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Daddy’s Little Secret Investigative Features

Daddy’s Little Secret

3 April 2026  ·  13 min read

How Facebook Is Hosting a Grooming Pipeline in Plain Sight The Grooming Files | Investigative Report | April 2026Sophie Lewis | NUJ Member | Investigative Journalist | The Grooming…

Part 2: Inside the Mind of Eddie B Investigative Features

Part 2: Inside the Mind of Eddie B

9 October 2025  ·  5 min read

© 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 “…

Part 1: Eddie B — The Raw Interview Investigative Features

Part 1: Eddie B — The Raw Interview

9 October 2025  ·  6 min read

© 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 …

What If We Treated Grooming Like Terrorism? Investigative Features

What If We Treated Grooming Like Terrorism?

9 July 2025  ·  2 min read

© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A brutal comparison the system doesn’t want you to make If a man was found online trying to radicalise a 12-yea…

The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour Investigative Features

The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour

7 July 2025  ·  4 min read

©️ 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 s…

When Predators Beg for Exposure — And the System Lets Them Investigative Features

When Predators Beg for Exposure — And the System Lets Them

4 July 2025  ·  1 min read

©️ 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 try…

This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW Investigative Features

This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW

11 June 2025  ·  4 min read

© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Before the series drops — you need to understand why I’m doing this. And why I will not stop. I am writing this becau…

The Proof Problem: Why So Few Cases Ever Reach Court Investigative Features

The Proof Problem: Why So Few Cases Ever Reach Court

22 May 2025  ·  4 min read

© 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 s…

Survivors Raising Children: Breaking the Cycle of Silence Investigative Features

Survivors Raising Children: Breaking the Cycle of Silence

16 May 2025  ·  3 min read

© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial An honest look at what happens when adults who were never protected grow up to become protectors. They Never Got What…

The Silence Around Female Offenders Investigative Features

The Silence Around Female Offenders

12 May 2025  ·  3 min read

© 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 t…

Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think Investigative Features

Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think

11 May 2025  ·  4 min read

© 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 S…

What We’re Still Not Talking About Investigative Features

What We’re Still Not Talking About

10 May 2025  ·  3 min read

© 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 …

What If He Spoke Up Sooner? Investigative Features

What If He Spoke Up Sooner?

6 May 2025  ·  5 min read

©️ By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @sophielewiseditorial How delayed disclosure is still costing male survivors everything There are stories that tak…

What the Fuck Just Happened? – The End Investigative Features

What the Fuck Just Happened? – The End

20 April 2025  ·  7 min read

©️ 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…

Three Days With a Predator – Part Six Investigative Features

Three Days With a Predator – Part Six

20 April 2025  ·  5 min read

©️ 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:…

Three Days With a Predator – Part Five Investigative Features

Three Days With a Predator – Part Five

20 April 2025  ·  3 min read

©️ 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 message…

Three Days with a Predator – Part Four Investigative Features

Three Days with a Predator – Part Four

20 April 2025  ·  5 min read

©️ 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…

Three Days with a Predator – Part Three Investigative Features

Three Days with a Predator – Part Three

20 April 2025  ·  5 min read

©️ 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”…

Three Days with a Predator – Part Two Investigative Features

Three Days with a Predator – Part Two

19 April 2025  ·  4 min read

©️ 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…

Three Days with a Predator – Part One Investigative Features

Three Days with a Predator – Part One

19 April 2025  ·  14 min read

©️ 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, inte…

To the Ones Who’ve Shared Their Truth With Me Investigative Features

To the Ones Who’ve Shared Their Truth With Me

18 April 2025  ·  3 min read

©️ 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 com…