In March, he accused his ex-wife Sonni Pacheco of using their daughter’s child support payments as a personal ‘slush fund’ for her high-end lifestyle.
And on Monday, People reported another twist in the bitter legal fight between Jeremy Renner and the mother of his daughter Ava, seven.
The Hollywood star, 49, alleged in court documents filed last Tuesday that Pacheco, 29 ,had transferred almost $50,000 in less than two years from Ava’s trust fund account to her personal account, according to People.
Bitter battle: Jeremy Renner is accusing ex-wife Sonni Pacheco of transferring $50,000 from their seven-year-old daughter Ava’s trust fund to her personal account in new court filing
The paperwork submitted by Renner included emails in which Pacheco admits to the actor’s business manager that she had transferred money and had done so because she had run out of her own money as a result of legal fees.
The court documents stated, per People: ‘In an email to Mr. Renner’s business manager, Jeffrey Jacobs, dated April 23, 2019, [Pacheco] admitted transferring funds from the minor’s trust account to her personal account in violation of the Court’s Order, stating: ‘The money transfers to my bank were to keep my afloat/provide [the minor] Christmas presents/birthday gift bags and essentials for her bday party – after all my savings were spent on lawyers/child custody evaluator’.’
It’s also alleged Pacheco transferred more than $10,000 that same month from her daughter’s trust fund to her personal checking account.
She later claimed she had needed the money to pay her property taxes after once again spending all of her own income on attorney fees, the court documents said.
A lawyer for Pacheco did not immediately respond to People’s request for comment.
Renner also alleged in the filing that Pacheco used $20,000 from the trust fund to pay her attorney’s fees in August 2019 and did the same using another $12,000 transfer in September.
Allegations: The paperwork submitted by Renner, 49, and seen by People, included emails in which Pacheco admits she did move the money and used it for legal fees and property taxes
Fight: In late March, the actor asked a judge to reduce the amount of his monthly child support payments and accused Pacheco of using the money as a ‘slush fund’ for a high-end lifestyle
Renner met Pacheco in Vancouver on the set of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.
They welcomed their daughter in March 2013 and tied the knot 10 months later, in January 2014.
Pacheco filed for divorce in December 2014.
The exes are locked in a bitter custody fight over their child with Pacheco alleging she fear’s for her daughter’s safety when she’s with her father.
She’s accused the actor of drug use, firing a gun in his house, partying with ‘young women’ and threatening to kill himself. Renner has denied all the allegations.
In late March, Renner, who starred as Hawkeye in the Avengers movies, asked a judge to reduce his monthly child support payments from $30,000 to $11,000 since he expected to experience a big drop in income due to the coronavirus shutdown in Hollywood.
In a subsequent interview with DailyMail.com, Pecheco said: ‘It is very disheartening that in a time of global crisis there is yet another attempt to reduce funds I rely on to provide for our child. I think it’s time after seven years of hell, I start addressing the lies myself.’
She went on: ‘First, I do not receive $30,000 in monthly child support. Second, all of my savings and Ava’s savings have been drained due to lawyer fees, as my concerns for Ava’s safety have been an ongoing battle for years now. I have, and will always choose to protect Ava when I find out about disturbing behavior exhibited by her father at his homes that put her in danger.’
She concluded: ‘I am choosing love and to continue to wish him the best and a healthy safe life.’
Struggling: In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com in late March, Pacheco, 29, slammed Renner for ‘yet another attempt to reduce funds I rely on to provide for our child’