About 1.5 years ago a coworker confessed their love for me. Being in a relationship I declined & said we could no longer be friends. They then said they’d ruin my life, I called them psychotic.
About a week later my significant other received a letter from an “anonymous” person claiming to have seen myself and this coworker together and kissing. I immediately messaged the coworker, confronting them, which they replied that it “obviously didn’t happen so I have nothing to worry about.”
Then about 2 months later my boss pulls me in and talks to me about these allegations of a “relationship” & subsequently cheating on my spouse. These allegations came from this specific coworker & my boss tells me that “everyone” thinks it’s true. I brushed it off because who cares what people think.
Incidents have occurred where this coworker refused to do their duties that pertained to a project I was currently working on, causing issues with completions & paperwork—2 that they were supposedly written up for. One of my subordinates made a snide comment about me fucking a coworker. I screenshot it and sent it to my boss, which they brushed off.
I’m stuck at this job due to a non-compete and they refused to fire this coworker or at least remove them from their direct line into my department. But no, I’m forced to see this person everyday