Hollywood is 'impenetrable': Team behind Jared Leto doc wants to continue sexual assault investigation

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Set us as preferred After a year and half of research and interviews, the BBC on Wednesday aired an explosive new documentary in which multiple women accused Oscar winner Jared Leto of sexual assault.Directed by Alice McShane, “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,” which debuted Wednesday in the U.K., revealed new claims of criminal sexual conduct by the 54-year-old actor and musician from four women, including a possible instance of statutory rape in California.In the film, a total of 10 women recount allegations of sexual assault, along with inappropriate text messages, phone calls and behavior that occurred from 2002 to 2016.

Leto has denied the allegations.To ensure the integrity of the documentary, the hour-long program was not announced ahead of time.“Everything came out at once,” says producer Jessica Sartenaer, speaking from London over Zoom alongside McShane on Friday morning.“That was all very much part of the strategy because we didn’t want to leak anything before the investigation came out.”McShane began working on the film after Los Angeles-based DJ Allie Teilz reshared in April 2025 her Facebook post from 2012 in which she accused Leto of trying to “force himself” onto her backstage at a concert.

Teilz described the actor as “Hollywood’s most persistent predator.” About 40 women contacted Teilz with their own allegations, according to Sartenaer.In June 2025, weekly newsletter Air Mail published accusations of impropriety against Leto by nine women, which he denied.“I began ringing around trying to find the women who’d written into Allie,” McShane says.

“When I was speaking to women, I realized there were other journalists on the trail.So I did think there was going to be something published relatively quickly, which we can’t compete with because we have a whole different set...