Bruce Forsyth’s ten-year-old great grandson was bombarded with racist slurs and sexual content while playing on the gaming platform Roblox.
Father Jeremy Martin, 37, was horrified when he witnessed his son Carrick being sent the explicit words as he innocently played a game before school.
And he says it is the second time it has happened – after he complained about the same issue when his son was nine last January.
Mr Martin – who is legendary entertainer Bruce’s daughter Debbie Matthews’ son – managed to snap a few pictures of some of the worrying abuse seen by Carrick.
And he said Sir Bruce, who died in 2017, would be horrified by it, especially as his wife Wilnelia Merced is Puerto Rican.
There is no suggestion the people who sent him the content knew he was a relative of the legendary light entertainment great.
Mr Martin said that since Carrick began using the platform he had spent at least £1,000 on in-app purchases as his son spends his £20 a month pocket money on it and all birthday and Christmas presents also go on it too.
The golf caddie, of Reigate, Surrey, said Carrick uses a desktop PC in the family kitchen and is always supervised.
The latest worrying content was seen by the family just before Christmas.
The late legendary entertainer Bruce Forsyth with baby Carrick when he was born
Carrick Martin, ten, with Jeremy playing Roblox where the offensive word nightmare unfolded
‘There are different games on the Roblox site you can use and they all have their own missions,’ Jeremy explained.
‘The one he was on was a thing called Draw It, he was playing it at 7am and we have it in the kitchen so we can keep an eye on it – my wife normally watches it with him.
‘The computer gives you a word and you have to draw it and the other people there watching have to guess what the word is.
‘Someone drew a bottom and then it said ‘gape’ and then it said the n-word twice.’
Jeremy then saw the racial slur repeated next to a swear word twice – and turned the computer off after taking a picture.
‘It’s terrible,’ Mr Martin said.
‘Something similar happened to this when he was nine and I actually complained to Roblox and got rubbish emails back.
‘It was another game where you are a DJ and you can shoot the music.
Here a sexual term and a racist insult on the platform has been blocked out from view
Carrick Martin, ten with Granda Debbie Matthews who is Bruce Forsyth’s daughter
‘A song came on and this kid started saying the same stuff, using the n-word. It was coming through the speakers.
‘We pay £20 a month for a subscription so you can buy things on each game.
‘That’s his pocket money, basically. But come Christmas and birthdays sometimes we spend £200 or £300 on him as that’s all he wants.
‘He doesn’t want toys, he wants things he can use in the games.’
The golf caddie, who is still close to Bruce’s widow Wilnelia, said he didn’t see the point in complaining again as he didn’t believe the company would do anything.
‘I didn’t see the point in complaining this time,’ he said.
‘I got so cross the first time and this was just as bad and they just fobbed me off with emails.
‘I want to make people aware as they let their young kids play Roblox and don’t watch what they’re doing.
‘They will be seeing these things and their parents won’t know about it and it’s supposed to be an innocent platform.
‘Carrick didn’t understand what it meant. Now we have to police it ourselves, which is annoying as we can’t give him the freedom he wants.
‘I don’t have much confidence in it.
‘There will be thousands of children who have to read and listen to this stuff all the time.’
Roblox has been widely criticised recently for allowing games that feature characters simulating sex, strippers and even Nazis.
Some games featured a naked man wearing just a dog collar and a lead, a man in a Nazi uniform, and a group watching a couple having sex.
Avatars are able to communicate with each other through dialogue boxes, meaning adults with ill-intent could speak in an inappropriate way with children on the platform.
But the owners say they are doing all they can to combat the issue.
They claim to use a combination of human and machine detection to conduct safety reviews of every piece of content published, including all images, video, and audio files.
A spokesman said: ‘We have a safety-first culture at Roblox and work tirelessly to maintain a platform that is safe, civil and welcoming for all.
‘That includes zero-tolerance for behaviour that doesn’t meet our Community Standards and a robust set of safety features specifically aimed at protecting younger members of the Roblox community.
‘We have rigorous, industry-leading chat filters that block inappropriate words or phrases – with even stricter filters automatically applied to children under the age of 13 – and we ensure certain features, such as voice chat, are only available to verified users above a certain age.
‘We also empower and encourage parents to determine what is appropriate for their children by providing a suite of Parental Control settings that can be used to restrict who children can interact with (including the option to turn off chat), what experiences they can access, and how much they can spend.
‘And we provide parents with dedicated tips and advice on our For Parents pages to help them manage their childrens’ accounts.’
