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Nine women accuse Jared Leto of sexual impropriety in new report

c/world · u/LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al · 453 points

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u/Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world · 6 points

Really? Always? Every single one of them?

Are you sure?

Or do you mean "sometimes"?

I think you mean "sometimes"

Yeah

That must be it.

u/cokeslutgarbage@lemmy.world · 1 points

Interesting perspective. I'm 33 and I watched My So Called Life religiously. I forgot he was in it, I know him most from Dallas Buyer's Club in a supporting role. I've never heard of 30 seconds to Mars until now (but if you name a song I'd probably have a light bulb moment and recognize the song, not the band)

u/Crankenstein@lemmy.world · 1 points

32

It's absolutely an age thing. Show was before my time but grew up in the heyday of 30 Seconds to Mars

u/phar@lemmy.ml · 2 points

How old are you? That might have something to do with it. I'm 42, so Jared Leto was pretty famous for me in 1994

u/Crankenstein@lemmy.world · 1 points

Never heard of that show. Always knew him from the band growing up and was surprised as hell to learn he did film.

u/phar@lemmy.ml · 10 points

I had no idea he was in a band. Dude was from My So Called Life.

u/Snowclone@lemmy.world · 1 points

Well, yeah, he and the guy from Live (the music band) both had cameos in Fight Club. also Meatloaf. also Brad Pitt is college pals with Sheryl Crow. I'm sure I could notice more, but I'm not interested in deep diving shit that reminds me of pretty mediocre times from High School, and largely falls flat as my adult life faced FAR more bullshit than disaffected 20 year old's in the 90's could have ever dared dream, my 20's was defined by terror attacks, mass war, economic meltdown and the slow burn of manufactured consent pulling us all the way into fascism.

u/Colalextrast@lemmy.world · 1 points

I suppose you're right there - I was conflating Starring with Leading, which is different. He has a lot of starring roles, but only a few leading roles.

But its not like leading roles are the hallmarks of success, either. There are plenty of successful and iconic supporting/character actors out there who are absolutely successes and have raving fans. Its not a mark against his talent.

u/Colalextrast@lemmy.world · 2 points

He was great in that as well. I didn't include it because he wasn't in the ads for the movie, and so "we" weren't sold a seat based on his participation, but good callout.

u/wewbull@feddit.uk · 0 points

The Ryan Gosling film with Harrison Ford.

Aren't you proving my point?

u/wewbull@feddit.uk · 2 points

Dallas Buyers Club

For which he won his oscar for Actor in a supporting role

House of Gucci

Supporting role behind Lady Gaga and Adam Driver

The Little Things

Nominated at Golden Gloves and SAG awards for best supporting role.

I'll give you Requiem and Mr Nobody, however there's no denying he doesn't carry films in general. He's an award winning supporting actor.

u/lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 2 points

Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, House of Gucci, The Little Things

and Bladerunner 2049.

u/wewbull@feddit.uk · 1 points

His music completely passed me by. I've only ever known him as an actor.

u/Colalextrast@lemmy.world · 29 points

I mean... he's had plenty of starring roles, and his acting has won him both awards and acclaim. Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, House of Gucci, The Little Things - and that's not including his clunkers. He's still an in-demand actor with 30 years of work behind him. Not everyone makes a career that good in Hollywood.

I think he's an asshole. But he's a talented asshole.

u/ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml · 11 points

I think there's a couple reasons. He did make some really good music, and he has a very recognizable face in that he kind of looks like Jesus lol

u/Crankenstein@lemmy.world · 9 points

He is the lead singer of "30 Seconds to Mars". That's where his fame came from originally.

His appearance in movies has always been a weird "let's shove this famous guy from one media into this other one for publicity" kinda thing. Then for some reason he just stayed doing movies and here we are.

u/Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml · 22 points

The thing is, people knew Jimmy Savile was dodgy…women spoke to people on set and even teachers, coppers caught him in awkward situations…the guy just went on and on til he died. I get why women don’t speak up cause there’s so much risk of ridicule.

u/Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 1 points

Oh, my bad.

I think I confuse him with some other douchebag from England.

Can't wait to see him on Fox News to explain how these lying *removed* are just looking for fame.

u/melisdrawing@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 points

I feel you. Losing Kanye sucked, but you put it perfectly, the magic is gone. I can't lose myself in the music anymore.

u/GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social · 10 points

People have trouble separating the art from the artist. I don't blame them. It's tough sometimes. I used to really love Kanye before he turned out to be a nazi. Watch the Throne and Graduation are fantastically produced albums with some excellent songs. Same with College Dropout.

I still listen to them when they come up in my playlists but the magic is pretty well gone. I think that he was and is mentally ill so with the right people around him he probably wouldn't have turned into such a piece of shit, but here we are.

u/NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 points

I’m sure I have a memory of seeing them at the Leeds festival where they were being pelted with bottles, but can’t find anything about it. It was the year when everyone went feral on the Sunday night and burned down the toilet blocks. He was definitely already a wanker then.

u/Zanathos@lemmy.world · 3 points

Did you even read my comment? You realize 30 Seconds to Mars is over 20 years old, right? It's been a gradual deterioration of his character over the years.

u/Zahille7@lemmy.world · 4 points

Earlier in that same passage, two former band mates accused him of being a predator. Along with members of other bands coming forward and corroborating the claims.

It says he's responded to the claims with "denial, **threats,** and evasion"

u/andros_rex@lemmy.world · 21 points

If you listened to “The Kill” at the right time and place, it makes sense. Emo teens eat that shit up. Which sucks, because those appear to be some of his favorite victims.

u/M137@lemmy.world · -1 points

Ah, yes, the kinda taste where you like people who do disgusting shit like he's done and will continue to do.

Fuck off.

u/MBech@feddit.dk · 6 points

I watched them 7 years ago, and it was an absolutely amazing show. He had great chemistry with the crowd and performed really well.

u/Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 7 points

No shit. I heard they were finally making a sequel to Legacy then I heard starring Jared Pedo and all my hopes were flushed.

u/M137@lemmy.world · 4 points

It just sad, Id have pretty surely watched it if it wasn't for him. Now I haven't even watched a trailer or anything (not even sure there is one yet) and won't give it even a millisecond of thought.

u/gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 points

it actually made sense back in the medieval day when contraception wasn't a thing and "marriage" was a legal contract that guaranteed that the kids would get fed. nowadays it's just a habit out-of-time.

u/gnutrino@programming.dev · 58 points

Yeah, that seems a bit more than "sexual impropriety" (which sounds like hes's being accused of premarital sex or something).

u/drspod@lemmy.ml · 113 points

They're really burying the lede here. The closing paragraphs of the article:

The woman added that once, when she was 18, Leto “suddenly pulled his penis out and started masturbating”. She told the outlet: “Then he walked over, grabbed my hand, and put it on him. He leaned in and said: ‘I want you to spit on it.’”

Another woman, Allie Teilz, a Los Angeles-based DJ and music producer, last month on Instagram reposted a 2012 Facebook status in which she had said: “Youre [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage… In a kilt.. And a snow hat,” Air Mail reported.

In her Instagram stories, which Air Mail reviewed, Teilz said: “I was assaulted and traumatized by this creep when I was 17 … He knew my age and didn’t care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.”

u/charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · 69 points

this came out of nowhere. so shocking. jerod leto of all people. i can't believe it. he seems like such a stand up guy.

u/andros_rex@lemmy.world · 58 points

It’s kind of interesting how all of these guys will have these stories attached to them for *years* until anyone cares.

Sorta like Cosby - people *knew*, but nobody gave a shit until Hannibal Buress started calling it out.

They get away with it for years, live glamorous wealthy lives that give them access to tons of victims, and if they are ever punished it doesn’t last long.

u/Zanathos@lemmy.world · 55 points

I can't stand this asshole and don't understand how he keeps nailing acting roles in top movies of genres I love. Anytime I see him cast in a movie I'm interested in, it just deflates my anticipation to almost zero.

30 Second to Mars used to be top tier like 10-15 years ago, but after seeing him about 5 years ago I've lost all respect for him in all aspects of his career. He took the stage dressed like Jesus and proceeded to spin around for 3 hours while the entire crowd sand his songs for him. Absolutely abysmal show.

Hopefully this is the last we need to hear and see of this jackass, but time will tell.

u/wewbull@feddit.uk · 41 points

The weird thing with Jared Leto is that I've never felt he's been very successful, yet he's always had bunch of people hyping him. I can't think of him being a leading actor in anything I've ever seen. He's always been lower down the bill. You look at all his award nominations on IMDb and 90% of them are "supporting actor".

So why is he a name? I always put it down to him being involved with the "right" people in Hollywood. Those people obviously being very wrong.

u/pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 36 points

I know the writer and editor had a lot of options to go through when choosing a lead photo for this story, but I think they must've simultaneously said "that's the one" when they got to this pic.

u/CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 31 points

He's been known to write inappropriate texts to underage girls for a while now, this is likely just the tip of the yuck-berg.

u/don@lemm.ee · 23 points

In no way foreseeable. Blindsiding. Absolute mystery. Textbook head-scratcher. *No way possible at all* to have known beforehand that this behavior was happening with so charismatic and trustworthy an individual.

u/slaacaa@lemmy.world · 21 points

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u/Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 14 points

Too bad he's not a US citizen, he would have been a great candidate for a role in the current administration as a special counselor for women's rights or something. Maybe a gofundme? Golden citizenships are only 5 millions right now.

u/venusaur@lemmy.world · 13 points

Long history of rockstar pedo’s. Anybody remember the sicko emo singer doing stuff with babies?

EDIT: it was planning to do something with a baby. just read he was stabbed in jail a couple years ago. nice.

u/zorflieg@lemmy.world · 7 points

*grabs arm* "I looked down and it was Jared Leto."

Now there is a Tumblr meme waiting to happen.

u/gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 points

Reading the article, that dude just sounds like a sad person with no true hope in life.

Nevertheless, she said, Leto kept calling her, “always at one, two, three AM”. “And the conversations turned sexual. He’d ask things like: ‘Have you ever had a boyfriend? Have you ever sucked a dick?’” she told Air Mail.

Sounds like a drunk alcoholic.