Jared Leto is facing renewed scrutiny after new allegations surfaced in a BBC documentary released Wednesday. The documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, features allegations of misconduct by the actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman from several women. Leto has denied all of the allegations. The new claims also prompted additional comments from a former colleague.
An insider claimed concerns about Jared Leto’s behaviour had circulated in the music industry for years
According to Page Six, a former colleague who worked with Leto once while he was on tour described him as “difficult to work with behind the scenes”. According to the anonymous source, Leto made some odd requests, such as holding doors and holding his cape, and put some members of the crew in an awkward situation.
The insider also alleged that people in the music industry had discussed concerns about his behavior for years.
The BBC documentary includes allegations from 10 women, according to Page Six. Four women using the pseudonyms Clara, Alex, Isabel and Etta said the alleged incidents occurred between 2002 and 2016, when they were teenagers.
According to Isabel, Leto assaulted her in a motel bathroom when she was 17 in 2002, while Clara said she had a sexual relationship with Leto when she was 17. Alex accused Leto of threatening to sexually assault her in a hotel room in 2013, and Etta alleged he groomed her when she was 16.
Etta also alleged that Leto made explicit calls to her in 2014 and attempted to sign her into a non-disclosure agreement, which she refused. The BBC said it checked the alleged NDA and other papers concerning the allegations.
The documentary also featured six more women and two unknown men who used to work with Thirty Seconds to Mars. They claimed that staff members were not comfortable in Leto’s presence with teen girls and that he frequently invited them backstage or to his house, where he was recording.
Leto stated to Page Six, denying the allegations. “Absolutely and categorically false, and I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” he said. An Air Mail expose in 2025 featured similar allegations from nine women, and Leto denied those claims at the time.
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