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Judge dismisses Sam Altman’s sister’s sexual abuse lawsuit
On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood. As reported earlier by The Guardian, the judge wrote that over the past year, Ann had failed to appear
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Both outlets focus on the dismissal of Sam Altman’s sister’s lawsuit, but Engadget is more specific about the court’s action, saying the judge tossed it. The Independent frames it more generally as a lawsuit dismissed by a US judge and adds that Annie Altman filed in federal court in St. Louis in January 2025, a detail not present in Engadget. Engadget alone also says the dismissal followed Anne Altman’s refusal of a medical exam.
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