Jared Leto's Shocking Response to New Accusations

Warning: This article may contain some distressing information. Actor and musician Jared Leto has responded to claims of criminal sexual conduct made against him by multiple women in a new BBC documentary. Titled Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Darkest Secret, the title was released on Wednesday (July 29), and featured 10 women who came out with allegations against the Thirty Seconds to Mars artist. Four of these women alleged that these incidents took place when they were teenagers. “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” Leto said in a statement via his representatives to Variety . He added: “These claims are absolutely and categorically false.” The BBC has since stated that the women's claims were backed up by "friends and family who were told about the encounters with Leto at the time," as well as pictures and messages in some instances which “support the women’s accounts.” Jared Leto has been accused of sexual misconduct. Credit: Leon Bennett / Getty What allegations are made against Leto in the documentary? BBC's documentary is out today, and it details how the 54-year-old celebrity allegedly became involved with 10 women, nine of whom are speaking publicly for the first time, and four of whom were teenagers. One of the women accuses the Oscar-winning actor of assaulting her in a motel bathroom when she was 17, while another claimed Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19. A third woman claimed Leto had sex with her in California when she was also 17, despite the state's age of consent being 18, meaning it would be classified as statutory rape. The woman was named Clara in the doc, telling 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.'" She said that an associate of Leto approached her backstage at a Thirty Seconds to Mars concert in 2006 and obtained her phone number on his behalf, before going back to the actor's home and having sex with him while her friend waited in another room. Another claim alleges that the musician repeatedly made sexually explicit and suggestive phone calls to her when she was just 16, suggesting that they should have sex on at least one occasion. These encounters are said to have occurred between 2002 and 2016, when Leto was in his 30s and 40s. The accusations against Leto come from multiple women. Credit: Emma McIntyre / Getty Dylan Sprouse's old post resurfaces Once the allegations came to light again, social media users have rediscovered a tweet actor Dylan Sprouse posted in 2018. The former Disney star publicly called Leto out over claims that he had been messaging young models. "Yo @JaredLeto now that you’ve slid into the dm’s of every female model aged 18-25, what would you say your success rate is?" he asked. It's unclear what led Sprouse to post this at the time, and Leto did not publicly respond. The allegations brought against Leto this year are not the first - in 2025, DJ Allie Teilz accused Leto of sexual misconduct on social media. She said that he assaulted her when she was just 17, with multiple other women coming forward in an Air Mail investigation, which was published in June 2025. It detailed that nine women had alleged the actor displayed inappropriate behaviour over the years, with some admitting they were underage at the time. Leto "expressly" denied all allegations made in this report. If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or rainn.org in the US, or contact rapecrisis.org.uk or call 0808 500 2222 in the UK. Featured image credit: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty