Overview
- The BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, broadcast on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, features ten women who say they encountered Leto between 2002 and 2016 and four who allege conduct they describe as criminal when they were teenagers.
- The broadcaster reported it corroborated parts of several accounts through interviews with friends and family and reviewed supporting material including messages, photos and a non‑disclosure agreement shown to one accuser.
- Allegations detailed in the film include an alleged sexual assault in a motel bathroom at 17, a threatened assault in a hotel room at 19, sex described as underage in California at 17, and repeated sexually explicit calls to a 16‑year‑old that the accuser describes as grooming.
- The BBC says it made repeated attempts to contact Leto for comment and received no response, and none of the coverage reports any criminal charges or public investigations directly resulting from the documentary so far.
- The film also includes two former Thirty Seconds to Mars crew members who said staff were uncomfortable with Leto’s interactions with teenage fans, and the new public accounts add to earlier 2025 accusations by Allie Teilz and an Air Mail report which Leto previously denied.