Former bully from high school contacted police claiming I anonymously harassed him

I’m in my late 20s now, but back in high school I dealt with pretty consistent bullying from a guy I’ll call “L.” It was racist, physical, and humiliating. He apologized a few times during school, but it always went right back to the same behavior, so the apologies never really meant anything.

A few years after we graduated, he randomly reached out again to apologize. Last year, I messaged him on LinkedIn, not to start a fight, but to finally ask why he called me racial slurs and treated me the way he did. I genuinely just wanted some kind of closure.

The conversation went sideways fast. First he said he didn’t remember. Then he said if he ever said anything, it “wasn’t meant in a demeaning way.” Then he asked why I was even bringing it up.

Out of nowhere he switched gears and accused me of being behind anonymous messages that had been sent to his family, work, and friends for the last two years, including stuff accusing him of assaulting an ex. I’ve never sent anything like that, but he claimed he had proof tied to my IP address and started throwing around terms like “defamation of character.”

About five months later, I got a call from a police officer asking about it. I explained everything and sent screenshots of the conversation. That was back in March and I haven’t heard anything since.