Chris Hansen Got Banned From Roblox Live on Stage at CrimeCon
During a child safety panel in Las Vegas, Hansen's Roblox demo account was banned mid-demonstration after a stranger asked him for his Snapchat. Collaborator Schlep documented the whole thing.
A Demo That Did Not Go According to Plan
Chris Hansen, the journalist best known for hosting To Catch a Predator, has spent roughly the past year investigating child safety concerns on Roblox. On May 29 at CrimeCon in Las Vegas, he brought that work to a live audience, hoping to show attendees firsthand how easily strangers can approach children through the platform. The demonstration ended with Hansen’s account banned on the spot.
The incident was documented by YouTuber Schlep in a video titled “Roblox BANNED Chris Hansen,” published August 15 and reported on by Dexerto. Footage from the CrimeCon panel had already been spreading across social media in the days before Schlep posted his recap.
Why Schlep Was Watching From the Sidelines
Schlep, whose sting-style videos have targeted alleged predators using Roblox, could not run the account himself. Roblox permanently banned him and sent him a cease-and-desist back in August 2025. So he handed the controls to Hansen and directed him toward a random chat experience on the platform called Ro-Meet.
“I think it’s one thing for all of us to just talk about Roblox,” Schlep told the CrimeCon crowd, according to Dexerto. “I think people need to see it.”
The crowd saw it all right.
Snapchat, a Kick, and a Ban
After cycling through several users on Ro-Meet, Hansen was approached by someone asking if he had Snapchat. When Hansen asked why the person wanted to move the conversation off Roblox, the response was simply, “IDK I am bored.”
A few minutes later, Hansen was disconnected. A message appeared on screen: “You have been kicked by this experience or its moderators.” Hansen refreshed the Roblox homepage and found the demonstration account had been fully banned for what Roblox described as “repeated or serious rule breaking.”
The timing struck critics as backwards. The account being moderated belonged to the person demonstrating how predatory contact works, not the user who had asked a stranger to move to Snapchat.
The Broader Context
Roblox’s child safety record has been a subject of sustained scrutiny. Hansen and Schlep’s collaboration fits into a wider pattern of creators and journalists attempting to document how the platform can be used to contact minors, often through chat features that allow users to ask others to migrate conversations to other apps.
Schlep’s 2025 ban and the cease-and-desist from Roblox suggest the company is aware of his work. The live banning of Hansen’s account during a public demonstration at a true crime convention added a strange new chapter to that tension.
The fact that Schlep could not participate directly because of a previous ban, and that Hansen’s fresh account was flagged mid-panel, raises questions about how Roblox’s moderation systems identify and respond to accounts documenting problematic behavior versus accounts engaging in it. Those questions do not appear to have received a public answer from Roblox as of publication.
Why was Chris Hansen banned from Roblox at CrimeCon?
According to Dexerto, Hansen's Roblox demonstration account was banned during a live panel at CrimeCon in Las Vegas on May 29, 2026. While Hansen navigated a random chat experience called Ro-Meet, a user asked for his Snapchat. Minutes later the account was kicked and then fully banned for 'repeated or serious rule breaking.'
Who is Schlep and what is his connection to this story?
Schlep is a YouTuber known for sting-style videos targeting alleged predators on Roblox. He has collaborated with Chris Hansen on child safety investigations involving the platform. Roblox permanently banned Schlep and issued him a cease-and-desist in August 2025, which is why Hansen was operating the account during the CrimeCon demonstration.
What is Ro-Meet on Roblox?
Ro-Meet is described in the source material as a random chat experience on Roblox. It was the platform Hansen was directed to use during the live demonstration at CrimeCon to show how strangers can approach users on the game.