A BBC documentary released on July 29 featured several women describing encounters with Jared Leto, four of whom accused the actor of conduct they believed amounted to criminal offenses.
The alleged incidents took place between 2002 and 2016, when Leto was in his 30s and 40s. Several of the women said they were teenagers at the time, including one who was 14. The allegations initially came to light after an exposé on the actor by Air Mail in June 2025.
One woman, who identified as Isabel, said the alleged incident took place in a motel bathroom in Las Vegas in 2002, when she was 17. She said she had met the Morbius actor and his friends while working at a store in the city and later agreed to meet him at his hotel, only to be taken to what she described as a rundown motel.
“This was 25 years ago… he has gotten away with it,” one of the women, who remains unnamed said.
Another woman alleged she was groomed through repeated explicit phone calls when she was 16, adding that Leto later sent her a non-disclosure agreement, which she refused to sign.
Etta shared that she met Leto at a modeling agency in Los Angeles in 2014, when she was 16 and visiting with her mother.
She said Leto took an interest in her modeling ambitions and asked for her email address so he could invite her to his Oscar party. The exchanges quickly turned s***** over the phone, with the “Kings and Queens” singer suggesting they get together.
The BBC said it verified parts of several accounts through friends and family members who were told about the incidents at the time and that it reviewed photographs, text messages and emails supporting elements of some claims, many of which have been shared.
Clara, another woman, spoke about their intimate encounters while she was a teenager, adding, “There is no well-adjusted man in his 30s who’s going to look at a teenager and think… she would be a great partner.”
Two former crew members who worked with Thirty Seconds to Mars told the documentary that staff had been uncomfortable with how the musician interacted with teenage girls during the band’s touring years.
One among them noted that requests for female models to receive VIP tickets came directly from Leto during arena tours in the 2010s, whom he would later meet in his dressing room. Another described a steady stream of young women visiting a house where the band was recording.
The documentary revisited earlier allegations as well. The BBC said it had identified more than 120 allegations about his conduct toward women posted online, though it noted that many of them had not been independently verified.
Leto has built his career across both acting and music since the 1990s. He won the Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2014 for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and has since appeared in films including Blade Runner 2049, Suicide Squad and Masters of the Universe.
Thirty Seconds to Mars, the band he formed with his brother Shannon Leto in 1998, is scheduled to tour the UK and mainland Europe next spring, with stops planned in London and Manchester.