Jared Leto has denied multiple sexual misconduct claims made by several women in a new BBC documentary and report. The film interviewed 10 women, nine of whom spoke publicly for the first time. Five said they received sexual phone calls from Leto; four of those women say they were teens at the time.
Leto told ABC News, “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.”
The allegations include a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom at 17, a threat of sexual assault against a 19-year-old, and claims that Leto made explicit calls to a 16-year-old. Another woman says she was 17 when she was allegedly sexually assaulted in California, where the age of consent is 18. One person said Leto made an inappropriate sexual remark to her at a music festival when she was 14; she said her mother confronted him and he dismissed it. The alleged incidents span 2002 to 2016.
Leto has faced similar accusations before. In 2025, another report quoted nine women who said he acted or spoke in ways that made them uncomfortable; Leto denied those claims through a representative.
Outside of these allegations, Leto is known for his long acting career and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars, which he formed with his brother Shannon in 1998. He won an Oscar in 2014 for Dallas Buyers Club and has continued acting, most recently appearing in Masters of the Universe.
