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abuse, molestation, sodomy, and battery” from 1997 to 2006, with the abuse beginning when she was solely three years outdated.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 stated “all of [Annie’s] claims are totally unfaithful.” The Altmans say they’ve tried to assist Annie in “some ways” over time, 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. Nevertheless, she has now taken authorized actions in opposition to Sam, and we really feel we now have no selection however to handle 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 “I’m not 4 years outdated with a 13 yr outdated ‘brother’ climbing into my mattress non-consensually anymore,” she wrote in a X post from March 2023.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 informed The Occasions she can be in search of punitive damages based mostly on her brother’s internet value, which may grow to be public data as a part of the case’s discovery course of.
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