I'm new to this sub, but I'm hoping that I can get some real advice on what to do next. I was let go from work today because a 23 y/o female intern reported me for "inappropriate conduct". The legal department contacted me, told me what her chief complaint was, and it was total garbage. I sent Legal emails, proving that she was lying. My division manager was interviewed and she told Legal that this was retribution. She was caught plagiarizing my work once, I reported it, and she was warned. She did it a second time and I reported it again. These interns have rotations where at the end of their rotations, they're reviewed, and if they're not performing satisfactorily, they're let go from the program.

My manager is her manager. She told me that she was missing her progress meetings, regularly. I said of course she was, I cut her off from any of my work data and she has nothing. At the end of her rotation, I'm accused of "inappropriate conduct", and now, she can't get fired because that would be considered retaliation against her. My division manager told Legal this and it didn't matter one bit.

There's a lot more to it, but the gist of the matter is, a female intern reports me to Legal for inappropriate conduct, with just spoken words, and I get fired because of it. I gave Legal emails that proved that she was lying... it didn't matter. She worked 500 miles away from me at a remote site and she claims that I was inappropriate towards her. I never even saw her in person!

I'm very upset about this right now and I want to take a few days to calm down before I act. There's some other legal BS on my side that is very wrong too, but I don't want to go into that, as that's not the original reason why I got terminated. Can anyone offer any resources/help? Thank you in advance for any positive feedback.