Roblox Sexual Abuse
Overview
Injury: Sexual abuse of minors on Roblox and through Discord
Defendant: Roblox & Discord
Practice: Survivor Advocacy
Latest Update: November 2025 – JPML consolidates Roblox sexual abuse cases in the Northern District of California.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated more than 30 lawsuits against Roblox in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The newly formed multidistrict litigation will be overseen by Judge Richard Seeborg.
This is an important step forward both for existing lawsuits against Roblox and for lawsuits filed in the future. Key issues of the cases, including discovery, expert interviews, and procedural decisions, will be able to proceed more efficiently and fairly across all litigations. The decision by the JPML also shows that the courts are taking the scope of Roblox cases across the U.S. seriously.
Case Team
PARTNER & CONTACT ATTORNEY
Molly Condon Wells
ATTORNEY
Alexandrea M. Messner
CONTACT PARALEGAL
Morgan Kapping
PARALEGAL
Mirena Fontana
Advocating for Safer Online Spaces for Kids
Wallace Miller is investigating and pursuing allegations that Roblox is responsible for the sexual abuse of minors on its online gaming platform and through external messaging service Discord. In a new lawsuit filed by our team and co-counsel, we allege that Roblox and Discord are hunting grounds for sexual predators, permit sexually explicit images and abusive content, and are responsible for the sexual exploitation of an unknown number of vulnerable children.
If your child has been exposed to sexual content or has suffered sexual abuse through Roblox or Discord, contact our Survivor Advocacy team today. We offer free, confidential consultations and can help you assess the situation and determine the best way to move forward. Our office can be reached at 331-425-8022 or via our online case evaluation.
Injury
Child sexual abuse on Roblox
Despite Roblox’s claims that it prioritizes child safety, the platform allows child sexual abuse material to flourish and enables pedophiles to groom and sexually abuse children through its services.
According to the complaint, sexual and abusive content is pervasive on the platform. This includes simulated sexual experiences and experiences that gamify real-life abuse from sex offenders like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.
Roblox has also allowed for and facilitated the sexual exploitation of children and teenagers. In multiple cases over the past several years, predators have used the direct message feature in Roblox to groom children, gain their trust, and send sexually explicit messages. Some of these abusers sent sexual content, coerced children to send explicit photos, and met with and abused children in person.
How Discord enables Roblox sexual abuse
Discord is a messaging platform and chat tool founded in 2015 to help gamers connect with one another. Since then, it has expanded into a globally popular communication service that allows users to exchange direct messages and connect on “servers,” or chat groups based around shared interests.
More than 200 million active users use Discord to chat via voice, video, and text. The platform has become increasingly popular with children, especially following the Covid-19 pandemic, and as of 2025 the average age on Discord is 16 years old.
While Discord promises parents that it’s a safe site for children to communicate, numerous lawsuits allege that its lax safety measures expose users to child predators. According to complaints filed against the company, Discord has a serious and widespread problem with harmful content, sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Despite its claims of rigorous safety standards, it has become a place for predators to exchange child pornography as well as identify young users to groom and abuse. In some cases, children are coerced into sending explicit content or meeting their abuser in person.
The Roblox platform encourages its users to communicate via Discord in order to increase engagement on both platforms and thereby increase mutual profit. Roblox users can post Discord links and usernames, while Discord lets users link their Roblox profiles to their accounts.
This connection enables predators to meet and groom children on Roblox before moving their conversations to private chats on Discord. Due to inadequate safety measures, children are then coerced into participating in sexual acts. Children who are sexually exploited often suffer long-term emotional and psychological harm because of the companies’ failure to protect them online.
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Plaintiff & Defendant
What is Roblox?
As a popular online gaming platform, Roblox allows users to create and play their own games, called “experiences.” These experiences allow users to showcase their creativity, play easily with their friends, and dive into near-unlimited virtual worlds. In 2023, it had about 380 million users, 58% of which were children and almost 40% of which were 13 years old or younger. About 20 million people log onto the platform every day in the U.S. and Canada.
The platform is free and easy to download on consoles, computers, tablets, and phones. It allows users to interact in “experiences” and directly communicate with each other. Roblox has repeatedly promised parents that it is a safe place for kids to learn, play, and connect.
Image by Mliu92, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Image by Mliu92, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Landscape
The lawsuit against Roblox and Discord
Roblox promises parents that its platform is a safe place for children to learn and play. However, the Roblox lawsuit filed by Wallace Miller joins other legal action alleging that the platform has inadequate safety features, does not invest in basic measures to protect children despite being aware of the risks, and prioritizes user growth over kids’ wellbeing.
The complaint alleges that Roblox does not screen its users, does not verify age or identity, and does not have effective parental controls. As a result, predators are able to freely target vulnerable users to groom and exploit. In the lawsuit filed by Wallace Miller in St. Louis Circuit Court with Dolman Law Group and Cooper Masterman PLLC, the plaintiff is the mother of a child who has used Roblox since she was seven years old. Posing as another child, the abuser gained her trust and moved their conversation to private text messages, where he convinced her to send explicit images of herself.
Now, parents and families are demanding that Roblox take responsibility for the abuse perpetrated via its platform. “It takes incredible courage to speak up,” says Wallace Miller partner Edward A. Wallace. “These kids are so afraid to speak up, so can you imagine […] how many victims are out there that haven’t spoke up?”
Timeline
January 2026
JPML consolidates Roblox sexual abuse cases in the Northern District of California.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated more than 30 lawsuits against Roblox in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The newly formed multidistrict litigation will be overseen by Judge Richard Seeborg.
This is an important step forward both for existing lawsuits against Roblox and for lawsuits filed in the future. Key issues of the cases, including discovery, expert interviews, and procedural decisions, will be able to proceed more efficiently and fairly across all litigations. The decision by the JPML also shows that the courts are taking the scope of Roblox cases across the U.S. seriously.
November 2025
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation set to decide next step in Roblox lawsuits.
At a hearing scheduled for December 4, 2025, in Austin, Texas, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will hear oral arguments and decide whether to consolidate more than 30 lawsuits brought against Roblox.
The JPML is responsible for grouping lawsuits into multidistrict litigations (MDLs), a legal framework that allows many cases against the same defendants to be investigated and determined more efficiently. If they decide to centralize the cases against Roblox, it will provide additional support and structure for the lawsuits to proceed.
2025
Wallace Miller lawsuit joins litigations across the country against Roblox.
A lawsuit brought by the Survivor Advocacy team at Wallace Miller and our co-counsel joins other litigations alleging an unsafe environment and sexual exploitation on Roblox.
December 2024
Roblox updates safety settings to limit conversations with children under 13.
After years of calls for stricter safety, Roblox finally updates its parental safety settings to limit conversations with children under 13.
October 2024
Report identifies widespread abuse on Roblox.
A report by Hindenburg Research identifies widespread abuse and sexually explicit content on Roblox and calls it a “pedophile hellscape.”
2023
Discord introduces additional safety features for teens.
Discord introduces additional safety features for parents and teenagers.
Roblox faces a class action lawsuit in California alleging that it exposes young users to abusive and inappropriate content.
2015
Discord launches as a communication service to help gamers connect.
2006
Roblox officially launches its gaming platform.
2004
Roblox is founded in 2004 in California.
