OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits “Making Money With Charles Payne” at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on December 4, 2024.
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Ann Altman, the sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that her brother regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges the abuse took place at the family’s home in Clayton, Missouri, and began when Anne, also known as Annie, was 3 years old and Sam was 12. are. The abuse occurred “several times a week,” starting with oral sex and then progressing to penetration, the filing said.
The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff has experienced “severe emotional distress, emotional distress, and depression” “as a direct and proximate result of the aforementioned acts of sexual assault,” and that this is expected to continue in the future. It is claimed that
Altman’s younger brother has publicly accused his brother of similar sexual assault in the past. X-like platformBut this is the first time she takes him to court. She is represented by Ryan Mahoney, an Illinois-based firm that specializes in issues such as sexual assault and harassment.
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and more than $75,000 in damages.
at the joint Statement regarding X Sam Altman, along with his mother Connie and brothers Jack and Max, denied the charges.
“Annie has made extremely hurtful and completely untrue allegations about our family, especially Sam,” the statement said. “We have chosen not to respond publicly, respecting her privacy and our own. However, she has now taken legal action against Sam, and we are I feel I have no choice but to deal with it.”
Their response said: “All of these allegations are completely false,” adding: “This situation has caused untold pain to our entire family.” They said Ann Altman was facing “mental health issues” and “refuses conventional treatment and violently attacks family members who genuinely try to help.”
Sam Altman has gained international fame since OpenAI debuted his artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022. microsoftThe company was most recently valued at $157 billion and has received funding from Thrive Capital, chipmaker Nvidia, SoftBank and others.
Altman was temporarily ousted as CEO by the OpenAI board in November 2023, but was quickly reinstated due to pressure from investors and employees.
This isn’t the only lawsuit facing tech executives.
In March, tesla SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and co-founders Altman and Greg Brockman, alleging breach of contract and fiduciary duty. Musk, who now runs competing AI startup xAI, was a co-founder of OpenAI when it launched as a nonprofit in 2015. Musk resigned from the company’s board in 2018 and has publicly criticized OpenAI for allegedly abandoning its original mission.
Musk is suing to prevent OpenAI from becoming a commercial company. In June, Musk withdrew the original charges filed in San Francisco state court, then refiled them in federal court.
OpenAI fired back at Musk last month, claiming in a blog post that Musk “not only wanted a for-profit organization, but actually created it” as part of the company’s proposed new structure in 2017.
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