OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seeks dismissal of sister’s punitive damages claims in sexual abuse lawsuit

Sam Altman is seeking the dismissal of punitive damages claims in his sister’s civil lawsuit accusing the OpenAI cofounder and chief executive of repeated sexual abuse more than two decades ago, an accusation he denies.

In a Wednesday night filing in St. Louis federal court, Sam Altman said Missouri’s child sexual abuse statute does ‌not authorize ⁠punitive damages ⁠for Annie Altman’s claims, and instead limits her to “damages for injury or illness” caused by childhood sexual abuse.