It’s getting really ugly in the custody battle between Jeremy Renner and ex-wife Sonni over their 6-year-old daughter, Ava.

They had been splitting custody 50/50, but now Sonni wants full custody saying Jeremy is unfit. She accused him of shoving a gun in his mouth and threatening to kill himself.

Sonni also claims Jeremy has a history of substance abuse, verbal and emotional abuse.  She says in one incident, the nanny overheard Jeremy say he was going to Sonni’s house to kill her and then kill himself, because “it was better that Ava had no parents than to have Sonni as a mother.”

A rep for Renner said, “The well-being of his daughter Ava has always been and continues to be the primary focus for Jeremy. This is a matter for the court to decide. It’s important to note the dramatizations made in Sonni’s declaration are a one-sided account made with a specific goal in mind.”

He says she’s making up all these stories because she’s mad their relationship never worked out, and is obsessed with trashing his reputation.  Jeremy insists he does not abuse drugs or alcohol and even states he submitted to random drug testing for 3 months to defeat Sonni’s claims. Those tests all came back negative and he suggests Sonni is the one with a drug problem.

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