Overview
- Yi Zhou alleges Jeremy Renner sent her unsolicited explicit images beginning in June and later threatened to call U.S. immigration when she challenged his behavior.
- Zhou says she feared for her safety during an August meeting at Renner’s Reno home, sharing her location and locking herself in a room as he allegedly yelled for two hours.
- Renner’s representative calls the claims totally inaccurate and untrue, while his lawyer says there was only a brief consensual encounter and accuses Zhou of persistent harassment.
- Renner has issued a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action; Zhou’s team says she previously sent multiple cease-and-desist notices starting in late October.
- The public back-and-forth is built on Instagram statements and screenshots provided to media, with parts of the alleged ICE message not disclosed, and no formal legal proceedings reported; Zhou says other women have contacted her with similar accounts.