Jared Leto, the actor and frontman for 30 Seconds To Mars (and previously accused Cult leader), recently had nine women come forward to accuse him of sexual assault, grooming, sexual misconduct, and more. One of those accusers stated that Leto knew she was only 16 at the time of the alleged encounter.
Now, another woman has taken to TikTok to share her story of alleged grooming and inappropriate behavior when she was a minor. @user539627 is the handle from which she uploaded the video, and it looks to be the only video she has posted. Notably, the account has no user information or profile picture.
She states that she was 17 when she first met Leto; he was 34 at the time. She says he would touch her inappropriately and say things like "I'm going to punish you on your birthday," leading up to her 18th birthday. After she turned 18, she claims she did lose her virginity to Leto, but also stated that since she was a virgin, "His solution was to just use a different entrance."
Read the full transcript and the original TikTok video below. Please be aware that it contains description of sexual assault and misconduct.
"So I first met him when I had just turned 17 and he was 33. I met him after a 30 Seconds to Mars concert. He was immediately flirtatious. And I want to make it clear, I thought this was cool at the time. I was a senior in high school from a small town. This was a big celebrity. And he was handsome. I thought it was cool. I would say by the second show, he had started to move from just like flirting to saying things of a more sexual nature. He literally started calling me Lolita, telling me he was old enough to be my father. He knew I was 17. And he would say things like, I'll be your birthday present. I'm gonna punish you on your birthday. He would also do things that I guess could be considered sweeter, like calling me angel, sweetheart. He would do a lot of brushing hair out of my face, hugging, but obviously there was always a sexual undercurrent. He checked my license. He knew when my birthday was. He was waiting until I crossed that legal threshold. But he also did a lot of inappropriate things when I was 17. Did various things like kiss my neck, touch my chest, grab my ass, take my hand, put it on top of his pants. One time I was backstage with him, grabbed my face, and made me promise that I wasn't going to tell anyone. He did things like tell me, you know, as we were saying bye, he would say, don't cheat on me. He would, because he had my number, he would sometimes call me at odd hours in the night. sometimes pretending to be different people, sometimes just being himself, and I definitely was developing a weird mix of feelings towards him. When I turned 18, very soon after we had sex for the first time, I was a virgin. He knew this, which adds a whole other layer of weirdness. It would have been weird regardless, but he knew I was a virgin. His solution was to just use a different entrance. He was 34. We did have sex once more. He continued to contact me over the years, but I eventually got in healthy relationships with normal people who were my age, and I just eventually lost interest. I know I made poor decisions. I was 17 though, I was 17/18 when this was happening and this was a grown man with a huge power imbalance. I don't know what the hell he's doing now, but he certainly spent a large chunk of his life being a predator towards young women. I just want to thank the nine women who contributed to the recent article about him. I've been wanting to share my story for a long time, especially as I've gotten older and really come to understand just how gross the things that he did were but it's very hard to speak up. I feel like those nine women sort of gave me the permission to share."
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