Tag: survivor stories
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial When I started The Grooming Files in March 2025, I thought I was starting a blog.In reality, I was building a weapon. It began with one mission, drag the early-internet grooming era into the…
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© 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…
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© 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…
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©️ 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,…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea You want to know where the predators went? You want to know where the grooming happens now? Scroll TikTok after midnight. I dare you! It doesn’t…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea I didn’t realise how important this work was until the messages started coming. Not just likes, not comments — but real voices. Real people. Survivors who…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks 06.04.25 Before Charlene Downes vanished from Blackpool in 2003, she begged for help. She told teachers, doctors, and social workers about the abuse she faced. She showed them…
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©️ 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…
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©️ Written By – Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Anonymous Survivor Report She was 13… He was 19! He found her in a chat room.Groomed her.Abused her.Raped her.Controlled her.For 17 years. And when she finally escaped — the…
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©️ 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…
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©️ By – Sophie Lewis You think it’s over when the message stops.When the man disappears.When the damage is done. But that’s when it really begins—the unraveling.Of girls. Of minds. Of lives. Because this isn’t just about predators.It’s about the…
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©️ By – Sophie Lewis He shook your hand. He smiled at you. He held open the door. And you never suspected a thing. Because predators don’t look like monsters. They look like people you trust. The teacher.The bus driver.The…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis This isn’t a story about one girl and one predator. This isn’t a warning about one-off cases or isolated incidents. 🚨 This is a full-scale exposé. This is about an entire system that allows men to…
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