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Roblox Retaliates Against Child Abuse Survivor Who Exposed Platform's Predator Problem


Content creator's viral videos led to six arrests before company silenced him with legal threats

The legal action against Schlep comes as his removal has sparked the viral #FreeSchlep movement, garnering millions of views and prompting a major Roblox influencer to quit the company’s creator program in protest. The company then escalated with legal threats under the Computer Fraud Act — the same statute used in Roblox's shameful lawsuit against another prominent critic, Ruben Sim, who has also recently retained the SGGH and Milberg law firms. Milberg is actively representing sexual abuse victims in cases against Expedia Group Inc. and Securitas Security Services USA Inc., real estate moguls Tal and Oren Alexander, and the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.

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