages. In 2025, nine women accused Leto of sexual impropriety in a piece by US outlet Air Mail. Leto won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in "Dallas Buyers Club" and is the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars.