Four Women in BBC Documentary Allege Jared Leto Encounters as Teenagers, Including Statutory Rape Claim

A BBC documentary titled "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Darkest Secret" features ten women alleging criminal sexual conduct by the 54-year-old actor between 2002 and 2016, Variety reports. Four say they were teenagers, including one who describes sex at 17 in California — statutory rape by the state's age of consent. Leto told Variety the claims are "absolutely and categorically false." The BBC says it corroborated accounts through friends, family, photos, and messages.