Jeremy Renner denies filmmaker’s allegations that he despatched her unsolicited nudes, threatened to name ICE on her

• Filmmaker Yi Zhou has accused Jeremy Renner of sending her unsolicited nudes and threatening to name ICE on her.
• Renner's lawyer has denied the allegations, calling them "false, outrageous, and extremely defamatory."
• Zhou responded by sharing what seems like a cease-and-desist letter addressed to the actor demanding that he "stop threatening, intimidating, and disrespectful conduct."

Jeremy Renner is denying severe accusations from a filmmaker who says she had a relationship with him.

After director Yi Zhou publicly accused the Damage Locker star of sending her unsolicited nude pictures of himself and threatening to name ICE on her, Renner's lawyer, Martin Singer, dismissed the allegations in an announcement to PEOPLE, calling them "false, outrageous, and extremely defamatory."

"The true info are that Ms. Zhou has relentlessly and aggressively harassed and pursued my shopper for months with no reciprocation on my shopper’s half, apart from a single temporary encounter on July 12, 2025," Singer informed the outlet on Friday.

Singer claimed that Renner and Zhou shared a "temporary consensual encounter" in Reno in July and that they met once more a month later after the actor ignored "sexually express messages expressing her love" for him.

When requested to touch upon Singer's assertion, a consultant for Zhou responded with an Instagram submit by which the director described her alleged skilled and private historical past with Renner.

The submit claims that she collaborated with the Mayor of Kingstown actor on her undertaking Masters of Cinema: Chronicles of Disney — a documentary in regards to the Walt Disney Firm that was launched in October — which she known as "a professional bono collaboration developed to profit charitable foundations, together with Mr. Renner's personal."

The filmmaker added that she and Renner "developed a private connection starting in mid-2025," which manifested as a "long-distance" relationship that she beforehand described as "love" as a result of "I contemplate that time period probably the most respectful and dignified for each of us."

Zhou stated Renner allegedly despatched "unsolicited intimate images and messages that have been uninvited and inappropriate" and that "the primary bodily encounter was not consensual," although later encounters have been consensual.

She additionally claimed that after "continued undesirable sexual content material and growing on-line harassment by related fan accounts," she opted to problem a cease-and-desist letter to Renner, which she shared in a separate submit, exhibiting a letter dated Nov. 5 that demanded that Renner "stop threatening, intimidating, and disrespectful conduct."

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The filmmaker stated her "intention" when talking out is "not retaliation however transparency." She added, "I’ve the best to guard my skilled fame, to set boundaries, and to right misinformation when selective reporting distorts the info."

In her unique accusations on Instagram earlier this week, Zhou claimed that the Hawkeye actor contacted her straight in June and despatched "undesirable/unsolicited pornographic pictures of himself by way of DM and [WhatsApp]." She additionally claimed that Renner's refusal to advertise their documentary has led followers to say that he was not really concerned within the undertaking, and that his likeness was generated with AI to mislead viewers.

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Zhou then claimed that she known as Renner out privately "about his previous misconduct and requested him to behave correctly, to respect me as a girl and as a filmmaker" however that Renner threatened to name ICE on her, which she stated "deeply shocked and frightened" her.

She added, "Such conduct is unacceptable and emblematic of the imbalance of energy that continues to hurt girls in our business."

In subsequent posts, Zhou accused Renner of "home aggressions," shared images that she claimed have been from Renner's "on a regular basis life," recommended that he "arrange" a "smear marketing campaign" towards her documentary, shared a number of screenshots from alleged conversations she had with Renner, and alleged that the actor has demonstrated a "sample" of comparable conduct with different girls.

A consultant for Renner didn’t reply to Leisure Weekly's requests for remark in regards to the preliminary accusations or about Zhou's response to Singer's assertion.

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