Louisiana has entered a fierce legal battle with Roblox Corporation, accusing the online gaming platform of enabling dangerous conditions for children. Attorney General Liz Murrill filed suit in the 21st Judicial District Court on 14 August 2025, claiming that Roblox has become overrun with predators and harmful sexualized content while prioritizing profits over safety.
The lawsuit describes Roblox as a popular online gaming platform that welcomes millions of users daily and has a significant portion of its users under 13 years old. This immense popularity, the state argues, magnifies the risks created by weak safety measures, inadequate parental controls, and a lack of meaningful age verification during account creation.
Investigators highlight disturbing examples, including a July 2025 raid in Livingston Parish, where a suspect, in possession of child sexual abuse material, was found using Roblox and voice-altering technology to impersonate a young girl. Authorities allege that child predators exploit several of the in-game features to contact minors and groom them for exploitation.
The petition further accuses Roblox of maintaining inadequate content moderation to allow condo games and virtual sexualized environments to persist. Citing internal documents and investigative reports, it alleges that staff even debated avatar nudity standards, demonstrating an internal awareness of such harmful spaces without taking decisive actions.
Central to the case is the claim that the growth-focused business model of the platform encourages prolonged engagement at the expense of safety. The in-game purchases, subscription services, and newly introduced features in the game are said to encourage user retention while creating opportunities for predators to approach children in less supervised settings.
This Louisiana lawsuit is only the latest in a growing list of legal challenges against Roblox across the U.S. In Georgia, a mother recently sued in August 2025 after her 9-year-old son was groomed and coerced into sending explicit images to an unknown user. The case accuses the specific game developers of negligence and misrepresentation of its safety protections.
In Iowa, the family of a 13-year-old girl filed a suit in July 2025 following her 24 May 2025 kidnapping and repeated sexual abuse after meeting a predator through the online gaming platform. Law firms representing them say over 400 similar claims are already in progress, painting a broader picture of systemic safety failures across the platform’s vast network of users.
Texas also saw a legal action against Roblox in April 2025. A Galveston mother alleged that her teenage daughter was groomed on Roblox, moved to Discord, and later assaulted at home. The lawsuit targets both the gaming platform and messaging platform, arguing that their combined lack of safeguards allowed the predatory actions to escalate into real-world harm.