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Altman arson suspect Moreno-Gama suffered 'acute mental health crisis,' lawyer confirms
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A lawyer representing the man accused of throwing a lit Molotov cocktail at the driveway gate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 's home last week said Tuesday that he suffered from a mental-health crisis.
Key facts
- Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, was assigned a public defender team ahead of his hearing before Judge Kenneth Wine
- It wouldn't matter if this was a billionaire or CEO or any average San Franciscan," Jenkins said
- Moreno-Gama, a Texas resident, was set to be arraigned on Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court
- San Francisco Police Department officers arrested Moreno-Gama on Friday and recovered a document in his possession that detailed his intentions, according to a complaint filed in San Francisco
Summary
Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, was assigned a public defender team ahead of his hearing before Judge Kenneth Wine. "Our defense team is now beginning our investigation, and what's becoming clear is that Daniel's actions appear to have been driven by an acute mental health crisis," San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Diamond Solange Ward said in the courthouse hallway. Ward said Moreno-Gama has a history of autism and that the case is "clearly overcharged. "This case is a property crime at best," she said.