Girard Sharp has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a client who was sexually exploited through the platforms Roblox, a gaming platform, and Discord, a communication platform, when she was a minor. The lawsuit claims that these companies knowingly designed and maintain dangerous platforms that allow predators to easily access, groom, and exploit vulnerable children.

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About the Case

Roblox is an online gaming and creation platform used by millions of children and teens worldwide, allowing users to build and explore virtual worlds and communicate with others through chat and voice features. Discord, a popular communication app, lets users connect through text, voice, or video in customizable servers, making it a go-to for gaming and social groups.

Recent lawsuits, including this one, allege that despite clear evidence of ongoing child exploitation, both companies refused to implement even the most basic safety measures. The complaint further claims that predators were able to build trust with underage users, coerce them into sharing explicit content, and in some cases, arrange in-person meetings—all under the watch of platforms that prioritized growth over child safety. Internal communications and warnings from developers show that Roblox and Discord were well aware of the risks, according to the complaint. Still, the companies chose not to enforce essential safeguards such as age verification, default privacy protections for minors, and meaningful content moderation, despite the feasibility and urgent need for these tools, as laid out in the Complaint.

On Roblox, unverified users could easily interact with children. These conversations often moved to Discord, where features like unmoderated voice, video, and text chat created the perfect environment for predators to continue grooming their victims with little oversight. Roblox, a platform heavily marketed to children, made it dangerously easy for adults to initiate contact. Discord then enabled those connections to deepen, unchecked. This wasn’t just a failure of individual actors. It was a systemic failure that resulted from deliberate design choices.

Widespread Impact

Tragically, this type of abuse is not an isolated incident. Many children have faced similar exploitation by predators on these platforms. Through this litigation, we are seeking to not only hold Roblox and Discord accountable for the severe harm inflicted on our client, but also to push for systemic changes that better protect children in digital environments.

Our Commitment to Victim Advocacy

Girard Sharp has earned national Tier 1 rankings for Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation and has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list each year over the past decade. Read about some of our results. We have substantial experience in lawsuits concerning sensitive issues, including sexual misconduct, and in guiding affected individuals through the litigation process with discretion. From holding institutions accountable for sexual misconduct perpetrated by physicians affiliated with them, to obtaining over $14 million in restitution on behalf of fertility clinic patients whose frozen eggs and embryos were compromised, we have a well-established track record of successfully taking on some of the world’s largest corporations and institutions.