CLEVELAND (WJW) – A sexploitation lawsuit has been filed against Roblox – the most downloaded online game globally.
The complaint was filed on behalf of a Cuyahoga County mother and her son who claim the then-11-year-old boy was targeted by a sexual predator online.
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The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California, alleges a very disturbing situation on the gaming platform primarily for kids. It states a young boy, who used Roblox frequently, was lured into sending sexually explicit images of himself to an online predator, after the predator threatened the boy and his family.
“Really terrifying, what’s been happening on Roblox,” Dolman Law Group Attorney Sara Beller said. “And the number of people and number of claims that we’re currently investigating. It’s really horrifying. He met what he believed was a child, you know, someone who posed as a friend. Another young boy his age was actually an adult predator.”…