Jeremy Renner cites Hollywood shutdown amid coronavirus in asking to reduce $30K monthly child support payments to ex Sonni Pacheco
- Renner said he was already expecting to work less in 2020
- Actor said his slate of projects ‘are likely cancelled or postponed’ with ongoing pandemic
- Renner said he doesn’t think Pacheco is using the monthly payments toward daughter’s expenses
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Jeremy Renner cited the work stoppage in Hollywood amid the global coronavirus pandemic in asking a Los Angeles judge to reduce his child support payments to ex-wife Sonni Pacheco or their seven-year-old daughter, Ava.
The Academy Award-nominated actor, 49, said in court docs that he was expecting to work less since his part with The Avengers is complete, and that the work he had on tap is now in question, TMZ reported Monday.
‘It is likely that most productions will not resume again prior to the end of the year,’ The Bourne Legacy star told the judge. ‘As such, the projects that I had previously lined up to film this year are likely cancelled or postponed.’
The latest: Jeremy Renner, 49, cited the work stoppage in Hollywood amid the global coronavirus pandemic in asking a Los Angeles judge to reduce his child support payments to ex-wife Sonni Pacheco or their seven-year-old daughter, Ava
The Captain America: Civil War star told the court that he’s not confident that Pacheco, a Canadian model/actress, is not allocating their $30,000 monthly payments toward Eva’s expenses, but rather her own ‘slush fund’ for a high-end lifestyle and expensive court battle against him.
‘Sonny’s voracious appetite for Jeremy’s money has no end in sight,’ lawyers for the Hollywood star told the court, the outlet reported.
Renner has requested the court rule that his business managers provide over allocations of the funds toward Eva.
He told the court that nearly $11,000 monthly would meet the ‘reasonable needs’ of the child.
Request: Renner has asked the court rule that his business managers provide over allocations of the funds toward Eva
Uncharted waters: The massive impact of coronavirus has touched a number of celebrities, including actor Idris Elba, who Renner worked with in the 2007 film 28 Weeks Later
Focused: Elba (seen in the film) told Oprah Winfrey that he’s OK and feels fine after testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month
Renner met Pacheco in Vancouver on the set of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. They welcomed Ava in March of 2013 and tied the knot 10 months later, in January of 2014. Pacheco wound up filing for divorce in December of 2014.
The massive impact of coronavirus has touched a number of celebrities, including actor Idris Elba, who Renner worked with in the 2007 film 28 Weeks Later.
Elba on Monday spoke with Oprah Winfrey for Oprah Talks COVID-19, saying that he’s OK and feels fine after testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month.
‘If I’m really honest, it’s been incredible to just sit still, I never sit still and so from a mental point of view, I feel pretty focused,’ he said.
As of Monday evening, the death total for COVID-19 – declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization – had soared to 471 people in the U.S., The COVID Tracking Project reported, with 42,164 total positive diagnoses.