CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County family has sued Roblox, the popular online gaming platform used by millions of children, alleging it failed to protect users from sexual predators and sexually explicit content.

In the federal lawsuit, the mother of a 13-year-old boy alleges her son was targeted by a predator posing as a child on the platform. The predator gained the boy's trust before sending graphic messages and sexually explicit images, according to Sara Beller, the family's attorney, whose Florida-based firm has filed over 30 lawsuits against Roblox.

"Then, of course, he ended up unfortunately manipulating the young boy into sending explicit images of himself as well by threatening to physically harm both the boy and his family if he did not comply with those demands to do so

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