Sam Altman on Tuesday won the dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by his sister accusing the OpenAI co-founder and chief government of repeated sexual abuse more than twenty years in the past, an accusation he denies.

In dismissing Annie Altman’s lawsuit, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone wrote that she had refused to seem for an impartial medical examination despite warnings that failure to do so would outcome in the case’s dismissal.

Laura Politi, a lawyer for Annie Altman, did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

The choose said Annie Altman had refused to seem for an impartial medical examination despite warnings that failure to do so would outcome in the case’s dismissal. X/@anniealtman108

Santos Perez, a lawyer who beforehand represented Annie Altman in the case but withdrew this month, said in a assertion, “I am no longer authorized to comment on this case but I continue to believe in Annie.”

Lawyers for Sam Altman did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

Sam Altman grew to become a face of the synthetic intelligence increase after the chatbot ChatGPT was launched in 2022.

Annie Altman introduced her lawsuit in St. Louis federal court docket in January 2025.

She accused her brother of sexually abusing and raping her between 1997 and 2006 at the household residence in suburban Clayton, Mo., beginning when she was 3 and he was 12.

She said the last acts of sexual abuse and rape occurred when Sam Altman was an grownup. He is now 41.

Annie Altman and Sam Altman proven in 2016 with members of the family. Facebook/Annie Altman

Altman has said she started accusing him on social media of sexual abuse after the household rejected her calls for for more funds. Getty Images

The Altman household has said Annie Altman has psychological well being challenges and obtained monetary support.

Sam Altman has said she started accusing him on social media of sexual abuse after the household rejected her calls for for more funds.