The Grooming Files

Tag: accountability

  • 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”

  • 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 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

  • Badges and Blind Eyes: Inside Britain’s Rotting Police Culture

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea Truth that can’t be silenced The Uniform of Impunity There’s a reason people flinch when a cop car pulls up. It’s not just fear of authority —…

    Badges and Blind Eyes: Inside Britain’s Rotting Police Culture

  • 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 Three

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Interview That Didn’t Happen — Until It Did The final part of “The Message That Changed Everything” He told me he wanted to be seen.…

    Three Days with a Predator – Part Three

  • 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

  • They Let a Rapist Walk — Then Came for Me

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea “I’d Rather Die Than Be Attacked Again” “I’d rather die than be attacked a third time.” That’s not an exaggeration. It’s the raw truth of a…

    They Let a Rapist Walk — Then Came for Me

  • Predator Awareness and HMP Prisons Justice Group Stand Tall After Assault at MediaCity

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis – @realtalkrealtea On Saturday, 29th March 2025, grassroots justice campaigners from Predator Awareness and the HMP Prisons Justice Group, led by Tom Blewitt and Zack Griffiths. Gathered outside BBC MediaCity in Salford for a peaceful demonstration…

    Predator Awareness and HMP Prisons Justice Group Stand Tall After Assault at MediaCity

  • “WE SEE YOU”: Protesters Confront BBC Manchester Over Abuse, Silence, and Systemic Failure

    ©️ Written By – Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files Media City, Manchester – LIVE, 29 March 2025 Right now, outside the gleaming front of BBC Manchester, a protest burns—not in numbers, but in unshakable passion. Predator Awareness, HMP Prisons…

    “WE SEE YOU”: Protesters Confront BBC Manchester Over Abuse, Silence, and Systemic Failure

  • “I Knew Him – Now He’s a Convicted Predator”

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | Grooming Files We were just kids. Drinking, hanging out, being reckless teenagers. It all felt normal at the time. But now, knowing what I know, I see things for what they really were. I knew…

    “I Knew Him – Now He’s a Convicted Predator”