Jared Leto was in good company as he ventured out for a coastal hike in Malibu on Monday morning.
The actor and musician was joined by old friend Sofia Boutella, but their intimate body language during the outdoor walk hinted at more than friendship.
Leto, 53, walked arm-in-arm with the Algerian actress as they made the most of their picturesque surrounds in the upscale Californian enclave.
The pair appeared to be inseparable, with Boutella, 43, wrapping an arm around the Oscar-winner’s waist while walking close to Malibu beach.
The actress’s last known relationship, with Irish actor Robert Sheehan, came to an end in 2018.
Meanwhile Leto has been forced to deny unsavoury allegations of inappropriate behaviour from nine different women – including teenage girls.
Jared Leto was joined by old friend Sofia Boutella as he ventured out for a coastal hike in Malibu on Monday morning
Leto walked arm-in-arm with the Algerian actress as they made the most of their picturesque surrounds in the upscale Californian enclave
Some of the allegations date back more than two decades, and some of the accusers claim they were underage at the time of the alleged incidents.
The claims, which have apparently circulated in Hollywood for years, have now been brought into the open, with one unnamed woman telling Air Mail: ‘It’s been an open secret for a long time.’
Representatives for Leto are yet to responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment, but a representative denied all of the women’s claims in a statement to Air Mail.
The accusations came to light after Los Angeles–based DJ Allie Teilz, 30, re-shared a 2012 Facebook post on her Instagram Stories, in which she alleged Leto — who was previously called out by other Hollywood stars for being ‘full of himself’ — assaulted her when she was 17.
‘You’re not really in LA until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage… in a kilt… And a snow hat,’ she claimed. ‘I was assaulted and traumatized by this creep when I was 17.’
She further alleged that Leto ‘knew’ her age but ‘didn’t care,’ describing his actions as ‘predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.’
A second woman, whose name was not revealed, told the publication that Leto approached her in 2006 when she was 16 at Urth Caffé in Los Angeles.
At the time, he was allegedly visiting the popular cafe with Ashley Olsen, whom he had been rumored to be in a relationship with at the time.
The pair appeared to be inseparable, with Boutella wrapping an arm around the Oscar-winner’s waist while walking close to Malibu beach
Leto has been forced to deny unsavoury allegations of inappropriate behaviour from nine different women – including teenage girls
‘I looked down and it was Jared Leto. We had a quick conversation, and he got my number,’ she claimed.
The woman alleged that he called her days later, adding: ‘I don’t know if he was on drugs or what… it was the weirdest, grossest voice… [but] for me, it’s Jared, you know?’
The woman alleged their late-night conversations ‘turned sexual,’ and she claimed that Leto asked questions including, ‘Have you ever had a boyfriend?’ and ‘Have you ever sucked a d***?’
Model Laura La Rue, 33, also alleged that she met Leto in 2008, when she was 16 and he was 36, at a Yes! on Prop Two animal rights benefit.
‘He asked how old I was,’ she alleged. ‘I said, “I’m 16. How old are you?”‘
DJ Allie Teilz (R, with Alfie Allen)) recently claimed she was assaulted and traumatised by Leto when she was 17-years old
La Rue claimed to Air Mail that Leto still asked for her number despite knowing her age, and she said he later invited her to his Los Angeles home, where he was ‘flirting’ and ‘teasing [her] the whole time [she] was there.’
She even alleged that Leto walked into a room she was in while completely naked at one point, as if ‘it was normal.’
‘I thought maybe this was just what adult men do,’ La Rue added.
Leto’s representative denied all of the women’s accounts in a statement to Air Mail: ‘Their communications contain nothing sexual or inappropriate and Ms. La Rue later applied to work as Mr. Leto’s personal assistant, further underscoring the absence of anything inappropriate in any of their interactions.’
