{"id":20176,"date":"2025-01-09T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sam-altman-responds-to-sisters-abuse-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:44:59","slug":"sam-altman-responds-to-sisters-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sam-altman-responds-to-sisters-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman responds to sister\u2019s abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his family have commented on a new lawsuit filed by Annie Altman, who has accused her older brother of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My sister has filed a lawsuit against me. Here is a statement from my mom, brothers, and me: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nve0yokTSX\">pic.twitter.com\/Nve0yokTSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Altman (@sama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1876780763653263770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The filing reiterates claims she made on social media in 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeFLoZWOw8oaS8ynPVKD5vlneot8kGn7UGyxkyrWAx93Dl9KUJ9Rv1j0HB08HB8QPtkEP8Key7KVI_ctue2eOqBw3r4rK6UVknq3iH03TRpzWSWBo3ZtrzQBkIYq4R81yhwnjC6lw?key=X0aLQ0KwY0w6cKMS-M0m1qis\" alt=\"Sam Altman responds to sister\u2019s abuse allegations\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Annie Altman\u2019s 2021 post. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/V9DWb\">archive.today<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I experienced sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, financial and technological abuse from my biological siblings, mostly Sam Altman and a little Jack Altman,&#8221; she wrote earlier.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The OpenAI chief allegedly committed sexual abuse from the 1990s into the 2000s, spanning about nine years.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur and his family called the allegations false. They said their sister has struggled with mental-health issues for years and that they are deeply concerned about her condition. The Altmans said they had repeatedly tried to support Annie, including financially.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;[\u2026] Despite this, Annie continues to demand more money from us. She has made deeply hurtful and utterly implausible statements about our family, especially about Sam [\u2026]&#8221;, the Altmans said in their response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Separately, the OpenAI CEO drew attention to a letter from Annie\u2019s lawyer to his own, which hinted at the need for a significant monetary payment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;in excess of $75,000&#8221; is something required for this court, i believe.<\/p>\n<p>in case there is any doubt about the goal here, here is something annie&#8217;s lawyer wrote to my lawyer:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Significantly, given our client\u2019s tort claims involve sexual assault and sexual battery, we are allowed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Altman (@sama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1876867051215585542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Altman has long been estranged from his sister. He often speaks about his brothers, who are also technology entrepreneurs, but rarely mentions Annie in public.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the OpenAI CEO said he expects a full launch of AI agents in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his family have commented on a new lawsuit filed by Annie Altman, who has accused her older brother of sexual abuse. My sister has filed a lawsuit against me. Here is a statement from my mom, brothers, and me: pic.twitter.com\/Nve0yokTSX \u2014 Sam Altman (@sama) January 7, 2025 The filing reiterates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1162,1190],"class_list":["post-20176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-court-cases","tag-openai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"72","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}