Jared Leto denies accusations of criminal sexual conduct against teenagers

The BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret features 10 women alleging the actor had behaved in a sexually inappropriate way towards them, with four of them alleging criminal sexual conduct. Leto denies the allegations. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The actor and singer Jared Leto has denied accusations of criminal sexual conduct made by four women in a BBC documentary, with the alleged offences taking place when the women were teenagers.

The incidents reported by the BBC are alleged to have taken place between 2002 and 2016, when the actor was in his 30s and 40s. He is now 54.