The Grooming Files

Category: Truth & Accountability

  • They Never Listened: Her Fight for Survival

    By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer:This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying details have been removed to protect her privacy. This account…

    They Never Listened: Her Fight for Survival

  • ‘I Still Believe In Good’ Part Four: I Carried It With You

    By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea You trusted me with your story.Not the polished version.Not the safe one.The real one — sharp edges, broken places, blood still drying on the walls. You let…

    ‘I Still Believe In Good’ Part Four: I Carried It With You

  • ‘I Still Believe In Good’ Part Two: The Woman — A Promise of Puppies

    By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer:This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying details have been removed to protect her privacy. This account…

    ‘I Still Believe In Good’ Part Two: The Woman — A Promise of Puppies

  • ‘I still Believe In Good’ Part One: The Priest — Betrayed by Trust

    By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer:This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying details have been removed to protect her privacy. This account…

    ‘I still Believe In Good’ Part One: The Priest — Betrayed by Trust

  • What the Fuck Just Happened? – The End

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Emotional Fallout That wasn’t a title. That was me. Sat in my chair, phone in one hand, mind in the other, trying to process what…

    What the Fuck Just Happened? – The End

  • Three Days With a Predator – Part Six

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Mask, the Mirror, and the Meltdown He Said “Expose Me” — Until I Did. Let’s get one thing straight: I didn’t go looking for a…

    Three Days With a Predator – Part Six

  • Three Days With a Predator – Part Five

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea You Thought I Wouldn’t Dare — So I Did He thought he had control.Even after the confession, the messages, the interview — he still thought I’d…

    Three Days With a Predator – Part Five

  • Three Days with a Predator – Part Four

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Reflection The final reckoning. This isn’t a soft ending.This isn’t healing music and closure. This is the aftermath — raw, cracked open, and honest.What this…

    Three Days with a Predator – Part Four

  • Three Days with a Predator – Part Two

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | Real Talk, Real Tea Inside the Mind — A Predator in His Own Words This isn’t just about what he said.It’s about how he said it — and…

    Three Days with a Predator – Part Two

  • Three Days with a Predator – Part One

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Message That Changed Everything I didn’t ask for this. I’ve spent years researching predators, interviewing survivors, documenting cases, uncovering institutional rot.But this was something else…

    Three Days with a Predator – Part One

  • Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away

    ©️ By Sophie, for The Grooming Files / Real Talk, Real Tea I didn’t write this for pity. I wrote it to expose a mindset the media refuses to face. Over the course of three days, I conducted what should’ve…

    Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away