Kentucky sues Roblox over Charlie Kirk 'assassination simulators'
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has alleged that online gaming platform Roblox has not protected children from abhorrent content.
Coleman filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming that Roblox has allowed minors to be exposed to "animated bloody" content surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
'We constantly monitor all communication for critical harms.'
The lawsuit, posted by Fox News Digital, accuses the massive online gaming community of operating under insufficient guardrails in terms of denying children access to certain materials. This includes violence, sexually explicit materials, and alleged "Charlie Kirk 'assassination simulator[s].'"
Blaze News previously reported that as of Q2 2024, Roblox had a claimed 79 million active daily users, an increase of almost 15 million from the same time in 2023. This included approximately 58% of its user base being under 16 years old, which equates to at least 46 million children.
The alleged assassination simulators "began popping up on Roblox, allowing children as young as 5 years old to access animated bloody depictions of the September 10 shooting," the lawsuit stated.
Roblox could easily "require users to verify their age and their parents' consent by virtually any mechanism, including merely asking for these data," the legal document continued. "Doing so would create at least some restriction on the content available to users under 18 years old."
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"As such, child predators can — and do — establish accounts to pose as children," Kentucky wrote.
In response to the lawsuit, a Roblox spokesperson told Blaze News that the company welcomes the opportunity for a direct conversation with the Attorney General about the topic. However, the company also said that some of the parties involved are seeking financial gain.
"The attorney general's lawsuit is based on outdated and out-of-context information," Roblox said. "We believe together we can increase safety not just on Roblox, but on all platforms used by kids and teens. The AG's office is partnering with plaintiff's attorneys, who we believe have misrepresented matters to seek financial gain."
The spokesperson added, "Roblox has taken an industry-leading stance on age-based communication and will require facial age estimation for all Roblox users who access our communications features by the end of this year. Roblox does not allow image sharing via chat, and most chat on Roblox is subject to filters designed to block the sharing of personal information. We constantly monitor all communication for critical harms and swiftly remove violative content when detected and work closely with law enforcement."
Roblox pointed to more information about its efforts to implement age verification, which undoubtedly would confirm a user's age, but also could deter platform usage altogether.
This includes verification through selfie-videos, the aforementioned "facial age estimation," ID, or verified parental consent.
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The sheer volume of Roblox users makes any enforcement incredibly difficult to pull off without pre-existing barriers to entry, monitoring, or filtration systems. This brings up further issues surrounding digital ID, including, for example, the exposure of children's likenesses.
At the same time, gamers are constantly finding new ways to develop ridiculous scenarios on the platform, such as performing ICE raids or in-game protests. There also exists the threat of bad actors grouping together to discuss crimes or make terror plots.
Roblox told Blaze News that it includes rigorous text chat filters to stop inappropriate contact with minors.
Additionally, the company said that while it started as a "platform for children," 64% of the user base is now over 13 years old.
Blaze News did find several videos on YouTube appearing to be re-creations of Kirk's assassination within the video game.
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'If I ever cross paths with him ... I will kill him where he stands': Dad sends warning after his son's killer gets big break
Ronald Exantus drove from Indianapolis to Versailles, Kentucky, on Dec. 7, 2015, and entered a home through an unlocked door, investigators told WKYT-TV.
It was before dawn, and authorities told the Associated Press that Exantus grabbed a large kitchen knife he found in the home and went to an upstairs bedroom where 6-year-old Logan Tipton was sleeping.
'I laid in bed. I gave up. I gave up on life. I gave up on my family. I gave up on everybody. I just wanted to die.'
Koral Tipton, Logan’s sister, told WDKY-TV that she "woke up, and I heard Logan screaming, and all I could see was a man, a big man, over top of him, stabbing him.”
Logan’s father, Dean Tipton, also had been sleeping but leaped into action after hearing the hollering.
“He snaps, just snaps, and stands up with me sitting on top of him, and he throws me across the room," Dean Tipton told WDKY. "I mean, maybe 10-15 feet he throws me across the room and goes after [Koral]."
Exantus ended up attacking Dean Tipton and his two daughters that night, too, injuring all of them, WKYT reported — but little Logan didn't make it.
Dean Tipton held his son during his final moments, WDKY said: “He was gasping for air; I was holding him deep in my arms. And finally, he took his last breath, looked at me, closed his eyes, and he was gone.”
After that night, Dean Tipton said he lost the will to live, tearfully telling WLKY that "I laid in bed. I gave up. I gave up on life. I gave up on my family. I gave up on everybody. I just wanted to die."
In 2018, Exantus was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity but was convicted of assaulting other family members, WDKY said. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, WKYT said.
Then, as of last week, Exantus was released from prison for good behavior, WDKY reported.
Set free from behind bars 13 years early.
As you likely would conclude, the Tipton family was furious upon hearing the news.
“He did it. He did it in front of me. He did it in front of my siblings," Koral Tipton told WKYT. "And being an older sister, who has the obligation anyway to protect her younger siblings, it’s just, he ruined, he messed us up."
Dean Tipton told WDKY that Extanus said "he was going to kill every one of us. So now, I’ve got to be on extra guard to protect my kids because I will not lose another one, not like this.”
And as you also could likely imagine, Logan's dad issued a chilling promise if he ever runs into Extanus again.
“I’ve had my talks with God 'cause I’m not afraid to tell you all, I told the court — if I ever cross paths with him, I will kill the man," he told WLKY on the station's video report. "I will kill him where he stands."
According to WKYT, the Kentucky Justice Cabinet released the following statement in regard to Exantus’ release:
The Parole Board did not release Ronald Exantus on parole. Exantus was reviewed for parole on 09/30/2025, as required by state law. The Parole Board issued a decision that Exantus stay in prison for the remainder of his sentence.
Despite this decision, a provision in Kentucky law required the Department of Corrections to release the inmate on Mandatory Reentry Supervision (KRS 439.3406).
Exantus will remain under probation and parole supervision until his sentence ends next year, WLKY said, adding that he will serve his mandatory re-entry supervision in Florida.
In addition, the White House confirmed an investigation into Exantus' release: "It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X Saturday morning.
Logan’s mom, Heather Tipton, added to WDKY that she also made a vow.
“I made myself promise I wasn’t going to let this tear us apart, because statistically, Dean and I should be divorced, or our family should have just broken apart at the seams statistically," she told the station. "And I made a promise that that wasn’t going to happen, and I’m not going to let it happen.”
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Female accused of trashing Little Caesars store, causing over $1,000 in damages — after being told extra sauce would cost $1
A female is accused of trashing a Little Caesars pizza place in Louisville, Kentucky, and causing $1,000 in damages, after a store employee informed her that extra sauce would cost $1, WDRB-TV reported.
Breanna Haynes placed the phone order, then traveled to Little Caesars to pick it up, the station said, citing court documents.
'Can't afford a buck for sauce? Maybe you shouldn't be buying pizza then.'
However, when Haynes asked for extra sauce with her order, an employee told her that would run her an extra dollar, WDRB reported.
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Police said Haynes "created a disturbance in the store" and began knocking things off of the counter, including a custom-made computer stand and the computer register — which totaled over $1,000 in damages.
Haynes left the store, but employees were able to provide Louisville police with her name after comparing video surveillance with a known picture.
Haynes was charged with criminal mischief in connection with the January incident, but she wasn't arrested until late last month, WDRB said.
Haynes on Sept. 22 allegedly threw a brick at a car belonging to the father of her child because he wanted to move back to Cincinnati, the station said, citing court documents.
Police said Haynes' alleged brick-throwing caused more than $1,000 in damages, and she was charged with assault and criminal mischief, WDRB reported.
Numerous commenters on the station's Facebook post about the incident reacted incredulously to it:
- "That must be some good sauce!" one commenter wrote.
- "I guess she’d rather pay $1,000 plus lawyers instead of just giving up the dollar," another commenter observed. "Smh, wish I had that kind of money."
- "Stay home if you don't know how to behave in public," another commenter advised.
- "Can't afford a buck for sauce?" another commenter noted. "Maybe you shouldn't be buying pizza then."
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AI isn’t feeding you
Mason County, Kentucky, sits just an hour from Cincinnati but feels like another world. Its beautiful rolling hills, deep farming roots, and traditions make it a bastion of conservative culture. Trump carried the county by 44 points. Residents distrust globalism, Big Tech, and government collusion.
Yet Mason has become the latest target for one of the largest data centers in the world. The company behind it hides its name, cloaks officials in nondisclosure agreements, and dangles cash at landowners while refusing to reveal how it will feed the massive hunger for power and water.
The question now is whether Kentucky — and America — will heed the warning or allow ‘progress’ to consume the very land, food, water, and power that make progress possible.
The plan calls for a sprawling 5,000-acre “technology campus” near Big Pond and Tuckahoe roads. Local officials admit the buyer is a Fortune 20 giant, described only as a “global, top 10” company with “hundreds of thousands of employees.”
Residents say the tactics are familiar. A few landowners get offers — $35,000 an acre in this case — while the broader community is left to bear the burden: displaced farmland, strained resources, and declining property values. Good luck selling to anyone but the data-center developer once the deal is in motion.
Power drain
The proposed complex in Maysville would demand 2.2 gigawatts of power, starting at 110 megawatts by 2026 and hitting full capacity by 2028-2031. That’s the annual energy use of 1.8 million American homes. For a county of 17,000 people, the numbers are staggering. The project alone would nearly double the East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s yearly output.
And that’s before accounting for water. Data centers require enormous cooling systems that siphon off local supplies. Add in the direct loss of 5,000 acres of farmland and timberland — in a nation already facing record-low cattle herds and shrinking food security — and the price tag for “progress” keeps rising.
By comparison, the average coal plant sits on 585 acres; a natural gas plant, only 30. Those facilities power the nation. This one would devour power and water to feed servers.
A national trend
This isn’t just about Mason County. Hyperscale data centers are sprouting everywhere with the help of state and federal officials eager to rezone farmland. Twenty such facilities are already planned for Kentucky, 10 for Ohio, and 35 for Indiana. Each site removes productive farmland, stresses infrastructure, and hands more of the food and energy supply to giant corporations.
The sales pitch is always the same: jobs and economic development. Yet the real math looks different. The U.S. lost more than 100,000 beef-cow operations between 2017 and 2022. Farmers face higher feed costs, tighter margins, and competition from giant meat-packers. Now, Big Tech threatens to take what’s left.
Cronyism exposed
Mason County Judge-Executive Owen McNeill and other officials signed NDAs while promoting the deal. Residents see it for what it is: promises of prosperity in exchange for their land, heritage, and way of life. On Facebook, 1,500 locals in “We Are Mason County” compare it to a Nigerian prince scam — big promises, little proof, and huge risks.
The scam extends to Frankfort. House Bill 775 exempts data centers from Kentucky’s 6% sales and use tax for 50 years. Servers, networking equipment, cooling systems — all tax-free. Farmers pay sales tax on every tractor and plow, but Google and Meta lobbied for an endless free ride.
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Land, food, water, power
At stake are the four essentials of civilization. Land grows food. Water sustains life. Power keeps the lights on. Once given away, none of these can be reclaimed. The boosters of artificial intelligence say America must have the infrastructure for it at any cost. But if AI can’t survive without tax breaks, secrecy, and the seizure of farmland, maybe it isn’t the inevitable juggernaut Silicon Valley claims.
Mason County itself bears the name of George Mason, the anti-Federalist who warned that monopolies in trade and commerce would mean “no Security for ... the People for their Rights.” He did not live to see global monopolies seizing farmland in Kentucky, but he predicted the danger.
The question now is whether Kentucky — and America — will heed the warning or allow “progress” to consume the very land, food, water, and power that make progress possible.
University of Kentucky cheerleader arrested after allegedly stashing her dead baby in garbage bag, hiding body in closet
A University of Kentucky cheerleader has been arrested for hiding her dead infant inside a closet, according to police.
Laken Snelling, 21, is accused of wrapping her dead infant in a towel, placing it in a trash bag, and stashing the baby's body in a closet to conceal the recent birth, authorities said.
Snelling posted a $100,000 bond and is now on 'home incarceration with no ankle monitor.'
The city of Lexington issued a statement saying police officers were dispatched on a report of an unresponsive infant around 10:30 a.m. Aug. 27.
"When officers arrived, they located an infant that was pronounced deceased at the scene," authorities stated.
The Fayette County Coroner's Office is investigating the infant's cause of death.
Investigators with the Lexington Police Department identified Snelling as the mother of the dead baby.
Citing the arrest citation, WLEX-TV reported that investigators interviewed Snelling and that she "admitted to giving birth."
Snelling "admitted to concealing the birth by cleaning any evidence, placing all cleaning items used inside of a black trash bag, including the infant, who was wrapped in a towel," the arrest citation said.
Police arrested Snelling on Sunday and booked her at the Fayette County Detention Center. Police said she was charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.
WLEX, citing a court document, said in a Tuesday update that Snelling posted a $100,000 bond and is now on "home incarceration with no ankle monitor." It's not clear exactly when she posted the bond.
The station, citing the document, added that Snelling is "to live with parents." WLEX also said Snelling reportedly entered a not guilty plea and is scheduled for a Sept. 26 court appearance.
The Lexington Police Department's Special Victims Section is investigating the infant's death.
NBC News reported that Snelling has been a "member of the competitive cheer stunt team" at the university and that it was "not clear" if she has a lawyer.
The university told WLEX in a statement, "We can confirm that she has been a member of the STUNT team for the last three seasons. All other questions should be directed to the Lexington Police."
University of Kentucky Athletics describes STUNT as "a head-to-head competition between two teams that focuses on the technical and athletic aspects of cheer. It is one of the fastest-growing female sports in the United States."
Snelling on Tuesday afternoon was still listed on the school's STUNT roster.
Police are urging anyone with information regarding the case to contact the Lexington Police Department at 859-258-3600 or submit anonymous tips to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers by calling 859-253-2020 or online at bluegrasscrimestoppers.com.
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