The Grooming Files

Category: Failures

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • “Too Late to Be Worthy” — How Society Grooms Children Into Rushing Sex

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “You haven’t done it yet?”“Still a virgin?”“At your age?” They don’t need to say anything more.The shame has already landed. We talk a lot about predators.We talk about rape, grooming,…

    “Too Late to Be Worthy” — How Society Grooms Children Into Rushing Sex

  • The Loudest Silence I’ve Ever Heard

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial What Happens When You Expose a Predator — and Nobody Listens I didn’t expect applause.But I didn’t expect silence either. Not after this. Two predators.Both came forward.Both admitted they were…

    The Loudest Silence I’ve Ever Heard

  • Part 2 – Inside the Spiral: Why Predators Are Now Seeking Their Own Exposure

    An investigative series ©️ by Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “Another predator came to me. Begging to be exposed. It’s happening again — and it is not an accident.” When the first predator came to me —…

    Part 2 – Inside the Spiral: Why Predators Are Now Seeking Their Own Exposure

  • Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 5

    Survivors Speak — The Real Cost of a Sexualised Childhood “I thought it was normal.”“I thought it was love.”“I didn’t know I was being groomed.”We hear this again and again. And every time we ignore the warning, more children are…

    Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 5

  • This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Before the series drops — you need to understand why I’m doing this. And why I will not stop. I am writing this because I have seen what most of…

    This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW