Written by Jonathan Stempel
April 1 – Sam Altman’s sister amended her civil lawsuit in which she accused the OpenAI CEO of sexually assaulting her more than two decades ago, after a judge said she could try to pursue her case under Missouri’s child sex abuse law. Annie Altman filed her amended complaint Wednesday in St. Louis federal court. Sam Altman has denied her allegations and is suing for defamation.
Attorneys for Sam Altman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Annie Altman accused her brother of sexually assaulting and raping her at various times between 1997 and 2006 at the family home in suburban Clayton, Missouri. She said the abuse began when she was three and he was 12. Sam Altman is now 40 years old. On March 20, U.S. District Judge Zachary Bluestone in St. Louis said Annie Altman’s independent claims of sexual assault and battery expired in 2008, but Missouri law allows some accusers to sue for alleged abuse long ago.
Sam Altman’s defamation claim arose from his sister’s social media posts that referred to alleged abuse, including a video that stated she had been molested by an “almost tech billionaire.”
Altman’s family said Annie Altman suffers from mental health challenges. In a lawsuit, Sam Altman said his family helped her, including financially, but her lawsuit amounted to extortion. Sam Altman co-founded OpenAI. He became one of the faces of the AI boom after launching the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT in 2022. Forbes says Sam Altman is worth $3.3 billion.
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