Edit: more info exists now. Haven’t updated my assessment, this was based primarily on what was in the article at the time.

Zhou tells PEOPLE in a statement she included Renner in her projects “because I thought and promised to me we were in an evolving love relationship.”

That right there really discredits her claims… if she thought they were in a relationship, why would the messages be considered unsolicited by her?

Kind of seems like she got the wrong impression and then got embarrassed/defensive about it and escalated stuff.

They probably did get in text arguments, and if any of what she is saying turns out to be true, it would be nice to at least see context. The ICE comment is a weird thing to be fabricated, but I could see it being something that was either a knee-jerk reaction, or potentially blown out of proportion. Either way, would really help to see context.

It starts off with dick pics

Specifically, Zhou claimed that she “received 2 photos of Jeremy Renner and then a string of unwanted/unsolicited pornographic images of himself.” According to Zhou, this occurred “in June 2025.”

“He’s done this for years,” one Hollywood insider insisted to gossip columnist Rob Shuter. “Every new woman gets the same treatment — flirty texts, then out of nowhere, the photos start coming. He thinks it’s charming.”

Then denial

Renner’s lawyer, Marty Singer, blasted the allegations as “false, outrageous and highly defamatory.” He told PEOPLE that Renner met Zhou once in July, when she interviewed him for the documentary at a hotel in Reno, Nev. They shared a “brief consensual encounter,” and then met again in August, Singer said, adding that the actor has not spoken to Zhou in over a month.

But not before it had turned violent

I was discussing about the doc logistics, then he drank a bottle of wine alone and got angry and angry yelling for two hours. I had to location-share to my team, my parents and Disney colleagues in case something happens to me they know where I am. I had to lock myself in a room to be safe praying he would not come into the room at night as he was really angry. I did not say a word, I was so scared for my life."

For reference, Renner’s ex-wife, Sonni Pacheco, previously accused Renner of drug use and domestic violence. Specifically, she claimed that Renner threatened to kill her and there was at least one instance where he fired a gun in the presence of their daughter.

And then the ICEing on the cake…

Damn this washed up actor guy sure seems like a massive piece of shit - and since we’re at a he said, a-whole-bunch-of-other-people said situation - I’ll go with believing the victim and the rest of the people claiming he’s a POS and not the alleged POS himself.

In a statement to PEOPLE, Zhou said she had been “frauded by love”

As more details comes out the more Zhou’s wording sounds like a jilted lover who is overreacting to a failed relationship.

Addressing Zhou’s allegations that Renner threatened to call ICE on her, Singer alleges Zhou “had been relentlessly harassing and threatening my client with hundreds of unsolicited and unwanted messages.”

Singer knows that he will potentially need to prove evidence if this goes to court, so yeah it seems more and more like a jilted lover. That isn’t to say Renner didn’t do anything wrong, but that it is very likely that it wasn’t anything like the accusations being thrown around.

Lots of lawyer denials, but no lawsuit?