Sam Altman has denied claims made by his sister in a new lawsuit that he sexually abused her as a child.
The 39-year-old OpenAI CEO is the co-founder of the San Francisco-based company behind ChatGPT and a venture capitalist, who Forbes says amassed much of his $1 billion through investments.
Ann Altman, 30, filed a complaint Monday in a US District Court in Missouri - where the siblings grew up - that alleged her brother molested her between the years of 1997 - when Ann was just three years old and Sam was 12 - and 2006.
The disturbing lawsuit, which names Ann Altman as the plaintiff, says that Sam 'groomed and manipulated [her] into believing the aforementioned sexual acts were her idea, despite the fact she was under the age of five years old when the sexual abuse began and [she] was nearly a teenager.'
It claimed that Sam Altman 'forced [her] to touch his penis and perform oral penetration on him.'
Ann Altman claimed that because of this alleged abuse, which would happen 'several times a week,' she 'suffered a loss of enjoyment of a normal life as a consequence of her emotional injuries.'
She is seeking $75,000 in legal fees and unspecified damages from a jury trial, per the complaint.
Sam Altman - who came out as gay to his parents at the age of 16 - posted a statement to social media Tuesday credited not just to himself but his mother Connie and brothers Max and Jack denying the allegations.