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Dylan Sprouse tweet from 2018 resurfaces after Jared Leto accused of criminal sexual conduct
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Dylan Sprouse's post from 2018 has resurfaced after a new documentary featured allegations of criminal sexual conduct against Jared Leto, made by four women who say the incidents happened when they were teenagers.
The documentary, titled Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, airs this week and includes interviews with 10 women, nine of whom the BBC says are speaking publicly for the first time.
One woman alleges the now-54-year-old actor assaulted her in a motel bathroom when she was 17, while another claims Leto threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19.
A third woman alleges she had sex with Leto in California when she was 17, below the state's age of consent.
She claims the actor "shrugged off" a conversation about the age of consent being 18, meaning the alleged encounter would be classified as statutory rape.
A fourth woman alleges Leto made repeated sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16 and, on at least one occasion, suggested they should have sex.
The BBC says it has seen a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that the fourth woman was asked to sign to stop her discussing her relationship with Leto, although she refused.
Four additional women featured in the documentary also accuse Leto of making "strange and often very sexual" phone calls to them when they were younger.
All of the women allege their interactions with Leto took place between 2002 and 2016, when the actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman was in his 30s and 40s.
"This was 25 years ago… he has gotten away with it," one alleged victim says in the documentary.
The BBC says it corroborated "a number of the women's accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters with Leto at the time".
It also says it reviewed photographs and messages that "support the women's accounts" in several cases.
Former band staff also speak out
The documentary also includes interviews with two men who previously worked with Thirty Seconds to Mars.
They claim staff members often felt uncomfortable with the way Leto interacted with teenage girls, alleging he would sometimes invite them backstage to his dressing room or to the house where he was recording.
"I think everyone thought the age gap was way too big," one former staff member says.
Dylan Sprouse's old tweet resurfaces
Following renewed attention on the allegations, social media users have rediscovered a tweet actor Dylan Sprouse posted in 2018.
The former Suite Life of Zack & Cody star appeared to publicly call out Leto over claims that he had been messaging young models.
"Yo @JaredLeto now that you’ve slid into the dm’s of every female model aged 18-25, what would you say your success rate is?" he wrote.
It's unclear what prompted the post at the time, and Leto did not publicly respond.
Allegations first surfaced last year
The latest claims come after multiple women accused Leto of sexual misconduct in June 2025.
Air Mail published interviews with nine women who alleged the actor engaged in inappropriate behaviour over many years, with some saying they were underage at the time.
Among the allegations were claims that Leto asked sexual questions to a 16-year-old girl, walked out of a room naked in front of a 17-year-old girl, and exposed himself before placing an 18-year-old's hand "on him".
The report followed allegations from Los Angeles DJ Allie Teilz, who reposted a Facebook status from 2012 to her Instagram Stories in May 2025, writing that she was "assaulted and traumatized by this creep when I was 17," per PEOPLE.
In response to the report, a representative for Leto "expressly" denied all of the allegations.
A representative also described Teilz's claims as "demonstrably false".
Leto has not responded to the allegations in the new BBC documentary.
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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