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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Joanna Partridge

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit

Sam Altman
Sam Altman and relatives accused Ann Altman, his sister, of demanding more money. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

The sister of the OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he regularly sexually abused her for several years, starting when they were children.

The lawsuit filed on 6 January in a US district court in the Eastern District of Missouri alleges that the abuse began when Ann Altman was three and Sam Altman was 12. The filing alleges that the last instance of abuse took place when he was an adult but his sister, known as Annie, was still a child.

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