Roblox is arguing that a girl who began using the platform at eight years old gave up her right to a jury trial by accepting its Terms of Use, as the company fights a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by her mother.
Jaimee Seitz filed the suit after her daughter, Audree Heine, died by suicide in December 2024, one week after turning 13. The complaint alleges Audree was exposed through Roblox to members of an online community that glorified violence, self-harm and mass shooters, and that those interactions later continued on Discord, where the complaint says she was subjected to further manipulation and social pressure. Audree began using Roblox and Discord at eight, according to the complaint, and Seitz says she placed parental controls on her daughter's accounts and believed the platforms' safety measures would protect her.
The 28 acceptances
As first reported by The Courier Journal, Roblox filed a motion to compel arbitration on August 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The company claims Audree and her family waived the right to a trial "no less than 28 times" through activity associated with her account, broken down as the creation of the account, six acceptances of updated Terms of Use, two uses or redemptions of Roblox gift cards, and 19 purchases of Robux.
Roblox made the Terms plain and Audree repeatedly manifested her assent.
If the court agrees, the claims covered by the arbitration provision would be handled privately rather than in a public jury trial. The judge has not ruled on whether the agreement is enforceable against Audree or her family.
The family disaffirmed the contract in 2025
Seitz rejected the company's argument, saying her daughter was a child who did not understand arbitration, contracts, or what accepting the terms could mean years later. The family's lawyers anticipated the dispute when the original lawsuit was filed in October 2025: the complaint states Audree "was a minor at the time of using Defendants' apps" and argues she therefore lacked the legal capacity to enter a binding agreement, and Seitz expressly disaffirmed any alleged contract containing an arbitration agreement on behalf of her daughter's estate.
Discord has raised a similar defense, saying Audree accepted its terms at least five times and entered an adult birthdate when registering despite being eight at the time. Discord says its terms require users to be at least 13 and told the outlet it uses technology and trained safety teams to identify and remove violating content. TikTok, added as a defendant after the initial filing, has separately argued its platform did not "proximately cause" Audree's death.
The motion lands amid a wider fight over where child-safety claims against Roblox are heard. Dexerto previously reported the company was seeking to move more than 150 federal cases involving allegations of child exploitation and harm into arbitration.
If these companies believe they did nothing wrong, then they should defend it in court. Do not hide behind an agreement that an 8-year-old never understood.