Schlep – EVERY Parent Needs to Watch This | SRS #284
Schlep, real name Michael, is a 22‑year‑old YouTuber and content creator known for his hard‑hitting investigations exposing child predators on Roblox. Through sting operations and decoy accounts, his channel has uncovered widespread grooming networks using the platform to target minors.
A survivor of Roblox grooming himself—exploited as a young teen by a prominent developer once promoted and partnered with the company. Schlep turned his personal trauma into a mission for accountability. His YouTube channel has directly contributed to multiple arrests of alleged predators who used Roblox to move victims to Discord for explicit content and real‑world encounters.
A vocal critic of Roblox’s safety failures and profit‑driven approach to its child‑heavy user base, Schlep has consistently challenged the company’s moderation practices and its pattern of deplatforming whistleblowers. In August 2025, Roblox permanently banned him and issued a cease‑and‑desist letter threatening legal action, triggering the viral #FreeSchlep movement and major online backlash.
Despite being banned from the platform, Schlep continues his predator‑catching work independently, collaborating with law enforcement to secure convictions and raising awareness of how Roblox profits from developer programs that can enable exploitation. Today, he is a leading advocate for stronger child safety laws and transparency in online gaming, exposing the gap between Roblox’s “safe and educational” image and its systemic moderation failures.
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00:00 A Message from Shawn
02:35 Introduction
17:04 Parenting & Prevention
27:54 Schlep Origin Story
34:08 Grooming on Discord & Escalation
56:49 Lawsuit Threats & Platform Response
01:05:33 Missing Kids & Lawsuit Details
01:20:22 Roblox Safety Spin & Design Failures
01:28:25 Becoming a Predator Catcher
01:34:56 Arrest Clips & Chat Evidence
01:38:21 Cease & Desist, Arbitration & NDAs
01:50:00 Live Roblox Demo: Predator Access in Minutes
02:15:17 Dating Clones & Grooming Proof
02:22:14 Classroom Grooming Evidence
02:30:37 Whistleblowers Silenced
02:41:31 Dating Push & Age Verification Loopholes
02:56:51 Naming the Abuser
03:05:42 State Investigations & Predator Still Active
03:15:28 Schlep’s Attorney
03:17:24 Safer Gaming Act Explained
03:28:58 Media Silence & CEO Accountability
03:37:33 Schlep Mental Health Check
03:44:56 What Real Change Looks Like
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I can’t even hardly stand listening to this it literally breaks my heart I’m sitting here in my kitchen making dinner in tears like wtf is wrong with people why just why does this have to be the way the world is. I’m so mad my kids are grown but my god people take your kids off all this shit. Love your children keep them close pay attention to what they are doing. . I have my first Grand bday he is only 4 months Im scared for him already. Please God help these babies heal them I pray for justice. We should go back to street justice hunt them down and drag them through the streets with a rope tied around their necks. Fuck this that 10 yo baby girl is breaking me. Like I’ve heard about this but I had no idea to the extreme it actually is. We the people are gonna have to do something apparently our over lords are all pedos they don’t give a fuck we will have to make a stand and protect out precious children. I’m shook like I really really am shook.
47:45 To recruit the army of po rn defenders if it was ever called to be banned. There’s enough grown men and fathers ready to fight that cause, anyway. The po rn defenders are always ready to protect their viewing privileges, despite the harm it causes to both the viewers and the “actors” within it.
lotta FlorIdiots support
Should be suing the platform that promotes and allows the kids to be playing this shit.. like Google play, apple and others.
Great how you care about people s mental health
Great fucking interview It’s time to put a stop to this shit. Hold these people accountable hold our parenting skills accountable so we can stop this shit.
half way though i also had to take a break too…. Im a new Dad to a baby girl and im so disgusted that she has to live in this world. i pray everyday that she never experiences anything like that. fuck i need a beer….
I love how he calls out the company but also neglectful parents.
One consolation, God knows where everyone one of these predators are and He Will Judge Them! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Oh the Florida peeps!! We to get them out!!!💯💯💯
How is having these types of shooter games online legal for any age?
While I’m fully on board holding these companies accountable, the patents too should be held accountable. My understanding is it’s fairly simple to make Roblox safe with a few parental control settings.
Get this kid a Shawn Ryan flenno shirt he is the antithesis of the hole shit show. So how do we sponsor the antidote
54:33 Trauma. Dismantling of the psyche. Desensitisation to horror.
apex legends is for men, call of duty is for boys
At this point I think the CEO of Roblox might be a p3do himself because WTF
Recognize❤️
if you want to go deeper into this get Alex Rosen on the show. Best pred catcher of all time. he was the pred catcher that schelp showed
I have a fantastic 5 yo son. On my and his behalf, thank you. I will be watching.
Seek Christ
Thank you Schlep. I fear for the children. I have begged our adult kids to take our grandchildren off Roblox and the VR VEIWER and internet. They use the games for babysitting. I’m terrified for the children.
This is actually good for me because even someone who thinks in first principles can get it wrong. The world is to complex even for first principles at times lol
Release that pigs name Shawn. You’re the man. I was groomed by a friends dad when I was 14. I was so innocent and just didn’t know what was happening. This young man breaks my heart.
Thank you shclep for telling your story and thank you Shawn for using your platform to reach out and show us … I’m a father this episode brought me to tears .
Been playing Roblox for a long time; genuinely disgusting what the corporation is doing.
I also had no idea RIPPLE of all people groomed Schlep. Oh my god dude, I used to love his game. Fucking disgusting guy
Thank you for bringing Schlep and covering this and protecting our kids!
we love you shawn
My 7 year old has been begging me to let him play Roblox. Apparently all his friends play. He asks me why not and all I can think of is to say there’s bad people on that game that want to hurt kids. He still doesn’t quite understand.
Is there anything else I could say that a kid as young as him would understand? Or is “because I said so” good enough?
I can’t believe so many of his friends parents either haven’t heard about this or don’t care.
I’m a gamer myself so maybe that’s why I’m aware of these stories?
Sorry such a long comment
Shawn, first thank you for your service. Second, I’ve been watching your show since day one. Keep doing what you’re doing!!! Exposing all this corruption and giving a voice to people too afraid or who have been told to be silent is one of the greatest things in being an American. Keep up the great work and thank god we have people like you in the world 🇺🇸
The first show iIve EVER shed a tear on. Love you Shawn. Thank you for doing this for Schlepp.
1:07:54 First, how does a parent let a child go on a train? Second, how did the kid get a ticket for the train? 🤦♂️
They try to destroy the innocent. How many more innocent children tell stories like this while our leaders pretend this is a digital crime that the law has not caught up with. Roblox is felonious and should be not only shut down but thoroughly processed and investigated with charges. They get paid for this. That is not legal…I’m sorry but we are being snowed when the tragedies hit our homes and we aren’t given protections…that’s our children. These kids are our future so we HAVE to take care of them and protect them from what we now KNOW is happening.
Thanks 🙏God bless you!! Stay safe!!!!
His name is Flowers, Gordon Flowers & JiDion
im watching this with my kids.
Roblox stock tanking 👍👍👍
As far as I know, the MAP bullshit was pushed pretty much exclusively by pedophiles and their buddies. Didn’t hear anything about politicians or other public figures talking about it, but that might just be a limited news feed.
Idt I’ve ever seen him so pissed. Sign me up to help!
Parents need to read books on what these predators do, it’s literally a playbook, it’s all based in psychology. Actually a lot of the most prominent psychologists/psychiatrists were pederasts, same with the people from whom most of the educational curriculum theory is based.
They befriend
They boost/love bomb the kid, overwhelming them with complements
They slowly desensitize the child to adult sexual or violent content, drip by drip by drip to wreck their identity and destabilize their moral foundations.
They start to alienate the child from parents or authority figures, making them distrust them, speaking negatively about parents
They try to get the child to compromise themselves, copy conversations talking badly about their parents, get nude pictures etc.
They isolate the child from their safety net, get them to fear exposure or turn them against their parents (Reddit does this heavy duty).
Once compromised they use that as leverage to trick the kids into doing depraved acts or they work to meet them in person for physical abuse.
This has been around forever, the difference is with the internet you are literally handing your child over to these predators where it used to depend on summer camp, boy/girl scouts, sports teams, church service, wherever they could get physical contact alone with children.
The public school curriculum in the current state with the start in pre-Kindergarten sexualization of children by teachers using the progressive textbooks with graphic sex, fetishes and how to use anonymous sex apps on their phones is all the same system. The isolation is the whole thing where the laws prohibit informing parents about the curriculum or if the child is being sexually groomed by teachers. Child grooming is a foundation of the Progressive platform now. It’s a way to completely destroy society, which is the goal, but victimizing children is a huge component of their overall plan.
Keep kids off the internet and keep them out of public schools.
Schlep’s lawyer being based in my home of Chicago makes me feel so proud. The work him and his partners are doing is so fcking important. Schlep is an incredible young man and I am so proud to know of him and the work he is doing. Another incredible episode, Shawn. Thank you for bringing awareness and actually using your voice to help children. Thats not something many people do and its disheartening
Brother got groomed on Roblox, no shit you don’t even have a password on your laptop bruv
I’ve never felt this uncomfortable watching a video before which really goes to show how messed up Roblox is. I’ll be quitting Roblox after 9 years of playing, this was the final nail in the coffin for me. Thank you for this interview and Godspeed to both of you!
Interview Alex Rosen!!!!!
So glad you are talking about this. Stay the course.
May GOD bless you both 🙏
I was a young boy when something happend Im 35 now and can still remember every detail
“ill talk about this later, but”….why not talk about it now jerk wad
Keep going MAX Shawn.
Find it odd that the ‘YouTube’ commercials increase in frequency and right when more important information is being discussed.. Our world is being so influenced by everything..