Marvel star Jeremy Renner is facing accusations that he sent unsolicited \u201cintimate\u201d photos and video to a Chinese filmmaker and threatened to \u201ccall ICE\u201d on her after she \u201ccalled him out privately\u201d on alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n
Filmmaker and artist Yi Zhou, director of the documentary Chronicles of Disney<\/a> featuring Renner, made the allegations in a series of Instagram posts and in an in-depth interview with the Daily Mail<\/a>. Zhou, 38, alleges she had a personal and professional relationship with Renner, 54, that left her fearing for her safety.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/p>\n \u201cMr. Renner first contacted me directly in June, sending personal and intimate photographs of himself, behavior that, according to public reports, he has exhibited before,\u201d she wrote on Instagram<\/a>. She claims Renner wooed her over calls and text discussions, saying he wanted a relationship. Zhou alleges they started dating and working together on two projects, including Chronicles of Disney, and that Renner \u201cappears in 80% of the film.\u201d She claims that when the documentary was released last month, Renner \u201crefused to make any public promotion,\u201d despite allegedly having entered into written agreements with her Italian production company, Into the Sun Films. Zhou says she appealed to Renner to help her combat fan accounts falsely claiming the documentary was generated by AI without his consent, but he purportedly refused.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I called him out privately about his past misconduct and asked him to behave properly, to respect me as a woman and as a filmmaker, he threatened to call immigration\/ICE on me, an act that deeply shocked and frightened me,\u201d she wrote<\/a>. \u201cSuch behavior is unacceptable and emblematic of the imbalance of power that continues to harm women in our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n A rep for the actor called the allegations \u201ctotally inaccurate and untrue.\u201d The Marvel actor has not commented publicly.<\/p>\n In her interview with the Daily Mail, Zhou claimed it was Renner who pursued her. \u201cI did not reach out to him,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know his name, never watched a movie of his. He used me and denied me and denied our work.\u201d She shared a screenshot of a pornographic image that Renner allegedly sent to her via WhatsApp in June.<\/p>\n She went on to claim that one night in August, Renner drank a bottle of wine and yelled at her for two hours during a work meeting at his house. Zhou claimed she had to \u201clock\u201d herself in a room, \u201cscared for [her] life.\u201d<\/p>\n Renner nearly died in a snow plow accident<\/a> on New Year\u2019s Day 2023. He recounted the accident \u2014 which left him in critical condition \u2014 in\u00a0a Diane Sawyer interview<\/a> a few months later. \u201cI chose to survive. That\u2019s not gonna kill me, no way,\u201d Renner said.<\/p>\n The actor previously was married to Canadian model and actress Sonni Pacheco. During a bitter child custody battle, Pacheco accused him of substance abuse and threatening to kill her<\/a>.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n