The Grooming Files

Tag: offender psychology

  • 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

  • On Record

    A Statement from Sophie Lewis on Predator Exposure, Accountability Work, and Public Misinformation Why I’m Writing This This statement is not a defence.It’s not an apology.It’s a record, one that should have been written sooner. In the past year, I’ve…

    On Record

  • 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

  • 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 4 – What Predators Won’t Tell You — And What We Must Learn From This

    ©️ An investigative series by Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “I have now sat face to face — and screen to screen — with predators who know exactly what they are, and who know the system will…

    Part 4 – What Predators Won’t Tell You — And What We Must Learn From This

  • Part 3 – A System Not Built to Stop Them: The Exposure Groups Aren’t Failing — But the System Is

    ©️ An investigative series by Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “Twice now, predators have come to me voluntarily — begging to be stopped. We have a systems failure. And it is happening right now.” It should not…

    Part 3 – A System Not Built to Stop Them: The Exposure Groups Aren’t Failing — But the System Is

  • 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

  • Part 1 – Inside the Mind of a Predator: Why They Are Now Turning to Journalists for Exposure

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “Predators Are Slipping Through the Cracks — And They Are Coming to Me to Be Exposed.”A survivor-led investigative series documenting a new phase of systemic failure — when predators beg…

    Part 1 – Inside the Mind of a Predator: Why They Are Now Turning to Journalists for Exposure