Chris Hansen’s latest Have A Seat episode focuses on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s criminal investigation into Roblox, specifically the platform’s alleged lack of child safety features.
Hansen has been investigating Roblox amid what he calls “thousands and thousands of allegations of predators grooming children on this platform, paying them through Robux” and calls the game “a playground for predators in many ways.”
He notes that Roblox is “marketed, geared, created expressly for children,” sometimes as young as four or five, and points out that attorneys general in Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, and Florida have all taken legal action against the company over child safety concerns.
Florida escalated its probe from a civil inquiry to a criminal investigation in October 2025. Uthmeier announced that his office was issuing criminal subpoenas to Roblox to determine whether the company’s actions, or lack of action, are “aiding predators in accessing and harming children.”
He referred to platforms like Roblox as “breeding grounds for predators to gain access to our kids” and saying his office would “stop at nothing” to protect them.
Uthmeier says Roblox ‘has not done enough’ as probe turns criminal
In the sit-down interview, Uthmeier tells Hansen that public officials have a duty to protect children and claims that, based on his office’s findings so far, “Roblox has operated and made a lot of money while knowing that it’s the breeding ground for child predators, but they’ve known that and have not done enough to stop it.”
He describes the platform as inherently risky because children can communicate with strangers, and criticizes what he sees as weak age verification when “8, 10, 11 year olds” are playing and chatting online.
The Attorney General says investigators have uncovered “shocking cases of grooming, child pornography, physical assault” linked to activity that began on Roblox.
He explains that the probe started as a civil inquiry but shifted after evidence that “they are seeing activity on the site” involving adults communicating with children, moving conversations to other apps like Discord, and soliciting explicit images and personal information.
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If a company knows that is happening and “hides it because it’s going to hurt their business,” Uthmeier tells Hansen, “that’s not civil. That’s criminal.” Uthmeier also alleges that Roblox “has refused to ban known predators,” something he describes as “evident of a company choosing profit over protecting our kids.”
He says his investigators have seen cases where predators pay minors in Robux for explicit content and notes that the criminal subpoenas are intended to clarify what Roblox knew about such transactions and whether the company profited from them.
Roblox points to new safety features and denies wrongdoing
Hansen presses Uthmeier on Roblox’s public claims that it is rolling out high tech safety tools and partnering with the Attorney General Alliance on child safety efforts.
Uthmeier says some changes have been made and that his office is willing to work with any company that wants to improve, but argues “there are still too many cases” of predatory behavior and that Roblox “has not yet seen them do enough,” which is why preparations for legal action continue.
Roblox has recently announced new measures that will restrict younger users from chatting with adults and older teens, including facial age estimation to separate players into age bands, following a series of lawsuits and government investigations over grooming allegations on the platform.
In statements responding to those actions, the company has denied accusations that it prioritizes profit over safety, saying it has introduced over 100 safety initiatives in 2025, works with law enforcement, and has “no tolerance” for illegal behavior on its services.
Uthmeier says he hopes the investigation forces Roblox “to finally take the steps necessary to get their house in order” and serves as a warning that other companies could face similar scrutiny if they “jeopardize the health and safety” of children online.