Snap sued over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat. Photo credit: AP Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is facing a lawsuit in Missouri, US, after the parents of a girl alleged that features on the social media platform enabled an adult man to contact, groom
Snap sued over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat. Photo credit: AP Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is facing a lawsuit in Missouri, US, after the parents of a girl alleged that features on the social media platform enabled an adult man to contact, groom and sexually assault their daughter when she was 12 years old.The lawsuit, filed in Missouri state court on Wednesday, names both Snap and Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, who has already pleaded guilty to statutory rape and is serving an 18-year prison sentence in the state. What the lawsuit states The complaint states that the girl began using Snapchat in 2021 at the age of 11 without her parents’ knowledge. While the platform requires users to be at least 13 years old, the lawsuit alleges
