SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 9, 2025: Anapol Weiss filed a lawsuit today on behalf of a 14-year-old girl from Covington County, Alabama, who was groomed by an adult predator she met on the children’s gaming platform Roblox and later assaulted after communications continued on the chat application Discord.
The lawsuit, Doe v. Roblox Corporation and Discord Inc., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It asserts that both companies enabled the repeated sexual exploitation of a 14-year-old girl through negligent platform design and a failure to implement effective safety protocols against dangerous predators operating openly on their platforms. The complaint exposes the companies’ allegedly reckless failure to implement basic, industry-standard safety measures, allowing known risks to flourish unchecked.
This is the fifth case filed by Anapol Weiss against Roblox for its alleged role in enabling the abuse of children within the digital spaces that Roblox has built, marketed, and monetized. The case reflects a nationwide reckoning, as it follows a growing number of legal actions that highlight an alarming pattern of abuse stemming from online child-targeting behavior enabled by lax moderation and oversight.
Jane Doe’s Grooming and Assault
Jane Doe began using Roblox as a young girl. But in 2024, despite years of Roblox and Discord promoting the supposed safety and security of their platforms for children, an adult predator was able to contact Jane Doe on Roblox while pretending to be a fellow teenager, and seamlessly transition their interactions to Discord (another platform with known dangers for minors), where the abuse escalated. The predator sent Jane Doe sexually explicit messages and images, and manipulated her trust by sending her Robux, Roblox’s in-game currency that drives its online economy.
In January 2025, the predator lured her to a location near her home and attempted to rape her. The assault was interrupted by local law enforcement.
“A young girl has been forever traumatized because of how these platforms are built and operated,” said Alexandra Walsh, shareholder at Anapol Weiss. “But this is not just about one child. It’s about the systemic failures of billion-dollar companies that continue to ignore glaring risks to their youngest users.”
Failure to Implement Meaningful Safety Measures
This lawsuit outlines how both companies failed to implement basic, reasonable safeguards to protect children from exploitation. Roblox, which aggressively markets itself as a safe digital space for kids, permits anonymous accounts and unmonitored transactions in Robux, features that allegedly enable predatory grooming, including through financial coercion. Discord allegedly continues to allow unverified adult users to interact with minors with minimal restrictions, enabling predators to operate with impunity, despite publicly claiming zero tolerance for child exploitation.
Both companies are accused of prioritizing user growth, engagement, and revenue over the implementation of robust safety infrastructures despite years of warnings, prior incidents, and mounting evidence of harm.
“Roblox and Discord aren’t just ignoring the dangers; they’re enabling them. These companies know how predators exploit their platforms and have the tools to stop it. They simply choose not to. Our client’s life has been forever altered because of their calculated refusal to prioritize child safety,” said Kristen Gibbons Feden, a shareholder at Anapol Weiss.
Growing Legal Action Against Roblox and Discord
Legal actions against Roblox and Discord are growing. In April 2025, the Florida Attorney General issued a subpoena to Roblox as part of its investigation into the safety of the platform for children; in May, the New Jersey Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Discord, describing the platform as “a prime hunting ground for online predators seeking easy access to children.”
About Anapol Weiss: Anapol Weiss, a majority-women-owned law firm based in Philadelphia, has recovered millions of dollars for survivors of sexual abuse, defective drugs, and corporate misconduct. To learn more, visit www.anapolweiss.com.
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