A woman has come forward with allegations of sexual abuse and rape against her brother, claiming the assaults occurred repeatedly over nearly a decade, beginning when she was a young child and he was a preteen. The abuse allegedly took place at the family home in a suburban area, with the first incident reported to have happened in 1997. The accusations, if proven, would mark a serious case of prolonged familial abuse spanning years of the victim’s childhood. The details raise questions about how such behavior went unchecked for so long within the household.
Annie Altman accused her brother of sexually abusing and raping her between 1997 and 2006 at the family home in suburban Clayton, Mo., starting when she was 3 and he was 12.
