Oscar winner accused of sexually assaulting 4 women, having sex with underage girl

EntertainmentJared Leto.Invision/APFour women have accused Jared Leto of sexual misconduct. The BBC published a report on Wednesday, July 29, based on interviews with multiple women for the documentary “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret.” One of the women, Isabel (not her real name), claims that Leto, 54, sexually assaulted her in a motel room in 2002, when she was 17. Isabel agreed to meet up with Leto after showing him and his friends around the store where she worked. She thought Leto was getting ready to take her somewhere else, until he called her into the bathroom to talk while he showered.“I don’t think there was many words exchanged and he opened the shower curtain and started kissing me,” Isabel says in the documentary. She claims that Leto then grabbed her hand and used it to masturbate himself. She pulled away and told Leto she wanted to leave. According to Isabel, Leto made sure no one was outside the motel room before letting her go.Another woman, who goes by Clara in the doc, claims she had sex with Leto when she was 17 and he was 34. She says Leto was unbothered by the age of consent being 18.“He just kind of shrugged it off, like it wasn’t a huge concern for him,” Clara told the BBC. “He told me, ‘I would like you to call me daddy.’ And it was either pretend to be a little girl or ‘my little girl.’ … It was only as time went on that I realized more and more how scary that really was.”A third woman, Taylor, was 14 years old when Leto allegedly told her she had “a nice rack” after she watched his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, perform in 2005. She asked him to sign her T-shirt, and he “chose to sign my shirt across my breasts.”READ MORE: Popular rapper says drug addiction made him ‘lose all touch’ with his ‘morals’Taylor recalled, “He was asking his bodyguard to go ahead and take me backstage, he didn’t even ask me if I wanted to go.” She says her mother witnessed the interaction and confronted Leto, who “just did not care.” “He looked at her and said, ‘It’s still a nice rack,’” Taylor said.The doc also features a former model named Alex, who claims that Leto’s assistant invited her to a Thirty Seconds to Mars afterparty at a London hotel in 2013. When she arrived, no one was there but Leto. Alex’s phone was dying, so she asked to stay on a chaise longue in the room. Leto allegedly told Alex she would wake up “with a d–k in her ass” if she stayed with him. Alex believes that Leto’s assistant intentionally tried to “lure me into his hotel room.” READ MORE: Country singer gets fish hook caught in head during grisly accidentAnother woman, who goes by Etta in the film, claims that she was 16 when she began talking to Leto on the phone after meeting him at a modeling agency. He would allegedly ask her sexual questions, including whether she was a virgin and whether she had sexual kinks. “He did at least once mention him and I having sex at some point,” Etta claims. A total of 10 women spoke to the BBC for “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,” which premieres on Wednesday. Leto did not respond to the BBC’s attempts to contact him. Advance Media has reached out to Leto for comment. If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).‘General Hospital’ shocks fans by recasting popular characterCBS sets fall 2026 premiere dates — See when ‘Tracker,’ ‘Marshals’ and more shows return ‘Law & Order’ replaces main cast member with new actor6 Emmy-nominated shows to binge watch this weekendSara Donnellan is a trending entertainment news writer. She worked as a TV news reporter for NJ.com, covering scripted and reality television and other viral TV moments, answering viewers’ burning questions and...This article was produced with assistance from AI tools and reviewed by Cleveland.com staff.