Jared Leto has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, with some claiming they were underage when the interactions began.
Jared Leto has been accused of sexual misconduct. Credit: Leon Bennett / Getty
A report published by AirMail on June 7 had interviews with nine women who claim that the 53-year-old actor acted inappropriately towards them.
“It’s been an open secret for a long time,” an anonymous woman told the outlet.
In the report, Laura La Rue — a model who was 16 in 2008 - alleged that she met Leto at an animal rights benefit that year.
She claims that they started interacting over email before the actor invited her to meet him at his apartment, where he allegedly began flirting with her.
Leto's representative told AirMail that the "communications contain nothing sexual or inappropriate," and that La Rue "later applied to work as Mr. Leto’s personal assistant, further underscoring the absence of anything inappropriate in any of their interactions."
La Rue, however, claims that she never applied for that position.
The accusations against Leto come from multiple women. Credit: Emma McIntyre / Getty
Also in the report are claims Leto has asked sexual questions to a 16-year-old girl, walked out naked into a room where a 17-year-old girl was sat, and allegedly m*sturbated in front of an 18-year-old girl before placing her hand "on him."
Leto's representative "expressly" denied all allegations.
Another report from an unnamed 16-year-old claims that Leto approached her and got her phone number at Urth Caffé in Los Angeles.
She claims that he then called her in the middle of the night using the "weirdest, grossest voice," adding that she didn't "know if he was on drugs."
She claims that Leto continued to call her in the early hours of the morning for three weeks after she turned down an invitation for a party.
“And the conversations turned sexual," she claimed. "He’d ask things like, ‘Have you ever had a boyfriend? Have you ever sucked a d***?’ ”
She added: “He changed — his voice, the way he talked. It scared me. That was the first time I thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s not just in movies.’ ”
Leto's representative expressed to AirMail that he "has not had a drink or used drugs in over 35 years."
Leto denies all allegations. Credit: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty
Another woman, who was 18 at the time, claims that she and Leto began texting when things turned sexual.
She claimed that when she visited him, he would ask uncomfortable questions and on one occasion began pleasuring himself in front of her.
“He suddenly pulled his penis out and started m*sturbating," she said. "Then he walked over, grabbed my hand, and put it on him. He leaned in and said, ‘I want you to spit on it.’”
Other reports claim that Leto would invite girls who were 18 and under to parties where he would allegedly attempt to get them to skinny dip.
Leto's representative said: "There was never any recruiting, complaints or impropriety."
Nightlife promoter Brent Bolthouse supported these claims, stating that he never saw anyone skinny dip at Leto's parties.
Leto's representative added: "[The] allegations are demonstrably false."
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.