A new report from Bloomberg Businessweek covers the investigation and arrest of a pedophile who used the Roblox gaming platform to groom his victim, before abducting and sexually assaulting her multiple times. The man assumed various identities on Roblox but was best-known as the creator of a profitable Sonic the Hedgehog fan game on the platform, a position that gave him considerable clout within the Roblox community, and one which he used to prey upon its young users.
DoctorRofatnik created Sonic Eclipse Online, a game where Roblox users could race as Sonic and friends, and it proved unsurprisingly popular with the young audience. As is typical of the platform's experiences, users could buy costumes and trinkets with Robux, and DoctorRofatnik claimed to be one of the best-paid creators on the platform. He further claimed to be Jadon Shedletsky, the younger brother of Roblox's longtime creative director John Shedletsky.
