Tag: truth telling

  • ©️ 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…

    The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On
  • 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
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…

    The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot
  • © 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 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 | 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 It wasn’t hidden.It wasn’t subtle.It wasn’t buried deep where no one could find it. It was happening right in front of you. The signs were there:…

    The Signs Were Always There — You Just Didn’t Want to See Them
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea “If I hear one more predator whimper ‘I couldn’t help myself,’I might blow a fucking top.And here’s why.” They say the same things, over and over:…

    Predator Excuses: The Lies They Tell — And the Truth Survivors Know
  • © 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…

    Welcome to the New Hunting Ground: TikTok, Live, and Unstoppable
  • By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea To H, I sat with your story today.I sat with the pieces of you that were never protected, never heard, never held the way you should have…

    A Letter To H.
  • 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…

    They Never Listened: Her Fight for Survival
  • By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea You trusted me with your story.Not the polished version.Not the safe one.The real one — sharp edges, broken places, blood still drying on the walls. You let…

    ‘I Still Believe In Good’ Part Four: I Carried It With You
  • ©️ 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
  • ©️ 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
  • ©️ 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