A woman has come forward on TikTok with a disturbing and detailed account of her experience with actor and musician Jared Leto when she was 17 years old. In a 3-minute, 39-second video, she accuses Leto¡ªthen 34¡ªof grooming her, engaging in sexualised behaviour before she turned 18, and ultimately having sex with her shortly after she became legal.?
The woman, whose name and identity have not been revealed, says she first met Leto after a Thirty Seconds to Mars concert when she had just turned 17. ¡°He was immediately flirtatious,¡± she says. ¡°And I want to make it clear¡ªI thought this was cool at the time. I was a senior in high school, from a small town. He was a big celebrity. I thought it was cool.¡±
But she says things quickly escalated. ¡°At the second show, he had started to move from just flirtatious to sexual. He literally started calling me ¡®Lolita¡¯ and telling me he was old enough to be my father.¡±
The woman details how Leto made increasingly inappropriate comments and advances, including saying things like, ¡°I¡¯ll be your birthday present,¡± and, ¡°I¡¯m going to punish you on your birthday.¡± He also allegedly brushed her hair and called her ¡°sweetheart¡±, but it was never just innocent. ¡°There was always a sexual undercurrent,¡± she says.
According to her, Leto checked her ID and made it clear he was keeping track of when her 18th birthday would be. ¡°He was waiting until I crossed that legal threshold.¡±
Before she was even 18, she says Leto licked her neck, groped her chest and backside, and took her backstage where he would whisper things like, ¡°Don¡¯t cheat on me.¡± She adds that he had her phone number and would call her at night, sometimes pretending to be someone else. ¡°It was confusing. I was developing this weird mix of feelings toward him.¡±
Shortly after she turned 18, she says they had sex. ¡°I was a virgin. He knew this. That would have been weird regardless, but the fact that he knew made it worse.¡± She says his ¡°solution¡± was to ¡°use a different entrance¡±.
They had sex once more, but over time, she stopped responding and moved on with her life. ¡°I eventually got into healthy relationships with normal people my age,¡± she says. ¡°And I just lost interest.¡±
Reflecting now, she sees the situation more clearly. ¡°I know I made poor decisions. I was 17, 18. But this was a grown man. A celebrity. There was a huge power imbalance. I don¡¯t know what the hell he¡¯s doing now, but he spent a large part of his life being a predator toward young women.¡±
She ends by thanking the nine women who recently came forward in an article detailing their own allegations against Leto. ¡°I¡¯ve been wanting to share my story for a long time. But it¡¯s very hard to speak up. I feel like those nine women gave me permission.¡±
Woman shares her experience with Jared Leto at age 17/18, he was 34 at the time.
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The video quickly made its way to Reddit¡¯s popular subreddit r/popculturechat, where it sparked an outpouring of reactions and similar stories from other users.
Many Redditors expressed outrage and frustration over the decades-long rumours surrounding Leto¡¯s alleged behaviour with underage or very young women. One user wrote,
¡°This guy is disgusting. I knew something was wrong when I saw that interview where they claimed he sent used condoms to his co-stars ?. And people forgot that very quickly. According to rumours, it wouldn¡¯t even be the first time James Gunn spoke badly about him¡ªhe once called him a weirdo on a live.¡±
Another Redditor shared a personal account that echoes the recent allegations,?¡°No surprise. A friend I met in college went through the same thing with him since she was 15. I saw everything¡ªshe had all the receipts. At the time she was still into him because we were, like, 18 or 19. Terribly messed up.¡±
A third user recalled a similar story from the early 2000s?¡°This checks out. I was friends with a girl (who had just turned 18) in 2002 who was doing some modelling in NYC. He was pushing 30 and pursued her hard. I remember her showing me pictures of them together on her digital camera. She said he was a huge freak.¡±
Other users chimed in with stories that, while not sexual in nature, reinforced perceptions of Leto as entitled and inconsiderate.?¡°I had a roommate in a stage production who worked on a music video with Leto¡¯s band, filmed in a church. The church staff specifically asked him not to touch their organ because it had spiritual and historical value. Leto ignored them and played it for hours, even while being told repeatedly to stop. He¡¯s not just a groomer¡ªhe¡¯s a b**ch-a** douchebag.¡±
The thread continues to grow as more people share their reactions and personal experiences, with many pointing out how long Leto has been surrounded by these kinds of stories¡ªand how little accountability has followed.
The woman's allegations come just days after nine women accused Leto of sexual misconduct, including grooming and inappropriate behaviour toward minors, as detailed in a major Air Mail expos¨¦ and reported by The Guardian. The allegations span over two decades, with multiple women stating they were approached by Leto while still underage. DJ Allie Teilz said Leto began pursuing her at 17 and described the experience as ¡°predatory¡± and ¡°terrifying.¡± Leto has denied all claims through his representatives, calling them ¡°demonstrably false.¡±?
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