Overview
- Families filed new federal complaints on Nov. 20–21 in Ohio and Indiana alleging adults posed as children on Roblox before coercing minors into sexual content.
- In the Akron case, a 13-year-old girl's explicit videos were posted using her stolen login, and investigators reported tracing the suspected predator to Pakistan, after which the girl was hospitalized.
- A Cuyahoga County lawsuit says a 13-year-old boy was manipulated into sending images under threats to harm him and his family.
- A Johnson County filing alleges a then-10-year-old was pressured to undress on recorded video calls, with the family alerted by the Department of Homeland Security after an unrelated arrest.
- Roblox rejects the lawsuits' characterizations and points to new safeguards, including planned facial age checks for chat, age-based communication limits, and 145 safety initiatives this year, while plaintiffs’ attorneys say they have filed at least 30 similar cases.