Judge Tosses Sexual Abuse Lawsuit From Sam Altman's Sister
The case was dismissed over a refused medical exam, not on the merits.
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A federal judge dismissed Ann Altman's lawsuit against her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, on Tuesday. US District Judge Zachary Bluestone didn't rule on the merits of her claims. Instead, he wrote that Ann refused to appear for an independent medical examination, despite being warned that skipping it would lead to the case's dismissal.
Ann Altman filed the lawsuit in January 2025, accusing Sam of sexually abusing her when she was a child. She alleged that the abuse took place at the family's Missouri home between 1997 and 2006, beginning when she was three and he was 12. She said the last instance of alleged abuse took place when her brother was an adult.
The case had already been revised once. In March, Bluestone ruledthat Ann's original sexual assault and battery claims had...
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