Ann Altman, the youthful sister of OpenAI CEO and founder Sam Altman, filed a lawsuit in federal court docket in Missouri on Monday, accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a minor.
The lawsuit, filed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Jap District of Missouri, says the abuse passed off at Altman’s household residence exterior St. Louis from 1997 to 2006. and began when Ms. Altman was 3 years previous.
The lawsuit says Ms. Altman suffered bodily hurt and “skilled post-traumatic stress dysfunction, extreme emotional misery, psychological anguish and melancholy anticipated to proceed into the long run” because of the abuse.
Ms. Altman has lengthy made related sexual assault claims in opposition to her brother on social media companies similar to X. She is represented by an Illinois-based legislation agency that focuses on sexual assault and harassment instances.
In a statement released on X on TuesdayMr. Altman, alongside together with his mom and two youthful brothers, denied the allegations. “Annie has made deeply hurtful and fully false claims about our household and particularly Sam,” the assertion mentioned. “This case is inflicting great ache to our complete household.”
The assertion mentioned Ms Altman had “psychological well being challenges” and “refused typical therapy and lashed out at members of the family who had been genuinely making an attempt to assist”.
Ms. Altman and Mr. Altman didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Since OpenAI launched the web chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022, Mr. Altman has gained large fame because the face of the worldwide synthetic intelligence growth began by the chatbot, which might reply questions, write poetry and even generate pc applications. In October, OpenAI closed a brand new funding deal that valued the company at $157 billion.
(The New York Occasions sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of infringing the copyright of stories content material associated to synthetic intelligence techniques. OpenAI and Microsoft have denied these claims.)
Ms. Altman’s lawsuit seeks a trial and damages in extra of $75,000. Ms. Altman’s lawyer, Ryan Mahoney, mentioned in an interview with The Occasions that the quantity was the minimal required for a federal lawsuit of this type. He mentioned if the case goes to trial, he and his shopper will search “an quantity that absolutely compensates my shopper for what occurred to her.”
He added that they had been additionally in search of punitive damages, which might be primarily based on Mr. Altman’s web value.
Mr. Mahoney mentioned the lawsuit was filed Monday due to a Missouri statute that enables survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file a lawsuit as much as 10 years after their twenty first birthday. Ms. Altman turned 31 on Wednesday.
