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The article from Front Page Detectives details the escalating controversy surrounding actor and musician Jared Leto, focusing on how Hollywood ignored warning signs about his behavior for decades.
The key points from the summary include:
- The "Cult" Image: For years, Leto (frontman of Thirty Seconds to Mars) leaned into a "cult leader" persona as a marketing tactic. He hosted high-priced annual "Mars Island" fan retreats in Croatia costing up to $6,499, where devotees dressed in matching white clothing, received band tattoos, and engaged in spiritual activities. Although the public originally dismissed the imagery as harmless performance art, it has faced severe scrutiny following serious allegations.
- 2025 Air Mail Investigation: In June 2025, Air Mail published an investigative report featuring testimonies from nine women who accused Leto of sexual misconduct, unsolicited sexual messaging, and predatory behavior at private parties.
- Allegations Involving Minors: Multiple women alleged they were minors when Leto targeted them. The catalyst for the investigation came when DJ and music producer Allie Teilz posted that Leto had assaulted and traumatized her when she was 17. Another woman alleged that in 2006, when she was 16 and didn't even have a driver's license, Leto approached her in Los Angeles, took her number, and initiated late-night sexual phone calls.
- An Open Secret in Hollywood: The article notes that rumors about Leto’s behavior had been an open secret since at least 2005, when Page Six published a piece titled "Jared Leto Likes 'Em Young." However, Hollywood largely ignored the rumors, allowing his eccentric public persona to act as a cover for his behavior.
- Professional Fallout: Unlike past controversies that faded, Leto is experiencing tangible fallout. A film project he was developing, The Talented Dr. Grey, has reportedly been put on hold, and his involvement in Disney’s Tron: Ares remains fluid.
Ultimately, the article concludes that the controversy exposes an industry that gave a powerful celebrity "a very long leash," using his known eccentricity as an alibi to ignore predatory behavior.
International News9News: Exclusive Brethren sect denies telling members to kill their pets
"A prominent sect has denied telling members to euthanise their pets, but confirmed they have been urged to get rid of them.
Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, better known as the Exclusive Brethren, were told households needed to be "freshly cleansed" of animals after a relative of church leader Bruce Hales was attacked by a dog last month.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports a letter was read from church leadership to meetings across the country earlier this morning with the directive.
"The ownership of such an animal, let alone it being kept at a brother's home, is clearly wrong," the letter read.
"There are reports of some Brethren reverting to owning pets, including dogs and other animals, a practice that has been clearly spoken against in ministry.
The letter specified that birds, mice and cats were also included in the directive, not just dogs.
In the 1960s the sect instructed members to euthanise their pets, stating that giving them away was sinful.
One blind man was reportedly cast out of the church for refusing to get rid of his guide dog. But the sect has now issued a statement denying reports members were told to euthanise their pets."
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