Roblox allowed predator to pay Uber driver $1K to abduct teen girl who was sexually assaulted, locked in a room: lawsuit
A young woman is suing Roblox, Discord and Uber after a repeat predator used the platforms to groom her when she was 15 — paying a driver to bring her from Indiana to his New Jersey home, where he kept her locked in a small, dank room and repeatedly raped her, according to the suit.The anonymous plaintiff, now 19, is accusing the video game platform Roblox and Discord, an online messaging platform, of ignoring warnings about her abductor’s history of illicit behavior and failing to effectively block him from the apps.She is also alleging that Uber has failed to train its drivers on the risks of coordinating off-platform rides for minors, according to the suit, which was filed Friday in US District Court for the Northern District of California.Roblox, Discord and Uber did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.Months before the teen girl was kidnapped and raped, Roblox and Discord users sounded alarm bells about a user named “DoctorRofatnik,” posting dozens of screenshots of him sending sexual messages to minors, according to the lawsuit.In one message, “DoctorRofatnik” — the creator of a popular Roblox game — told a 12-year-old girl, “You’re the reason why I’m gonna end up behind bars,” and “You’re 12…soon I’ll corrupt you beyond your wildest dreams,” the suit said.In January 2022, the Guardian published a detailed expose on “DoctorRofatnik” and his predatory behavior, including sending sexual messages to multiple underage girls.Yet Roblox and Discord failed to conduct adequate investigations into the user, allowing him to skirt platform bans by remaking his accounts and transferring ownership of his video game to other users so he was still paid by Roblox, according to the suit.In January 2022, the teen plaintiff reached out to “DoctorRofatnik” — a then-23-year-old New Jersey man named Arnold Castillo — as a fan of his video game on Roblox, according to the lawsuit.Castillo invited her to join his D...