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  • Part 6: The Exposure-Seeker — The Predator Who Wants You to See

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He slid into your inbox — not to deny what he did, but to admit it.He said he was a danger to children.He asked if you’d publish his confession.He begged to be tracked, punished,…

    Part 6: The Exposure-Seeker — The Predator Who Wants You to See

  • Part 5: The Networker — The Predator Who Builds a World of Harm

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He doesn’t act alone. He doesn’t have to. The Networker predator isn’t just abusing — he’s collaborating. Trading. Recruiting. Sharing techniques. He operates like a businessman, a trafficker, a strategist. And sometimes, like a…

    Part 5: The Networker — The Predator Who Builds a World of Harm

  • Part 4: The Fixated — When Obsession Replaces Reality

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He wasn’t confused. He was certain. Certain she wanted him. Certain they had a “connection.” Certain it was fate — even if she was 13, even if she blocked him, even if she said…

    Part 4: The Fixated — When Obsession Replaces Reality

  • Part 3: The Sadist — He Doesn’t Want Sex. He Wants to Watch You Break.

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He didn’t just hurt her.He recorded it.Watched it back.Sent it to others. And then he blamed her for bleeding. This is the Sadist — the predator who thrives not on pleasure, but on suffering.…

    Part 3: The Sadist — He Doesn’t Want Sex. He Wants to Watch You Break.

  • Part 2: The Groomer — The Predator Who Poses as Protection

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He messaged every day.He remembered her dog’s name.He waited three weeks before bringing up sex.He told her, “You can talk to me about anything — I’m not like the others.” He was lying. This…

    Part 2: The Groomer — The Predator Who Poses as Protection

  • Part 1: The Opportunist — Predators of Convenience, Not Conscience

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial It didn’t start with grooming. It started with a silence. She was asleep. He was nearby. Maybe he was a friend of the family, a boyfriend, a trusted co-worker, or even a stranger at…

    Part 1: The Opportunist — Predators of Convenience, Not Conscience

  • The State Is the New Trafficker

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial And nobody dares call it what it is… They call it “safeguarding.”They call it “protection.”They call it “in the child’s best interest.” But when thousands of children are forcibly removed…

    The State Is the New Trafficker

  • Hijacked: How Grooming Survivors Were Exploited by a Political Circus

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Let’s cut through the bullshit. For years now, a very specific narrative has been pushed around grooming gangs in the UK — one that focuses almost exclusively on Asian or…

    Hijacked: How Grooming Survivors Were Exploited by a Political Circus

  • What If We Treated Grooming Like Terrorism?

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A brutal comparison the system doesn’t want you to make If a man was found online trying to radicalise a 12-year-old into violence, the state would respond with force: But…

    What If We Treated Grooming Like Terrorism?

  • Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Voice That Stayed After the Predator Left They say abuse ends when the abuser leaves. But for many survivors of grooming, the exit is only the beginning. The real…

    Inside the Psychology of Grooming’s Lingering Grip