Overview
- Two Northeast Ohio lawsuits allege a 13-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were groomed by adults on Roblox and coerced into sending explicit images and videos.
- The Ohio filing for the girl says a predator accessed her accounts, leaked her videos on Snapchat, and was later identified by law enforcement as a middle‑aged man in Pakistan.
- A Johnson County, Indiana family’s suit in the Northern District of California alleges an 11-year-old was groomed by an adult posing as a child, who then requested sexual acts on video calls and recorded the interactions.
- The Indiana family learned of the material from the Department of Homeland Security after a suspect’s arrest in another investigation, and their counsel says this case is one of at least 30 similar suits the firm has filed.
- Plaintiffs seek damages and systemic changes as Roblox highlights recent safety measures including expanded age verification, chat restrictions by age group, and parent tools, while earlier actions include lawsuits by the attorneys general of Louisiana and Kentucky.