{"id":7141,"date":"2026-07-29T17:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=7141"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:41:46","slug":"jared-leto-breaks-silence-denies-sexual-assault-allegations-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/29\/jared-leto-breaks-silence-denies-sexual-assault-allegations-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Categorically false’: Jared Leto breaks silence on sexual assault allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following an explosive BBC documentary in which four women accused Jared Leto of criminal sexual misconduct<\/a>, the actor has broken his silence on the claims, telling Film Shrine that they are \u201ccategorically false\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new allegations are detailed in Jared Leto<\/a>: Hollywood\u2019s Dark Secret, which landed on BBC iPlayer today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One woman accuses Leto of sexually assaulting her in a motel bathroom when she was 17, while another claims he threatened to sexually assault her after she was left alone with him in a hotel room aged 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

A third alleges she had sex with Leto when she was 17 in California, which would constitute statutory rape under the state’s age of consent laws. A fourth says he groomed her through repeated sexually explicit phone calls<\/a> when she was 16.<\/span><\/p>\n