Kentucky Suing Roblox Over Charlie Kirk ‘Assassination Simulators’ and Child Safety [WATCH]

The state of Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox, alleging that the company has failed to protect children from predators and inappropriate content, including simulated depictions of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, as reported by The New York Post.

Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the lawsuit Monday, accusing Roblox Corporation of allowing child predators to exploit its system while exposing minors to graphic and violent material.

Minors can now take part in a simulation of Charlie Kirk’s assassination on @Roblox.

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The filing cites Roblox’s alleged lack of adequate age verification, ineffective moderation, and failure to prevent explicit or violent content from reaching children.

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According to the complaint, Roblox — which boasts more than 111 million active monthly users — has become “a playground for pedophiles” and a hub where predators create fake accounts to pose as children, lure victims, and groom them for abuse.

Prosecutors claim that due to the company’s weak safety controls, children as young as five have been exposed to disturbing and graphic depictions of violence and sexual content.

Children as young as five can attend a simulated assassination of Charlie Kirk on @Roblox.

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The lawsuit specifically references a surge in what it calls “Charlie Kirk assassination simulators,” which appeared on the platform following the Turning Point USA co-founder’s fatal shooting at Utah Valley University last month.

The filings allege that these simulations allowed young users to view “animated bloody depictions” of the September 10 attack that took Kirk’s life.

“Roblox is designed to allow predators easy access to children and to use Roblox to groom and lure children from virtual contact to physical meetings, leading to harassment, kidnapping, trafficking, violence, and sexual assault of minors,” the Attorney General’s office wrote in the complaint.

“For years, countless children have been sexually exploited and abused by predators they met on Roblox.”

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At a Tuesday press conference, Coleman was joined by Kentucky mother Courtney Norris, who said she once believed Roblox was a safe game for her children. “I came to realize, later than I would like to admit, that it actually is the ‘Wild West’ of the internet, targeted at children,” Norris said.

Coleman demanded that Roblox implement stronger parental controls, more effective content filters, and stricter age verification measures. The lawsuit is part of a growing wave of state-level legal actions against the gaming company.

Earlier this year, Louisiana filed a similar complaint against Roblox, and Iowa prosecutors brought charges following a case involving a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly lured from the platform, kidnapped, trafficked across several states, and assaulted.

In North Carolina, another lawsuit alleged that Roblox enabled a predator to exploit a child by offering its virtual currency, “Robux,” in exchange for sexually explicit photos.

In response, Roblox denied the allegations that it facilitates child exploitation. “We have rigorous safety measures in place from advanced AI models to an expertly trained team of thousands moderating our platform 24/7 for inappropriate content,” the company said in a statement.

“No system is perfect, and our work on safety is never done. We are constantly innovating our safety systems, including adding 100 new safeguards, such as facial age estimation, this year alone.”

The company also stated that users under 13 cannot directly message others on Roblox outside of games unless parental controls are adjusted.

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