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Reports have emerged that Jared Leto has lost out on a major film role due to sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a documentary.

Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, which is available on BBC iPlayer now, features allegations from 10 women relating to alleged encounters with the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman between 2002 and 2016.

Four of the women have accused the actor of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers, including sexual assault, statutory rape and grooming. Jared Leto has denied the allegations, stating: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.”

Website Page Six has now quoted sources who claim that the star is no longer involved with a major upcoming movie because of the allegations. Leto was said to be in talks to join political thriller Assassination, directed by Barry Levinson (Good Morning, Vietnam), with the article describing the negotiations as “seeming like a done deal.”

However, it then claims that a source close to the production told them that the allegations made about the actor “became impossible to ignore”. The piece said that the project will be moving ahead without his casting. Neither Levinson nor the production have publicly commented on the report.

Jared Leto won an Oscar in 2014 for his performance in The Dallas Buyers Club, and has since appeared in films such as Blade Runner 2049, Suicide Squad, and Morbius. He was most recently seen in the fantasy adventure Masters Of The Universe, playing villain Skeletor in a role that obscured his face with motion capture. His IMDb page currently lists him as attached to the movie Lunik Heist, which co-stars Lupita Nyong’o and is directed by Kemp Powers (Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse).

Leto was accused of sexual assault, statutory rape and grooming by multiple young women in a new BBC documentary – Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret – which is currently airing on BBC iPlayer.

At the time of the alleged offenses, Leto was in his 30s and 40s, with the women claiming they were between 16 and 18-years-old.

Now, the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman has responded to the claims. In a statement provided hours after the documentary aired, Leto said: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.”

In the documentary, 10 women came forward to accuse Leto of sexual misconduct, which reportedly took place between 2002 and 2016.

One woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17-years-old, while another alleged the star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19 and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room.

Leto was also accused of statutory rape with a third woman, who claimed that Leto “shrugged off” a conversation about the age of consent being 18 in California.

Another women also accused Leto of grooming her and making numerous sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. According to BBC News, Leto eventually sent her a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to prevent her discussing their relationship. The woman said she refused to sign the contract.

Previously, Leto was also accused of sexual misconduct by nine women last year.

In a report published by Air Mail last June, multiple women accused Leto of inappropriate behaviour. The allegations dated back to the early 2000s, with one woman calling it “an open secret” that he texted sexual remarks to teenage models.

DJ Allie Teilz also shared a Facebook statement the month before the Air Mail report, writing: “Youre [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage… In a kilt.. And a snow hat,” she wrote. “I was assaulted and traumatised by this creep when I was 17,” she added in separate story. “He knew my age and didn’t care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.”