Two teenage sisters from Indiantown were kidnapped by a man they met on Roblox.
Now Florida is in court – and it turns out this was never a one-time warning.
What Florida found after filing a lawsuit against Roblox should terrify every parent in America.
Roblox Called It a Safe Playground While Predators Called It a Hunting Ground
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a 76-page lawsuit against Roblox in December 2025.
The complaint called Roblox "the new hunting ground for sexual predators."
It wasn't poetry.
It was documentation.
Uthmeier's investigators created test accounts for children ages 7, 8 and 10.
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What they found was a system that allowed known predators to create anonymous accounts with no name, no email address, and no verification of any kind.
The lawsuit accused Roblox of violating Florida consumer protection laws and the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act – collecting data from children under 13 without verified parental consent.
Roblox's response was that the lawsuit "fundamentally misrepresents" how the platform works.
Meanwhile, two Florida families filed civil suits within a two-week span alleging adults posed as children on Roblox, gained their victims' trust, and then moved conversations to Discord – where the abuse escalated.
That's the playbook.
Roblox is the entry point.
Discord is where they take it further.
The Numbers Roblox Doesn't Put in Its Press Releases
"Since we brought that civil case, we've seen dozens of cases of predators going after kids on Roblox, and we've arrested them," Uthmeier told WPBF. "With every passing day, it only builds our case and makes it stronger for the courtroom."
This is not a Florida problem.
This is a national crisis hiding behind colorful avatars.
In 2024, Roblox submitted 24,500 reports of suspected child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
In 2025, that number exploded to 65,381 – more than double in a single year.
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More than 177 lawsuits are now pending against Roblox across the United States.
Louisiana sued in August 2025.
Kentucky followed in October.
Texas in November.
Florida in December.
And Los Angeles County filed separately.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee launched its own investigation, with Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin writing directly to Roblox CEO David Baszucki.
Their letter stated that Roblox "appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children."
What Roblox and Discord Keep Saying While Kids Keep Getting Hurt
Roblox issued a statement calling child safety "a top priority" and pointing to mandatory age checks, AI monitoring, and chat restrictions.
Discord told WPBF it has a Family Center that gives parents tools to protect their teens.
Here's what they don't mention: a predator groomed a California boy on Roblox, taught him how to disable his own parental controls, then moved him to Discord and coerced him into sending explicit photos of himself.
The boy took his own life in April 2024.
His mother is now suing both companies.
One family was forced to move across the country after a predator tracked down their child's home address through Roblox.
A 27-year-old predator reached a 13-year-old boy through Roblox's private messaging system.
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This is what "AI-powered monitoring" and "strict chat restrictions" look like in practice.
The senators put it plainly in their letter to Baszucki: over the past decade, police have arrested individuals for grooming, sexual abuse, kidnapping, r**e, and murder of children they met through Roblox.
Big Tech Chose Metrics Over Your Grandchildren
This is the part the mainstream media glosses over because it makes Silicon Valley look bad.
Roblox has over 151 million daily users.
The majority are children.
A former Roblox product designer allegedly said, according to the LA County lawsuit, that limiting user engagement "hurts your metrics – in a lot of cases, the leadership doesn't want that."
Translation: they knew safety features would slow down growth.
They made a business decision.
Roblox even sent a cease-and-desist letter to a YouTuber named Schlep – a man who was conducting his own child predator hunts on the platform and had gotten six men arrested.
Roblox's legal team moved against him, not the predators.
Four countries – Algeria, Iraq, Qatar, and Egypt – have already banned Roblox outright over child safety concerns.
America hasn't.
But Florida is making sure every predator who uses it to target a child answers for it.
Uthmeier made the stakes clear: "Platforms like Roblox have become breeding grounds for predators to gain access to our kids. We will stop at nothing in the fight to protect Florida's children."
That's what a government that actually protects families sounds like.
Sources:
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, "Attorney General James Uthmeier Sues Roblox for Misrepresenting Platform's Safety," MyFloridaLegal.com, December 11, 2025.
- Rachael Perry, "Florida lawsuits target Roblox and Discord as officials warn of online predators," WPBF 25 News, October 14, 2026.
- "Florida AG sues Roblox, claiming it misled parents and exposed kids to predators," Fox 13 News, December 2025.
- Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism letter to Roblox CEO David Baszucki, 2026.
- Los Angeles County v. Roblox Corporation, Superior Court of California, 2026.
- "Attorney General James Uthmeier Subpoenas Roblox in Child Exploitation Investigation," The Capitolist, August 2026.
