Roblox hit with wrongful dying lawsuit following a teen participant’s suicide

Following her son’s suicide, Becca Dallas filed a probably groundbreaking lawsuit towards Roblox and Discord, accusing the platforms of wrongful dying. As first reported by The New York Occasions, the lawsuit recounts the occasions main as much as Ethan Dallas’ dying, detailing his interactions with a participant named Nate. Based on the report, Nate was doubtless a 37-year-old man named Timothy O’Connor, who was beforehand arrested on expenses of “possessing youngster pornography and transmitting dangerous materials to minors.” The report added that Ethan opened up about these incidents to his mother earlier than committing suicide 4 months after the confession.