Local resident and Hollywood star Jeremy Renner, 54, is facing a series of accusations from Chinese filmmaker Yi Zhou, 37, including threatening to call immigration enforcement on her after their romantic relationship went off the rails and of previously sending “unsolicited pornographic images of himself,” according to a series of posts she has made in recent days on Instagram.
Zhou, who made a documentary and animated movie with Renner this year, says the unwanted photos were sent via WhatsApp in June 2025.
She had previously posted a video of the pair driving near his home in the Mt Rose highway area, where she wrote “Reno is a great city in Nevada. Great discovery #jeremyrenner.”
At one point, at his Mt Rose highway home, Zhou says she had been discussing the documentary with him, when he allegedly drank a bottle of wine alone, got angry and started yelling at her for two hours, according to her account, before she locked herself in a room to be safe.
“I m worried for other women who will be victim and might have been victim being used as a sexual object, abused and destroyed in such a manner. Hollywood hides these men and bad behavior for the sake of money, but do we still need to be a silent victim in the post me 2 era? I thank the media reporters that reached out to me and is willing to support me unpack the truth we need to endure in today’s Hollywood, help other women to tell the truth,” she wrote in one of her Instagram posts.
She also released a series of text messages she had written to Disney colleagues from August 20th saying he was being violent at his Mt Rose highway home with her there alone with him, and that she had locked herself in the bathroom.
One person on that conversation writes “they were googling his ex-wife’s claims and they’re very scary,” and the other indicating to “get out of there as fast as you can.”
His ex-wife Sonni Pacheco has accused Renner of dangerous drug use and threatening to kill her and himself according to court documents as part of their custody battle for their daughter, as well as leaving cocaine on a bathroom counter their daughter could reach, allegations he has denied. Pacheco filed for divorce from Renner in 2014 after just 10 months of marriage.
Renner has not addressed the new accusations directly as of yet, despite multiple media reaching out to him for comment.
Our Town Reno reporting, November 7th 2025