The Las Vegas police have responded to sexual assault allegations made against Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto, which surfaced in a newly released BBC documentary.
According to a BBC investigation published on Wednesday, July 29, Leto, 54, has been accused of sexual assault and various other sexual misconduct acts. Among the allegations is a claim by a woman identified as Isabel, who asserts that the assault occurred in 2002 when she was just 17, and Leto was in his 30s.
Isabel alleged that the said incident took place in a “dingy, gross motel” located in Las Vegas.
Addressing the situation, a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department stated to TMZ on Wednesday that such an allegation had never been reported to their local law enforcement offices.
Jared Leto has publicly denied the charges following the BBC’s investigation that claimed he was involved in sexual misconduct. “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” Leto, 54, insisted in a statement shared with Us on Wednesday, July 29. “These claims are absolutely and categorically false.” Just a few hours earlier, four women had come forward with accusations against Leto…
“There have been no sexual assault reports filed against this individual in LVMPD’s jurisdiction,” the spokesperson said.
In the BBC documentary, Isabel claimed that once inside Leto’s Vegas motel room, he beckoned her into the bathroom, where he was showering.
“I don’t think there [were] many words exchanged and he opened the shower curtain and started kissing me,” she said.
Isabel claimed that Leto then used her hand to masturbate himself. She said she pulled away from the Thirty Seconds to Mars musician and left the room shortly after.
Jared Leto has been accused of “sexual impropriety” by multiple women. AirMail published a lengthy exposé on Saturday, June 7, alleging that Leto, 53, had acted inappropriately with younger women for many years. (The Oscar winner denied all of the accusations in a statement to the publication. Us Weekly has reached out for comment.) “It’s […]
“Most of my life I had viewed this event as I was a stupid girl… and so this bad thing happened,” she said in the documentary.
Leto denied all of the accusations made against him in the BBC documentary, telling Us in a statement on Wednesday, “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.”
Another woman, identified by the BBC as former model Alex, claimed that she was invited to a party at a London hotel following a Thirty Seconds to Mars concert in 2013. She alleged that once she arrived, “I see that it’s just him,” and that Leto threatened her with sexual assault.
Alex, who said she was 19 at the time, was worried about having no cash and her phone battery dying. She claimed she asked Leto if he had a phone charger or money to help her to get home, but he allegedly said no. She said she then asked if she could sleep on the chaise longue in Leto’s room and that he responded that she would wake up with a “d*** in her ass” if she did.
Another woman claimed she had sex with Leto in California when she was 17, which would legally be considered statutory rape, and a fourth accused Leto of grooming her when she was 16.
Leto denies all of the allegations.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).