The Grooming Files

Tag: Predator Psychology

  • 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

  • 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 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 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