• What Happened: A 22-year-old predator catcher known as Schlep appeared on the Shawn Ryan Show to reveal how he infiltrated Roblox Discord servers, posed as a young girl, and got six child predators arrested in just ten months.
  • Why It Matters: Roblox's response wasn't gratitude. They permanently banned Schlep and sent him a cease and desist. The predators got to stay.
  • Bottom Line: Roblox has 80 million daily users, markets itself as safe for children, and just tried to silence the one person cleaning up their mess.

A 22-year-old online investigator named Schlep sat down with former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan this week and dropped one of the most jaw-dropping child safety stories in recent memory.

Schlep, whose real name is Michael, is a Roblox grooming survivor. A prominent Roblox developer named Kevin Nolan groomed him for three years starting when he was 12 years old. Instead of letting that trauma define him, Schlep turned it into a mission.

"I got in touch with a predator catcher and researched the laws," Schlep told Ryan, "and within ten months me and my team got six child predators within the Roblox community arrested. We would find these people in Roblox Discord servers trying to arrange real life meetups. We would talk to these predators as an innocent young girl and caught six child predators. Two are now convicted."

During the podcast, Schlep demonstrated live just how quickly the predators come. Within seconds of joining a Roblox game, a user messaged the decoy account asking if she was "freaky." Then another. "Are you f---ing serious, dude?" Ryan said on camera, visibly stunned. "Are you f---ing kidding me?"

The platform Schlep exposed has 80 million daily active users and markets itself as safe and educational for children. It hosts mass shooting recreations modeled after Sandy Hook, Columbine, and Uvalde, with victim names on the leaderboards. In 2025 alone, predators lured children off the platform and into real-world abductions. One man drove 23 hours to meet what he believed was a minor. Two girls were abducted via Roblox contact before Georgia State Patrol found them in the suspect's vehicle.

Roblox's response to Schlep's work was to permanently ban him in August 2025 and send a cease and desist letter threatening legal action. Not against the predators. Against the man catching them.

The #FreeSchlep movement went viral. Schlep continues his work independent of the platform, collaborating directly with law enforcement. Texas and Louisiana have filed lawsuits against Roblox for failing to protect children. Schlep's attorney has joined ongoing litigation.

Every parent with a child on Roblox needs to watch this episode.