OKLAHOMA CITY –
An Oklahoma mother is suing Roblox, alleging the app puts kids in danger and enables predators.
A news release from the Dolman Law Group said the lawsuit was filed on November 20, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where Roblox Corporation is headquartered.
What the Lawsuit Claims
According to the lawsuit, the mother said her teenage son was an avid Roblox user. The platform reports more than 380 million monthly users and is marketed to children. She alleges that in 2023, her son encountered a man on the app who was posing as a child. The mother is not being named to protect the child’s identity.
“He was 12 at the time, when he met what ended up being an adult predator posing as a child on the Roblox,” said Sara Beller, an attorney with Dolman Law Group. “This person groomed and manipulated the young boy on the platform under the guise that he, too, was a young child around the same age, after procuring the boy’s trust, the predator ended up sending graphic messages and sexually explicit images of himself, and also manipulated the young boy into doing the same and to sharing explicit images of himself.”
Beller say this lawsuit it among more than 30 others Dolman Law Group has filed against Roblox, claiming the gaming platform provides a powerful tool to predators.
“They do that by allowing pedophiles and predators to come onto the platform and pretend to be little kids,” Beller said. “You can sign up and be anyone you want, be any age you want, and Roblox allows the predators to develop trust with these children under that cloak of anonymity that the platform provides.”
Roblox launched in 2006. Users can play games alone or with others. The app is free, but it includes an in-game currency called Robux.
The platform is especially popular among children and teenagers, which has drawn global safety concerns from parents and regulators.
“You can never be too safe, Beller said. “Nobody ever thinks this is going to happen to them because it shouldn’t. And don’t be afraid to have those difficult conversations with your child. Don’t be afraid to educate them about the dangers online, about the dangers on Roblox, because Roblox certainly isn’t telling them or anyone else.”
The lawsuit asks for monetary damages from Roblox for mental and emotional injuries and persistent anxiety to the now 14-year-old boy.
“These types of situations unfortunately affect the whole family, not just the child involved,” Beller said. “The little boy, you know, is still really struggling, really suffered from depressive symptoms, from anxiety.”
A panel of judges will meet on December 4 in Austin, Texas to decide if all these similar cases should be grouped together into one case.
