Sam Altman’s sister is suing the OpenAI CEO ...

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 courtroom, 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abuse, molestation, sodomy, and battery” from 1997 to 2006, with the abuse beginning when she was solely three years outdated.

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

“Annie has made deeply hurtful and completely 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 towards Sam, and we really feel we’ve no selection however to handle this,” the assertion reads. “… This case causes immense ache to our whole household.”

Over the previous few years, Annie Altman has made comparable allegations on-line. “I’m not 4 years outdated with a 13 12 months outdated ‘brother’ climbing into my mattress non-consensually anymore,” she wrote in a X post from March 2023.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 kind. Her lawyer advised The Instances she can also be in search of punitive damages primarily based on her brother’s web value, which might grow to be public information as a part of the case’s discovery course of.