Tag: child sexual abuse

  • ©️ 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
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial An unflinching look at how the justice system fails child sexual abuse survivors and why ‘not enough evidence’ is a sentence in itself. When “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Leaves Survivors…

    The Proof Problem: Why So Few Cases Ever Reach Court
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why child sexual abuse happens in the places we least expect — and how appearances can deceive us all. The Dangerous Comfort of Assumptions There’s a quiet lie that floats…

    “Good” Homes Aren’t Always Safe: Respectability Isn’t Protection
  • © 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
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of the biggest myth fuelling child sexual abuse silence. We Like to Think We’d See It Ask the average person what a child abuser looks like,…

    Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial You didn’t leave your name. You didn’t need to. Your words said everything. They carried the weight of a stolen childhood, the betrayal of someone meant to protect you, and…

    To the Survivor Who Just Wanted to Be Heard — I Heard You.
  • © 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
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea There is a silence that surrounds male survivors of grooming. Not just in headlines, or courtrooms, or safeguarding policies — but in living rooms, group chats,…

    The Silent Struggle: Male Survivors of Grooming
  • 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
  • ©️ 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
  • © Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files The Hidden Archive of UK Politicians Convicted of Child Sexual Offences — and the System That Let Them Lead THEY SHOOK HANDS. THEY TOOK VOTES. THEY HURT CHILDREN. This…

    THE PAEDOS OF PARLIAMENT
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea Part One: The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot This is the first piece in a new personal series, sharing my own story as a survivor of…

    We Were Never Naughty Girls – Survivor Stories
  • ©️ 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
  • ©️ Written By – Sophie Lewis “Those Girls Go Looking for It” That’s what someone said to me recently. Casually. As if it were just a passing fact.But those six words are everything that’s wrong with how society views abuse.…

    “Those Girls Go Looking for It”: The Words That Keep Us Silent
  • ©️ Written by – Sophie Lewis, The Grooming Files. How many times can you feel the floor give way beneath you before you stop trusting it completely? Adam John, from Pontypridd, was sentenced last year to more than seven years…

    Another One I Knew – I Went to School With Him: Now He’s a Convicted Predator”