Jared Leto responds to sexual misconduct allegations made by multiple women in explosive documentary

Jared Leto is denying allegations of criminal sexual conduct after four women accused the Oscar-winning actor and musician of offenses they claim occurred when they were teenagers."I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life," Leto said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "These claims are absolutely and categorically false."

The allegations are detailed in the new BBC documentary "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret," which premiered Wednesday. The film features interviews with 10 participants, nine of whom shared their stories publicly for the first time.According to the documentary, four women allege Leto engaged in criminal sexual conduct between 2002 and 2016, when the actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman — now 54 — was in his 30s and 40s.

JASON ALEXANDER APOLOGIZES AFTER COURTNEY STODDEN SAYS 2012 COMEDY SKETCH OBJECTIFIED HER AS A MINORIn a BBC story published on Wednesday, one woman alleged she had sex with Leto at his California home when she was 17 years old. According to the outlet, the woman said Leto, who was 34 at the time, dismissed concerns after they discussed California's age of consent being 18."It wasn't a huge concern for him," she alleged.

"He told me, 'I would like you to call me daddy.' And it was either pretend to be a little girl or 'my little girl.'"The woman said that because she was "so naive and vulnerable" at the time, she didn't understand that this behavior wasn't "normal" in an adult relationship."

It was only as time went on that I realized more and more how scary that really was," she said.OSCAR WINNER JARED LETO ADMITS DEPTHS OF DRUG ADDICTION: 'IT TOOK ME FOR A RIDE'A second woman alleged Leto sexually assaulted her in what she described as a "dingy gross motel" in Las Vegas in 2002, saying he invited her there after meeting her at the store where she worked.According to the documentary, the woman said Leto called her into the bathroom while he was showering."

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