Jeremy Renner on where he stands with his ex-wife a decade after humiliating divorce and bitter custody battle

It’s been a decade since Jeremy Renner finalized his humiliating divorce and bitter custody battle with ex-wife Sonni Pacheco during which she accused him of being an ‘unfit parent’ with a substance abuse problem and alleged he threatened to kill her.

In old legal docs, the 37-year-old realtor-sculpture artist alleged there were lines of cocaine on a bathroom counter within reach of their then six-year-old daughter Ava and the 54-year-old action star would leave her unsupervised for hours while engaging in threesomes or passed out drunk.

Sonni claimed Jeremy once put a gun in his mouth, threatened to kill himself, and then fired the gun into the ceiling while Ava was asleep in her bedroom.

Pacheco also alleged that Renner once bit their child’s shoulder and claimed their nanny overheard him threatening to kill herself and then himself because ‘it was better that Ava had no parents than to have [Sonni] as a mother.’

‘Being accused of things you’ve not done, right? That doesn’t feel good to anybody. It certainly doesn’t feel good when you’re a celebrity and it’s known to everybody,’ the two-time Oscar nominee told The Guardian last Saturday.

It’s been a decade since Jeremy Renner finalized his humiliating divorce and bitter custody battle with ex-wife Sonni Pacheco during which she accused him of being an ‘unfit parent’ with a substance abuse problem and alleged he threatened to kill her (pictured in 2016)

‘No, [they weren’t true] and they happen all the time. It’s all the salaciousness that happens out there. It’s clickbait, and it hurts my feelings and it dehumanizes people.’

Jeremy clarified that the mark on Ava’s shoulder was from a car seat belt that had ‘pinched’ her and, as for the womanizing and drug allegations, he lived ‘a carnival-type life’ at the time.

‘Yeah, yeah. Hosting. I just got tired of hosting. And all the clean-up. Hehehe! So by 2019 I was tired of all that. [COVID-19] came around and helped me bounce that all out. I just wanted to slow down,’ Renner explained.

‘The place in LA was where I was raising my child, where everyone learned to ride a bike and swim. I also had my music there. I had my meetings there. It was my dating life. It was my club. It was my home. It was all the things that encompass someone’s life.

‘If you meet a person and grab a pint, instead of meeting up at a pub, I’d just do it at my house. It was like an open-door policy for all my family and friends. It was great for them. So that’s not a normal home. Homes aren’t usually like that or run like that way. So that’s no longer.’

When asked if he was scared of Sonni gaining sole custody of Ava, the My Next Breath author scoffed: ‘That’s just lawyers talking. That’s lawyers arguing. The [joint] custody was easy.’

‘[Ava’s] mom and I get along very well, and we’re in each other’s lives. It’s lovely,’ Jeremy shockingly revealed.

In old legal docs, the 37-year-old realtor-sculpture artist alleged there were lines of cocaine on a bathroom counter within reach of their then six-year-old daughter Ava and the 54-year-old action star would leave her unsupervised for hours while engaging in threesomes or passed out drunk

Sonni alleged that Jeremy once bit their child’s shoulder and claimed their nanny overheard him threatening to kill herself and then himself because ‘it was better that Ava had no parents than to have [Sonni] as a mother’ (pictured in 2016)

Renner told The Guardian last Saturday: ‘Being accused of things you’ve not done, right? That doesn’t feel good to anybody. It certainly doesn’t feel good when you’re a celebrity and it’s known to everybody’ (pictured December 10)

The two-time Oscar nominee added: ‘No, [they weren’t true] and they happen all the time. It’s all the salaciousness that happens out there. It’s clickbait, and it hurts my feelings and it dehumanizes people’ 

Jeremy clarified that the mark on Ava’s shoulder was from a car seat belt that had ‘pinched’ her and, as for the womanizing and drug allegations, he lived ‘a carnival-type life’ at the time (pictured April 29)

Renner explained: ‘Yeah, yeah. Hosting. I just got tired of hosting. And all the clean-up. Hehehe! So by 2019 I was tired of all that. [COVID-19] came around and helped me bounce that all out. I just wanted to slow down’ (pictured May 31)

The My Next Breath author shocking revealed: ‘[Ava’s] mom and I get along very well, and we’re in each other’s lives. It’s lovely. It’s great. She’s got a new baby and she sends me beautiful pictures’ (pictured April 29)

Jeremy – who’s been romantically linked to actress Eiza González and hairstylist Amber Monson – is currently single and ‘pretty focused’ on his now 12-year-old daughter and his foster kid charity, RennerVation Foundation

Since January 21, Renner has been hard at work executive producing and reprising his role as Mike McLusky on the fourth season of Paramount+ crime thriller Mayor of Kingstown 

Tthe SAG Award winner also has a mystery role in Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion sequel Wake Up Dead Man – premiering December 12 on Netflix – alongside Daniel Craig (R) and Josh O’Connor (L)

‘It’s great. She’s got a new baby and she sends me beautiful pictures.’ 

Renner – who’s been romantically linked to actress Eiza González and hairstylist Amber Monson – is currently single and ‘pretty focused’ on his now 12-year-old daughter and his foster kid charity, RennerVation Foundation.

Since January 21, the SAG Award winner has been hard at work executive producing and reprising his role as Mike McLusky on the fourth season of Paramount+ crime thriller Mayor of Kingstown.

Jeremy also has a mystery role in Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion sequel Wake Up Dead Man – premiering December 12 on Netflix – alongside Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, and Andrew Scott.