Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is contesting a civil lawsuit filed by his sister, Annie Altman, which accuses him of sexual abuse occurring over nearly a decade from 1997 to 2006. In a recent court filing in St. Louis, Missouri, he seeks to dismiss claims for punitive damages, asserting that the state's child sexual abuse statute does not support such claims and limits damages to those for injury or illness. Annie Altman alleges that the abuse began when she was just three years old and continued until he was an adult. Sam Altman, now 40, claims that Annie has mental health challenges and has made these accusations following a rejection of her financial demands. He is also countersuing her for defamation, seeking a symbolic $1 to establish that her statements are false. This legal battle unfolds as Altman faces a separate lawsuit from billionaire Elon Musk, which accuses OpenAI of deviating from its original mission and defrauding Musk into donations.