Jared Leto accused by 9 women of inappropriate behaviour, hitting on teens: ‘Traumatised'
'It's been an open secret for a long time,' one of the women claimed in a bombshell Air Mail exposé published Saturday.
Leto's alleged bad behaviour was brought to light partly due to a 2012 Facebook post Los Angeles-based DJ Allie Teilz re-shared via her Instagram Stories recently.
'Youre [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage … In a kilt. And a snow hat,' she wrote. She then claimed, 'I was assaulted and traumatised by this creep when I was 17.'
Teilz further alleged that the 30 Seconds to Mars frontman 'knew' her age but 'didn't care,' adding, 'What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.'
A second woman claimed Leto approached her when she was 16 at Urth Caffé in 2006.
The House of Gucci actor had reportedly been visiting the popular LA coffee spot with Ashley Olsen, whom he was rumoured to be dating at the time.
The second accuser alleged Leto grabbed her arm after she tried to get up to find the bathroom. 'I looked down and it was Jared Leto,' she told Air Mail. 'We had a quick conversation, and he got my number.'
She claimed the Suicide Squad star called her a few days after their first interaction.
'I don't know if he was on drugs or what … It was the weirdest, grossest voice …. [But] for me, it's Jared, you know?' the anonymous woman recalled.
Leto's publicist told Air Mail in response that the rocker, now 53, 'has not had a drink or used drugs in over 35 years.' The rep did not immediately return Page Six's request for comment.
The second woman further claimed Leto made inappropriate advances toward her throughout the course of their interactions, noting that their late-night conversations 'turned sexual.'
'He'd ask things like, 'Have you ever had a boyfriend? Have you ever sucked a d**k?'' she claimed.
Model Laura La Rue also came forward to share a similar experience she allegedly had with Leto in 2008 when she was also just 16 years old and he was 36.
She told Air Mail she met the Beautiful Lie singer at a Yes! on Prop Two animal rights benefit event at the time.
'He asked how old I was. I said, 'I'm 16. How old are you?,'' La Rue claimed, noting that the musician allegedly still asked for her number despite her being underage.
She shared she later went to visit his Los Angeles home in April 2009 and that he was allegedly 'flirting' with her and 'teasing [her] the whole time [she] was there.'
Leto's rep denied La Rue's account to Air Mail, claiming, 'Their communications contain nothing sexual or inappropriate and Ms. La Rue later applied to work as Mr. Leto's personal assistant, further underscoring the absence of anything inappropriate in any of their interactions.'
La Rue denied to the outlet that she ever applied for a personal assistant role with Leto.
A fourth woman claimed she met the Dallas Buyers Club star at an 18-plus club, where she was allegedly approached by his assistant, who asked for her number. She was 20 years old at the time.
'We ended up hooking up a little at the club,' she recalled, further alleging that they 'hung out a few times at his house, but he was weird.' She added, 'Look, I know some people are kinky, and that's fine. But his kind of kink – it just didn't feel right.'
A fifth accuser claimed Leto first began a flirty texting relationship with her when she was still underage, as well. However, she noted that their fling allegedly escalated after she turned 18.
During one of her visits to his home, the woman alleged the musician 'pulled his penis out and started masturbating.' She further claimed, 'Then he walked over, grabbed my hand, and put it on him. He leaned in and said, 'I want you to spit on it.''
In the shocking piece, Leto was also accused of pushing the boundaries at his Los Angeles parties by allegedly recruiting young women to attend.
With a ratio of an estimated 60 'very young women to four or five men,' a source claimed that the focus of the events was to somehow get girls to take their clothes off and skinny dip into the movie star's pool.
A rep for Leto 'expressly denied' all of the allegations levelled against him in the outlet's report.
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