Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto, known for his roles in films like House of Gucci, Dallas Buyers Club, and Requiem for a Dream, has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least nine women. An Airmail report states that multiple women have come forward to accuse the 53-year-old actor of behaving inappropriately, some of them were underage at the time of the incidents.
The report has interviews of nine women who claim that Jared has a longstanding pattern of such behaviour, with one of them calling it an ‘open secret’. Among the allegations, Jared has been accused of asking sexual questions to a 16-year-old girl, walking out of a room nude in front of a 17-year-old and exposing himself, apart from masturbating, before putting an 18-year-old’s hand on him.
According to the publication, these allegations against Jared surfaced after a DJ reposted a Facebook status from 2012 on her Instagram stories last month and alleged the actor of inappropriate behaviour.“I was assaulted and traumatized by this creep when I was 17,” she reportedly wrote in her Instagram story. “He knew my age and didn’t care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.”
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Jared’s representative called the allegations “demonstrably false”. The DJ shared over 50 responses she received to her story, many of them reportedly echoing her experience with Jared. She reportedly wrote that some of the women were as young as 14-16 when they had these experiences with the actor.
About Jared Leto
Jared Leto, 53, is the winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his performance as a transwoman in Dallas Buyers Club. In a career that has spanned three decades, he has worked in a variety of critically-acclaimed as well as commercial films, ranging from Panic Room and American Psycho to Morbius and Blade Runner 2049. He played the comic book villain Joker in the DC Extended Universe.