The Grooming Files

Category: Exposé

  • When Safeguarding Means “Prove He Meant It”

    There’s a sentence in a recent Wales Online report that should chill anyone who actually understands safeguarding: The committee recognised the message could be seen as sexual but did not find any sexual intention. Read that again. Because what it…

    When Safeguarding Means “Prove He Meant It”

  • “YOU WERE HEARD, AND YOU WERE BELIEVED”: THE MEDOMSLEY SCANDAL

    ©️ Sophie Lewis|Sophie Editorial Damning 200-Page Report Exposes How Authorities Enabled Britain’s “Most Prolific Sex Offender” to Abuse Over 2,000 Boys for 26 Years Warning: This release contains distressing content about child sexual and physical abuse. 12 November 2025 –…

    “YOU WERE HEARD, AND YOU WERE BELIEVED”: THE MEDOMSLEY SCANDAL

  • Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files About This ResearchSophie Lewis is a final-year BA (Hons) Social Sciences student specialising in criminology, forensic psychology, and counselling. This research is conducted independently with full informed consent protocols and trauma-informed methodology.…

    Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers

  • Part 3: Psychological Profile – Eddie B

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files 1. Surface Presentation Eddie positions himself as cooperative and even helpful: He frames himself as both victim (“I am not attracted to children… there [are] just thoughts I get”) and ally (“These…

    Part 3: Psychological Profile – Eddie B

  • Part 2: Inside the Mind of Eddie B

    © By Sophie Lewis | NUJ | Journalist | The Grooming Files A Case Study in Exposure-Seeking Behaviour When Eddie B first contacted me, it wasn’t to confess or apologise. It was to “expose others.” He pointed to online spaces…

    Part 2: Inside the Mind of Eddie B

  • Part 1: Eddie B — The Raw Interview

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files Predator under CPS investigation! Sophie: Can I send you some questions about you please?Eddie: Sure. Q1. Why did you reach out to me — what made you pick me?Eddie: I watched one…

    Part 1: Eddie B — The Raw Interview

  • The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial When I started The Grooming Files in March 2025, I thought I was starting a blog.In reality, I was building a weapon. It began with one mission, drag the early-internet grooming era into the…

    The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On

  • Fairgrounds Are Crawling With Predators — I Saw It With My Own Eyes

    By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial He Licked  His Lips While Watching A LITTLE GIRL — and He Was Operating The Fucking Ride Barry Island.A warm summer day.Families lined up, kids squealing with joy, adults sipping drinks…

    Fairgrounds Are Crawling With Predators — I Saw It With My Own Eyes

  • On Record

    A Statement from Sophie Lewis on Predator Exposure, Accountability Work, and Public Misinformation Why I’m Writing This This statement is not a defence.It’s not an apology.It’s a record, one that should have been written sooner. In the past year, I’ve…

    On Record

  • The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…

    The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

  • Part 8: The Predator-By-Design — When the Role Is the Strategy

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’s not sneaking through back doors.He’s walking straight in with a lanyard and a DBS certificate. He’s a foster carer.A social worker.A teacher.A youth pastor.A residential home worker.A volunteer in “safeguarding.”A police officer leading…

    Part 8: The Predator-By-Design — When the Role Is the Strategy

  • Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’d never fantasised about children.He wasn’t a known predator.He didn’t plan anything in advance. But the child was there. Alone.The door was shut.Nobody was watching. And in that moment — he made a choice.…

    Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

  • 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 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