Jared Leto has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, with some claiming they were underage when the interactions began.

A report published by AirMail on June 7 had interviews with nine women who claim that the 53-year-old actor acted inappropriately towards them.

“It’s been an open secret for a long time,” an anonymous woman told the outlet.

In the report, Laura La Rue — a model who was 16 in 2008 - alleged that she met Leto at an animal rights benefit that year.

She claims that they started interacting over email before the actor invited her to meet him at his apartment, where he allegedly began flirting with her.

Leto's representative told AirMail that the "communications contain nothing sexual or inappropriate," and that La Rue "later applied to work as Mr. Leto’s personal assistant, further underscoring the absence of anything inappropriate in any of their interactions."

La Rue, however, claims that she never applied for that position.

Also in the report are claims Leto has asked sexual questions to a 16-year-old girl, walked out naked into a room where a 17-year-old girl was sat, and allegedly m*sturbated in front of an 18-year-old girl before placing her hand "on him."

Leto's representative "expressly" denied all allegations.

Another report from an unnamed 16-year-old claims that Leto approached her and got her phone number at Urth Caffé in Los Angeles.

She claims that he then called her in the middle of the night using the "weirdest, grossest voice," adding that she didn't "know if he was on drugs."

She claims that Leto continued to call her in the early hours of the morning for three weeks after she turned down an invitation for a party.

“And the conversations turned sexual," she claimed. "He’d ask things like, ‘Have you ever had a boyfriend? Have you ever sucked a d***?’ ”

She added: “He changed — his voice, the way he talked. It scared me. That was the first time I thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s not just in movies.’ ”

Leto's representative expressed to AirMail that he "has not had a drink or used drugs in over 35 years."

Another woman, who was 18 at the time, claims that she and Leto began texting when things turned sexual.

She claimed that when she visited him, he would ask uncomfortable questions and on one occasion began pleasuring himself in front of her.

“He suddenly pulled his penis out and started m*sturbating," she said. "Then he walked over, grabbed my hand, and put it on him. He leaned in and said, ‘I want you to spit on it.’”

Other reports claim that Leto would invite girls who were 18 and under to parties where he would allegedly attempt to get them to skinny dip.

Leto's representative said: "There was never any recruiting, complaints or impropriety."

Nightlife promoter Brent Bolthouse supported these claims, stating that he never saw anyone skinny dip at Leto's parties.

Leto's representative added: "[The] allegations are demonstrably false."

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or rainn.org in the US, or contact rapecrisis.org.uk or call 0808 500 2222 in the UK.

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Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has issued a statement following allegations he raped a 13-year-old girl.

As reported by ABC News, an amended civil lawsuit filed on Sunday claims that the rapper - along with fellow music star Sean "Diddy" Combs - raped the teenager at an after-party following the 2000 Video Music Awards

One part of the lawsuit claims that, "Another celebrity stood by and watched as Combs and Carter took turns assaulting the minor."

The third celebrity was not named.

Jay-Z, now 55 years old, was added to the lawsuit after it was originally filed back in October as one of several anonymous complaints overseen by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee.

The 'Encore' star was originally listed as 'Celebrity A' in the initial complaint.

Although many of the lawsuits submitted by Buzbee failed to stand due to the plaintiffs insisting on remaining anonymous, a judge has stated that the then-13-year-old showed sufficient cause to continue anonymously, per ABC News.

In the complaint, the plaintiff claims that she was spotted by a limousine driver who then invited her to the after-party.

However, Jay-Z has now adamantly denied these allegations in a statement shared to his Roc Nation X account.

The statement, in full, reads:

"My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a “lawyer” named Tony Buzbee. What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.

"No sir, it had the opposite effect! It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion. So no, I will not give you ONE RED PENNY!!

"These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?

"These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case.

"This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these type of theatrics!

"I have no idea how you have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, but I promise you I have seen your kind many times over. I’m more than prepared to deal with your type. You claim to be a marine?! Marines are known for their valor, you have neither honor nor dignity.

"My only heartbreak is for my family. My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to endure such at their young age. It is unfair to have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant to destroy families and human spirit.

"My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.

"You have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all “celebrities” are the same. I’m not from your world. I’m a young man who made it out of the project of Brooklyn. We don’t play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable.

"I look forward to showing you just how different I am."

In response to Jay-Z's response, Buzbee has told ABC News: "The pleading speaks for itself. This is a very serious matter that will be litigated in court."

And, in the last few hours, Buzbee has taken to Instagram to share a statement declaring: "I won’t be bullied or intimidated. People will see through this effort to discredit me and my clients and the truth will be revealed. I also won’t allow anyone to scare my clients into silence."

Although the lawyer didn't refer to any specific persons to lawsuits in his post, he added: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant and I am quite certain the sun is coming."

Legal representatives for Sean "Diddy" Combs - who is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn - have also responded to the latest allegations.

"This amended complaint and the recent extortion lawsuit against Mr. Buzbee exposes his barrage of lawsuits against Mr. Combs for what they are: shameless publicity stunts, designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them, just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs," they told ABC News in a statement.

Diddy was arrested on September 16 and is currently facing federal criminal charges in an alleged sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

Per BBC News, Diddy - real name Sean Combs - has been denied bail multiple times, and is awaiting his trial scheduled for May 5, 2025.

The music mogul's reps added: "As his legal team has said before, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone -- man or woman, adult or minor."

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Marilyn Manson has broken his silence after five women, including his ex-fiancé Evan Rachel Wood, accused him of sexual misconduct.

Yesterday, the 33-year-old Westworld actress took to her official Instagram account to share an official statement with her 911,000 followers on Monday, January 1.

Wood stated:

"The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson."

"He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.

"I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him before he ruins more lives.

"I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent."

Responding to the accusations made by Wood, whom Manson first met when she was 18-years-old, Manson wrote in an official statement addressed to his 3.6 million followers:

"Obviously, my life and my art have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality.

"My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how — and why — others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth."

Per NME, four other accusers have come forward with accusations of their own in the wake of Wood's allegations, accusing the musician of grooming and abusing them.

For instance, model Sarah McNeilly wrote on Instagram: "He (Brian Warner aka Marilyn Manson) lured me in with 'love bombing.'

"As he was wooing me I would come to find out he was torturing others. Before long I was the one being tortured. I was emotionally abused, terrorized, and scarred. I was locked in rooms when I was 'bad', sometimes forced to listen to him entertaining other women.

"I was told stories of others who tried to tell their story and their pets ended up dead. I wasn’t allowed to go near other artists working on the same set, as he told me they had aids and were disgusting and if I did so he would be very upset and: 'I wouldn’t want that.'

"I was verbally berated for hours upon hours. Blamed for everything under the sun in order to make me feel worthless. Any male friends in my life were not allowed any longer. He threatened to shank one of them after they posted something on my Facebook page.

"I was thrown up against a wall and he threatened to bash my face in with the baseball bat he was holding, for trying to get him to pick out a pair of pants prior to a music video.

"I witnessed him terrorize and abuse others in my presence. Slander his exes. I have been afraid to bring any spotlight upon myself as to avoid winding up in his crosshairs again.

"As a result of the way he treated me, I suffer from mental health issues and PTSD that have affected my personal and professional relationships, self-worth, and personal goals."

Meanwhile, in a statement of her own, a woman named Ashley Lindsay Morgan alleged that she too had been abused by Manson after meeting him in Bangkok and starting a relationship with him.

Morgan stated: "I was given rules and got 'in trouble' for any behavior he didn't approve of. There was abuse, sexual violence, physical violence, and coercion. I still feel the effects every day."

She added: "I don't want him to do this to anyone else and I've felt responsible for others getting hurt for so long. I just thought it was somehow my fault. I know he is still doing this to a rotating door of young girls, and causing irreparable damage."

On Instagram, another woman named Gabriella wrote: "It has taken me five years to speak out and say that I was in an abusive relationship. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and still suffer from nightmares.

"I blocked out a lot of the memories, but the feelings remain and manifest in various ways. The reason I’m finally sharing this traumatic experience is for my healing and because I’m done being silent.

"I don’t believe it’s fair for someone to not be held accountable for their horrific actions. I’m not a victim. I’m a survivor."

Per Far Out magazine, another woman named Ashley Walters also wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post: "I continue to suffer from PTSD, and struggle with depression. I stayed in touch with quite a few people who went through their own traumas, under his control.

"As we all struggled, as survivors do, to get on with our lives, I’d keep hearing stories disturbingly similar to our own experiences."

"It became clear the abuse he’s caused; he continues to inflict on so many and I cannot stand by and let this happen to others. Brian Warner needs to be held accountable."