Suchir Balaji’s parents allege that the owners and managers of their son’s San Francisco apartment building are part of a widespread cover-up of his death.
The parents of Suchir Balaji, the former OpenAI researcher who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November, have sued the owners and management company of his apartment building, alleging that they concealed evidence and obstructed the investigation into the death.
Poornima Ramarao and Ramamurthy Balaji filed the complaint Sept. 22 in San Francisco Superior Court against Alta Laguna LLC and Holland Partner Group, which managed the Alchemy Apartments at 188 Buchanan St., where the 26-year-old died Nov. 26. The couple seeks damages for “emotional distress and other causes of action in an amount of at least $1,000,000.”
The family’s attorney, Phoenix Thottam, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Balaji’s parents have disavowed the findings of the city medical examiner’s office, which said he died by suicide from a gunshot wound. Instead, they have promulgated their view that Balaji was killed for criticizing OpenAI. They maintain that there has been a vast effort to conceal his alleged killing that involves tech companies, law enforcement, the news media, and the people who rented an apartment to him.
Balaji did not live in the Mint Hill apartment for long. He signed a lease Oct. 18 for a unit in the six-story building.
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