Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers

Warning: Contains graphic particulars of alleged sexual offenses and misconduct, in addition to robust language

Four women have accused Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct, with the alleged offenses having taken place when they were teenagers.

One of the women says she was sexually assaulted in a motel rest room when she was 17. Another says the Hollywood star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19, and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a lodge room.

A 3rd describes how she had under-age intercourse with the star in California when she was 17 – which might be labeled as statutory rape. Leto “shrugged off” a dialog in regards to the age of consent being 18 within the US state, she says.

The fourth lady describes being groomed by Leto, saying he abused his superstar standing by making repeated sexually express telephone calls to her when she was 16. On at the least one event, she says he instructed they ought to have intercourse.

She was subsequently despatched a non-disclosure settlement (NDA) to stop her from speaking about her relationship with Leto, which the BBC has seen. However, she refused to signal.

Four additional women additionally say they acquired unusual and sometimes very sexual telephone calls from Leto when they were youthful.

Another lady says, when she was 14, he instructed a safety guard to take her backstage at a music competition after having made a lewd remark about her chest throughout an autograph-signing. The lady’s mom confronted Leto, however he repeated the remark, it’s alleged.

In whole, 10 women have spoken to the BBC documentary – Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret – with 9 of them sharing their tales publicly for the primary time.

All the women say they encountered Leto between 2002 and 2016, when he was in his 30s and 40s. He is now 54.

“This was 25 years ago… he has gotten away with it,” says one of his alleged victims.

The BBC has corroborated a quantity of the women’s accounts with family and friends who were advised in regards to the encounters with Leto on the time. In some instances, we have now additionally seen footage and messages that assist the women’s accounts.

Two males who labored with Leto’s band for a few years additionally advised the documentary how uncomfortable employees felt about the way in which Leto would work together with teenage women, generally inviting them backstage to his dressing room or inviting them to the home the place he was recording.

“I think everyone thought the age gap was way too big,” one says.

Despite repeated makes an attempt to contact Jared Leto, he has not responded to the allegations put to him by the BBC.