Jared Leto Sues TMZ For Allegedly Stolen Video Showing Taylor Swift Curse

Cue the "Bad Blood" references! Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman and Oscar winner, Jared Leto, is suing TMZ over a video posted on their site in which Leto is shown complimenting, then cursing, fellow singer Taylor Swift. Leto alleges that the video was stolen from him.

In the video, which is still currently up at TMZ, Leto and an engineer are listening to Swift's music and admiring it. Leto even says he wants to "steal" some of her production work. At the end of the video, he grows indifferent, however, and proclaims, "I mean, f--- her. I don't give a f--- about her."

Swift had no comment on the video, but the same day it was posted, Leto immediately tweeted an apology, saying, "The truth is I think @taylorswift13 is amazing + an incredible example of what's possible. If I hurt her or her fans my sincerest apologies."

Leto has since filed a lawsuit. The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is reporting that, in the complaint, Leto says the video was shot by a videographer that he hired for his own purposes. The videographer then sold the footage to TMZ for $2,000, at which point TMZ requested the videographer in question sign an agreement "confirming he had the legal right to deliver the footage," which he did not sign.

Leto told TMZ they had no right to publish, but they did it anyway. According to the suit, the videographer later also urged TMZ not to publish, telling them, "Do not post the footage. I do not own it. I do not have permission."

In his statement via THR, Leto says he's filing the lawsuit to prove a point. He calls the act "an invasion of privacy" and states that the footage in question is "stolen footage" and that everyone should have a right to privacy. He goes on to say, "I have chosen to file this lawsuit not because I want to, but in hopes it will encourage more people to stop trafficking in stolen goods, to follow proper legal procedure and so that it may motivate additional consideration for the harm these acts can create, especially when the only intention is to simply further the bottom line for the companies and corporations that commit these acts."