Jared Leto Breaks Silence on ‘Inappropriate' Behavior Allegations From Nine Women

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Academy Award-winning actor Jared Leto has been accused of sexual impropriety by multiple women in a shocking report from Air Mail.
The report interviewed nine women about their experiences with the Dallas Buyers Club actor, 53, which date back to the mid-2000s. One, model Laura La Rue, told the outlet that she had a bizarre encounter with Leto in 2008 when she was just 16 years old, adding that he would often text her to visit his house.
'I remember him teasing me the whole time I was there,' she said, revealing she accepted his alleged offer. 'He was flirting with me. He'd lean in close, then pull away, like it was a game.'
She added that he once walked into a room she was in completely naked. 'He just walked out, d--k out, like it was normal,' La Rue, who was 16 at the time, alleged. 'I thought maybe this was just what adult men do.'
Leto's representative denied any 'sexual or inappropriate' messages sent to La Rue in a statement sent to Air Mail, adding that La Rue later applied to work as Leto's personal assistant, 'further underscoring the absence of anything inappropriate in any of their interactions.' La Rue denies ever applying to work for Leto.
Another woman, who was also 16 when she met Leto, described receiving increasingly sexual and inappropriate late-night phone calls from the actor over several weeks.
She told Air Mail that the calls would always come 'at 1, 2, 3 a.m., and the conversations turned sexual. He'd ask things like, 'Have you ever had a boyfriend? Have you ever sucked a dick?''
The young woman, who was in rehab at the time, said the calls terrified her. 'He changed—his voice, the way he talked. It scared me,' she told Air Mail. 'That was the first time I thought, 'Oh my God, that's not just in movies.''
Other women described similarly chilling behavior from Leto, with one woman telling Air Mail, 'He'd be sweet, then suddenly really demeaning. It was a switch.'
Another told the outlet about hooking up with Leto at an 18-and-older nightclub when she was 20, which eventually resulted in her visiting his home several times. She was disturbed by her experiences, however, telling Air Mail, 'He was weird. Look, I know some people are kinky, and that's fine. But his kind of kink—it just didn't feel right.'
An actress who started texting Leto when she was underage echoed this sentiment, telling Air Mail how visits to his home would quickly become uncomfortable after he would ask her questions such as, 'Do any of the little boys you hang out with fuck you?'
Once she turned 18, he became more sexually aggressive, and on one occasion, 'he suddenly pulled his penis out and started masturbating. Then he walked over, grabbed my hand, and put it on him. He leaned in and said, 'I want you to spit on it.''
The report also details parties organized at Leto's home in the 2000s by entrepreneur Brent Bolthouse that required headshots of potential attendees be provided beforehand so that they could be vetted, with Leto requiring 'cute girls only' attend.
Rumors have dogged the actor for years; the Daily Beast reported on them following his performance in 2021's House of Gucci. In 2012, LA-based music producer Allie Teilz posted a Facebook status that read, 'Youre [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage… In a kilt.. And a snow hat.'
Last month, she reposted that status to her Instagram story and added, 'I was assaulted and traumatized by this creep when I was 17. He knew my age and didn't care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.'
Teilz's posts triggered an overwhelming number of responses from women with similar stories, prompting her to share more than 50 of those stories.
Teilz's allegations, Leto's representative stated, are 'demonstrably false.' In fact, Leto's representative told Air Mail, 'All of the allegations are expressly denied.'