Image Credit: Getty Images for The Chris Corne Jeremy Renner made headlines in November 2025 when a filmmaker named Yi Zhou accused the 54-year-old actor of sending her unolicited sexual DMs and threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on her. Renner adamantly denied Zhou's allegations and fired back with a cease-and-desist letter, accusing the director of sending him multiple explicit messages. Below, Hollywood Life has compiled the whole story so far between Renner and Zhou. Who Is Yi Zhou? Zhou is a 37-year-old Chinese director, writer, producer and model.