Schlep claims Roblox finally reached out to him directly after being banned from the platform and being sent a cease and desist over his viral predator catching videos.
Roblox whistleblower and YouTuber Schlep says the company finally reached out to him after months of silence, offering to “keep him active in the Roblox community” despite previously banning him and threatening legal action. The creator claims the outreach wasn’t an act of goodwill, but a self-serving PR move that came only after public backlash, lawsuits, and a steep drop in Roblox’s stock value.
In a new 36-minute video, Schlep details how Roblox sent him a cease-and-desist letter earlier this year after he posted viral sting-style videos exposing predators on the platform. He says his investigations helped lead to multiple felony arrests, but Roblox accused him of violating its terms of service and banned all his accounts.
According to Schlep, the company’s silence lasted until mid-summer, when a senior Roblox executive emailed him directly, bypassing his lawyers, to discuss his possible return.
The email from Roblox’s Chief Systems Officer Matt Kaufman read: “Hi, Michael. I understand our decision to moderate and ban your accounts came as a surprise and something you wholeheartedly disagree with. That said, our intent has been to keep the platform safe, and I believe that is something we have in common. Would you be up for a conversation to see if there’s some way we can keep you active in the Roblox community?”
“They finally decide to hear me out, after threatening to sue me for computer fraud, an entire online movement, and them losing $12 billion in market value,” Schlep says in the video. “They had the nerve to say we share the same interest.”
Schlep’s legal team and Roblox’s timing
Schlep revealed that he’s being represented by SGH & Milberg, the law firm handling more than 10,000 abuse-related claims tied to Roblox and Discord. He says the firm had already instructed Roblox to route all communications through counsel following the cease-and-desist. Instead, the company allegedly reached out to him directly, a move he calls “insanely inappropriate.”
The outreach reportedly came just days before Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a major lawsuit accusing Roblox of “putting profits over safety.” Schlep argues that if the company had listened to his prior reports, that lawsuit “might not have even existed.”
Roblox has denied wrongdoing in recent statements, saying safety is its top priority and that it has rolled out dozens of new moderation and parental-control features throughout 2025.
‘Not an olive branch, just PR’
After CEO David Baszucki told CNBC that Roblox had “reached out” to both Schlep and Murrill for feedback, Schlep accused the company of using his situation as a public relations talking point while continuing to misrepresent him.
“Roblox went from lying about me to praising my feedback in the same sentence,” he said. “For more than a year, I begged this company for a line of communication. Now they’re using that inappropriate outreach as proof they’re doing their part.”
Schlep says his lawyers later sent Roblox a formal letter calling the outreach improper but affirming they remained open to dialogue, as long as it was conducted in good faith. He claims Roblox never replied.
“Maybe I could have come back to Roblox,” Schlep concluded. “But if a company can’t agree to something as basic as speaking in good faith, then there’s something deeper going wrong here. I will not trade my voice for a few Roblox accounts.”
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