Roblox Depression Rooms - Audree Heine

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A 13-year-old girl's suicide led to a major lawsuit against Roblox and Discord, alleging the platforms contributed to her death by failing to control exploitative and self-harm content. The suit claims the platforms, including "depression rooms" on Roblox, created a dangerous online environment for vulnerable minors, forcing a confrontation over tech company accountability versus child safety.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:13.0	Welcome to TrueCard to go. What can I get for you?
0:16.8	Hey, you guys ruined Halloween for me a little bit ago.
0:22.7	So anything else?
0:24.5	Anything else fun that you can ruin?
0:25.4	A bunch of... Cool up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:32.0	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:33.9	I am John here with Jamie.
0:35.6	What's up, brother?
0:36.3	I'm not even mad that she cut you off.
0:38.0	You were, uh, you were on a good little rant there. You know, you were what they call crashing out.
0:43.4	I, you know, crashing out at fast food places is kind of my M.O. nowadays. I've heard that about you at,
0:49.8	you know, those places. But yeah, this is, uh, not fast food, but this is very disappointing as well.
0:57.3	We're just here to wreck all happiness for children this week, apparently.
1:01.3	This is something that is super serious, and it affects like multiple children that I know,
1:07.5	including the two that live in my own house who are not allowed to play this game
1:11.7	anymore and I am the worst at ever. We are going to be talking about Roblox, but more specifically,
1:18.1	today our focus is going to be on the tragic death of a 13-year-old named Audrey Hein from
1:24.6	Boone County, Kentucky, who died by suicide in December of 2024.
1:30.4	There was a brand new lawsuit filed just this week, and it is filed in order to raise serious
1:35.7	questions about the role of platforms like Roblox and Discord in children's online lives.
1:42.9	So we're going to talk about the circumstances that led to her online usage,
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