well, this is a post that i'd never thought that i'd have to make. i have nowhere else to post this so i'm posting it here. i'm using a throwaway account (i don't use reddit anyway) for obvious reasons.

so, i'm an aspiring firefighter in my small town. i actually just got sworn into my local fire rescue, 3 days ago, and i begin my training courses in 7 days from now, on monday.

i'm 19 years old and this STILL IS HOPEFULLY going to be the first "real job" and career that i will be getting.

i posted pictures on a social media account of me getting sworn into my local fire rescue. within a couple of hours, people who were connected to my account began to publicly comment on the image thread that i was "sick" and "perverted". i privately asked these people as to what they were talking about, and one of them claimed that i groped a friend of theirs when we were in high school as 15 - 17 year olds. i didn't even know who this "friend" was at first, and so i deleted the comments that they left without thinking much of it.

but, i woke up this morning to find private messages on this social media account from the so called "friend". apparently, out of the blue, she's gone around and told people that i had groped her several dozen times in the hallways of our high school, nearly 4 years ago at this point.

at the VERY VERY most, she was a childhood acquaintance. i first met her in elementary school but almost all of our social interactions happened on social media. we went to high school and NEVER ONCE interacted with each other. we recently re-connected and resumed talking on social media in the several months prior to all of this, though.

so i don't know what her problem is?! i have never once had any sort of physical or sexual relations with her, let alone a face-to-face conversation. all of our social interactions for around the past 8, 9 or 10 years have been over social media and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE.

i have since deleted/deactivated that social media account, but before i did, i downloaded all of the raw data from it and i now have it backed up on multiple websites and 2 USB sticks just-in-case.

if anything, i'm not depressed, anxious, feeling compulsive or anything. i'm infuriated and my paranoia is sky high. i usually don't experience paranoia but i can't help it, and the feeling is so foreign and uncomfortable to me. i'm also at a loss to explain all of this. i just hope these pernicious lies don't make their way to the police. now i have to watch my back all of the time and hope the cops won't randomly show up to my house and have me arrested + charged for some alleged sex crime that I DIDN'T EVEN COMMIT that was WRONGFULLY SAID to have happened 4 years ago.

help please?