The Grooming Files

Category: Independent Reporting

  • 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

  • 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 Cold Girl – A Childhood Not Worth Protecting

    Part 1 of “The Record They Buried — And the Woman Who Survived It” There is a silence more violent than shouting.A neglect more painful than bruises.A system that doesn’t break — it erases. This is the story of Catherine…

    The Cold Girl – A Childhood Not Worth Protecting

  • 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

  • The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | NUJ-accredited Journalist | The Grooming Files The Message That Shouldn’t Have Happened It didn’t start with a sting. It didn’t start with a victim. It started with a message no one should ever receive: “You…

    The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour

  • When Predators Beg for Exposure — And the System Lets Them

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial In 2025, two men messaged me out of the blue. They weren’t groomers pretending to be something else.They weren’t trying to cover their tracks.They told me outright: “I’m a danger…

    When Predators Beg for Exposure — And the System Lets Them

  • 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

  • The Only Thing Smaller Than Your Dick Is Your Understanding of Consent

    I Opened My Inbox—and Found His Dick. Again. I wasn’t scrolling Pornhub. I wasn’t sexting. I was opening a standard Facebook message — only to be greeted by his dick. Again. Same man. Same unasked-for limp gladiator. But this time?…

    The Only Thing Smaller Than Your Dick Is Your Understanding of Consent

  • 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

  • BOILED ALIVE AND LEFT TO WAIT: FRESH ALLEGATION OF MEDICAL NEGLECT AT HMP PARC

    © By Sophie Lewis | HMP Prisons Justice Group | @sophielewiseditorial More serious allegations have emerged from inside HMP Parc, where a prisoner is reported to have been the victim of a boiling water attack involving sugar and then allegedly…

    BOILED ALIVE AND LEFT TO WAIT: FRESH ALLEGATION OF MEDICAL NEGLECT AT HMP PARC

  • The Silence Around Female Offenders

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why society still refuses to believe that women can sexually abuse — and what it’s costing survivors. We Don’t Want to Believe It There’s a collective discomfort when the topic…

    The Silence Around Female Offenders

  • What We’re Still Not Talking About

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of what society still avoids about child sexual abuse We say we want to protect children, but when it comes to the hard truths, society falls…

    What We’re Still Not Talking About

  • Inside HMP Parc– “Go Swallow Some Blades”Allegations of Psychological Abuse and Negligence

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We’ve received serious allegations from inside X2 wing at HMP Parc, raising fresh concerns over psychological abuse, staff misconduct, and repeated safeguarding failures. According to a trusted source, two young…

    Inside HMP Parc– “Go Swallow Some Blades”Allegations of Psychological Abuse and Negligence

  • What If He Spoke Up Sooner?

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @sophielewiseditorial How delayed disclosure is still costing male survivors everything There are stories that take decades to be told. Not because they lack urgency — but because…

    What If He Spoke Up Sooner?