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TN AG Jonathan Skrmetti | “Parents Had No Idea What the Risks Were” | Have A Seat ep 23

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Have a Seat with Chris Hansen continues its coverage and conversation surrounding the gaming platform Roblox and the controversy of their questionable security measures.  On this episode, Chris Hansen is joined by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti who is joining his AG colleagues and filed a lawsuit against the company ‘alleging that they lure children into an environment it knows is dangerous but promises is safe, in violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)”.  Hansen and Skrmetti discuss how parents are being mislead into believing the platform is safe for children and how it should be a red flag that Roblox won’t let law enforcement on the platform to investigate criminal activity and complaints. If you’ve been following the Roblox headlines, it’s another episode of Have a Seat you won’t want to miss.  OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HANSEN at https://www.oneskin.co/HANSEN #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow. Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is. What? How? Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time. Mom! It's game over for late nights on school nights. EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.

0:22.8

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0:27.6

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0:50.7

As you may know, my streaming crime network, True Blue and I have been working on an investigation into predators exploiting children on the gaming platform Roblox. What we found is startling and disturbing. And along the way, we've learned that at least a

0:58.4

half dozen attorneys general across the country are taking legal action, are actually suing

1:04.9

roblox for some of the very same allegations we've uncovered in our investigation. Our

1:10.4

documentary is going to premiere in the next

1:12.2

few weeks on True Blue, more on that later. But I did want to have someone take a seat with me today

1:19.6

who's very involved in this investigation in the cause. He's the Attorney General of the State of

1:25.9

Tennessee, Jonathan Scermetti, one of the half dozen

1:28.9

or so attorneys general who has filed suit and is investigating Roblox. Mr. Scermetti, thanks for having a

1:35.4

seat with me today. Thank you for having me. What was it initially that drew your attention

1:42.4

to the gaming platform Roblox.

1:45.0

It's really the scale. I think people who don't appreciate how popular this has been with kids don't understand just how many children are on the platform and just how much access adults have had to those kids over time.

2:01.8

You know, this has been decades in the making.

2:04.4

And it's really becoming apparent more and more just how much risk there has been out there.

2:09.4

Our investigation found that in just one county in Florida, Marion County, there was a man arrested for exploding as many as 12 to 15 children

2:20.7

on Roblox, paying them the currency Robox to take pictures of themselves and to assault other

2:28.0

children. In the same county, in the same time frame, Mr. Scrimetti, there was another case where a 10-year-old girl was

2:35.7

victimized by a predator on Roblox who was operating from the UK, from England.

2:42.7

If it's going on in Marion County, Florida, what is happening in your state?

2:48.5

So we're aware of some incidents related to Tennessee.

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