Sam Altman’s sister is suing the OpenAI CEO alleging sexual abuse

Annie Altman, the sister of OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman, has sued her brother accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor. In a complaint filed this week with a Missouri federal court docket, Annie Altman alleges her older brother dedicated “quite a few acts of rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, molestation, sodomy, and battery” from 1997 to 2006, with the abuse beginning when she was solely three years previous.

In a joint statement he made alongside his mom and two youthful brothers, Sam Altman stated “all of [Annie’s] claims are completely unfaithful.” The Altmans say they’ve tried to help Annie in “some ways” over time, together with by providing direct monetary help.

“Annie has made deeply hurtful and fully unfaithful claims about our household, particularly Sam. We’ve chosen to not reply publicly, out of respect for her privateness and our personal. Nonetheless, she has now taken authorized actions in opposition to Sam, and we really feel we now have no alternative however to deal with this,” the assertion reads. “… This case causes immense ache to our total household.”

Over the previous few years, Annie Altman has made related allegations on-line. “I’m not 4 years previous with a 13 12 months previous ‘brother’ climbing into my mattress non-consensually anymore,” she wrote in a X post from March 2023.

As a part of her lawsuit, Altman seeks a jury trial and damages in extra of $75,000. Per The New York Times, $75,000 is the minimal required for a federal lawsuit of this sort. Her lawyer advised The Occasions she can be searching for punitive damages primarily based on her brother’s internet value, which might change into public information as a part of the case’s discovery course of.