Overview

• The 42-page complaint filed August 14 in Baton Rouge cites sexually explicit user-created experiences such as "Escape to Epstein Island" and a Livingston Parish arrest involving a man using voice-altering technology while logged into Roblox.
• Murrill’s suit argues that Roblox prioritized user growth and revenue over safety by failing to verify ages or require parental permission, enabling adults to pose as children and minors to bypass safeguards.
• The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction enforcing robust safety protocols and demands unspecified restitution, civil penalties and attorney’s fees under Louisiana’s Unfair Trade Practices Act.
• This state action adds to a wave of individual lawsuits and follows backlash over Roblox’s decision to ban self-appointed predator hunters who used informal methods to expose abuse.
• Roblox has defended its record by highlighting its 24/7 human moderation team, the AI-powered Sentinel system that generated over 1,200 reports to NCMEC and optional selfie-based age-estimation and new parental controls.