Women recount alleged behavior, including flirting with teenagers, as ‘predatory, terrifying and unacceptable’

Multiple women have accused Jared Leto of impropriety, with some calling the 53-year-old actor and musician’s behavior “predatory, terrifying and unacceptable”.

In a new report by Air Mail on Saturday, nine women have come forward to accuse Leto of engaging in inappropriate behavior over the years, including flirting with teenagers.

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    I always hated this prick; I’m not happy about the way my contempt is now justified.

    I just thought his band sucked ass. Like, pathetically awful. I never knew he was a cult leader of some sort.

    But it tracks, unfortunately

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    No! Not Jordan Catalano!

    Actually, totally yes. Leto is a walking hollywood predator cliche.

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    So allegedly he hits on 16 year old girls and talks dirty to them. So far it’s more of a red flag than “me too” type story.

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      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.’”

      I mean, if that’s just a ‘red flag’ to you

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        There’s no context here. In some circumstances that could be normal (like if they had sex and did similar things before). It he did it out of nowhere, Louis C.K. style, that’s sexual assault be from this one quote it’s now clear how/when it happened.

        Remember when some women accused Aziz Ansari of “sexual misconduct” and then described a typical hookup during which she told Aziz to stop and he did? Not all allegations are about rape. For now we know Leto is into young girls and weird stuff. That’s it.

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          The context is “suddenly”.

          Doesn’t sound anything like Aziz Ansari’s bad date that was overblown.

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            Yet you are trying to over blow it. “Suddenly” only means “unexpectedly”. It doesn’t say anything about consent. I can “suddenly” kiss my girlfriend for example. Would that be bad? What about suddenly kissing a stranger? See? Context.

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              An unexpected kiss is a far cry from unexpected genitalia. Are you trying to equate “sudden tacos” to “sudden penis” just because of the word sudden? Of course not. Cmon, use some common sense.

              Also, this isn’t out of character for him based on the many stories he’s already had come out.

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                An unexpected kiss is a far cry from unexpected genitalia.

                Of course but you claimed that “suddenly” is all the context we need. Which was wrong. Clearly you realize it so now you’re trying to add more context while accusing me of lacking common sense.

                To be clear, I’m not saying Leto didn’t do anything illegal. I’m saying so far we don’t know. Most likely after this article more women will come forward and we will soon learn about something. Until that happens let’s just stick to reporting facts.

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                  You’re the one that brought up “unexpectedly”. This is on you, buddy. You’re not arguing in good faith, so whatever next smarmy thing you say will be the last word. Enjoy.

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              No. You need consent every time. This is why women choose the bear. Suddenly kissing someone is sexual assault and should result in castration.