Sam Altman’s Younger Sister Files Lawsuit Claiming He Sexually Abused Her
Ann Altman, the younger sister of OpenAI’s chief executive and founder, Sam Altman, filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal court on Monday accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a minor.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, said that the abuse occurred in the Altman’s family home outside St. Louis from 1997 to 2006 and started when Ms. Altman was 3 years old.
The lawsuit said Ms. Altman had sustained bodily injury and had “experienced PTSD, severe emotional distress, mental anguish and depression, which is expected to continue into the future,” as a result of the abuse.
Ms. Altman has long made similar sexual assault claims against her brother on social media services like X. She is represented by an Illinois-based law firm that specializes in sexual assault and harassment cases.
In a statement posted to X on Tuesday, Mr. Altman, along with his mother and two younger brothers, denied the claims. “Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, and especially Sam,” the statement said. “This situation causes immense pain to our entire family.”
