Overview
- Director Yi Zhou alleges the actor sent unsolicited explicit images beginning in June and behaved threateningly during an August 20 visit to his home.
- Zhou posted screenshots, photos from the evening, WhatsApp exchanges, and a blurred intimate image she says was sent by Renner, along with messages showing she locked herself in a room.
- Her posts include a partial exchange in which Renner appears to reference contacting U.S. immigration, which she characterizes as a threat.
- Renner’s representative rejects the claims as totally inaccurate and false, describing them as defamatory in comments to People and Variety and suggesting Zhou sought revenge after rebuffed advances.
- Zhou says she filed a complaint in early November, and the dispute follows prior professional collaboration on the AI-generated film “Stardust Future: Stars and Scars.”