{"id":20963,"date":"2026-07-29T13:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20963"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:12:23","slug":"jared-leto-accused-of-criminal-sexual-conduct-by-4-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20963","title":{"rendered":"Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual conduct by 4 women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"eAJeeci3Io\" data-wc=\"22\"><a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/jared-leto\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">Jared Leto<\/a> has been accused of criminal sexual conduct by four women, who allege the offences took place when they were teenagers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement id=\"horizon_hello\" group-name=\"horizon_hello\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"eif3-34uueS\" data-wc=\"28\">The Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman is the subject of a new <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cd7lg2nz2x2o\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">BBC documentary<\/a>, <em>Jared Leto: Hollywood&#8217;s Dark Secret<\/em>, in which ten women spoke out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"75\" id=\"engEgwVe4k\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8229db45e445-jared-leto-oscar.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8229db45e445-jared-leto-oscar.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8229db45e445-jared-leto-oscar.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8229db45e445-jared-leto-oscar.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jared Leto, winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role poses in the press room during the Oscars at Loews Hollywood Hotel on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual conduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"e2R4OBez1CS\" data-wc=\"53\">One woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17. Another said the actor threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19, while a third alleges that she had underage sex with Jared when she was 17 \u2013 which in California would be classed as statutory rape.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eiGly8G8tA8\" data-wc=\"23\">A fourth woman claimed she was groomed by Jared, who allegedly made repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"200\" id=\"eHjyrim70r9\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51190eb4b0f5-gettyimages-2166139379.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51190eb4b0f5-gettyimages-2166139379.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51190eb4b0f5-gettyimages-2166139379.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/51190eb4b0f5-gettyimages-2166139379.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jared Leto at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California on August 09, 2024\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 Getty Images for Disney<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">Ten women have spoken out in a new BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood&#8217;s Dark Secret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"eZTtcE6AgKW\" data-wc=\"17\">Four more women also claimed they received very sexual phone calls from Jared when they were younger.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eltCiVvZ5h_\" data-wc=\"25\">All of the women alleged that they encountered Jared between 2002 and 2016, when he was in his 30s and 40s. He is now 54.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ed1B_bswzuW\" data-wc=\"41\">&#8220;This was 25 years ago\u2026 he has gotten away with it,&#8221; one of the alleged victims told the BBC, which has corroborated a number of the women&#8217;s accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"200\" id=\"egtekQbIetR\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/92c96cc9bb6b-gettyimages-2175450520.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/92c96cc9bb6b-gettyimages-2175450520.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/92c96cc9bb6b-gettyimages-2175450520.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/92c96cc9bb6b-gettyimages-2175450520.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jared Leto attends Valentino Pavillon des Folies Show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on September 29, 2024 \" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 Getty Images for Valentino<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">All of the women alleged that they encountered Jared between 2002 and 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"eLZuz7va6sx\" data-wc=\"24\">Two men who worked with Jared&#8217;s band Thirty Seconds to Mars said they felt uncomfortable about the way Jared would interact with teenage girls.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ewdVs-Und4_\" data-wc=\"13\">&#8220;I think everyone thought the age gap was way too big,&#8221; one said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eq0uQNz2FV9\" data-wc=\"44\">This isn&#8217;t the first time Jared has faced accusations of sexual misconduct. Last year, <a class=\"hm-link he-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/celebrities\/836758\/jared-leto-denies-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-amid-bombshell-report\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">allegations emerged<\/a> when a Los Angeles DJ named Allie Teilz said she had been assaulted by the actor when she was 17, prompting several other women to make similar claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eJmqLsaMbnN\" data-wc=\"15\">Nine women also accused Leto of sexual impropriety last year. He denied all the allegations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eHFDYDbBlH\" data-wc=\"7\"><strong>HELLO! has contacted Jared&#8217;s representatives for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-wc=\"2\" id=\"h2-4ms5s2iut\">Jared&#8217;s career<\/h2>\n<p id=\"eNZHM8g9CQa\" data-wc=\"43\">Jared has been a prominent figure in Hollywood for decades. In 2014, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in <em>Dallas Buyers Club<\/em>, and has appeared in a number of blockbuster films, including <em>Suicide Squad\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Blade Runner 2049.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fr-embedded\">\n<div data-wc=\"200\" id=\"ec46YPHM2oY\">\n<figure class=\"he-meIm-995f02\">\n<div class=\"he-imCo-14461c5\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8b67838dd77a-gettyimages-106157025.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width:1360px) 630px, (min-width:960px) 60vw, (min-width:320px) calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2)), calc(100vw - (var(--page-gutter) * 2))\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8b67838dd77a-gettyimages-106157025.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_960 960w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8b67838dd77a-gettyimages-106157025.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_640 640w, https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/original_aspect_ratio\/8b67838dd77a-gettyimages-106157025.jpg?tx=c_limit,w_360 360w\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image he-image\" data-flatplan=\"fp_photoCaption\"\/><span class=\"he-imCr-1233683\">\u00a9 WireImage<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"he-meImCa-17135c3\">30 Seconds to Mars was formed in 1998<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"eGkWCXb89eO\" data-wc=\"36\">His rock band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, was formed in 1998 and has received a number of accolades, including a Billboard Music Award and a Guinness World Record for Most Shows Performed During an Album Cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual conduct by four women, who allege the offences took place when they were teenagers.\u00a0 The Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman is the subject of a new BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood&#8217;s Dark Secret, in which ten women spoke out. \u00a9 Getty ImagesJared Leto has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.hellomagazine.com\/horizon\/landscape\/eaefdc05ef58-jared-leto.jpg?tx=c_fill,w_1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}