Lawsuit email scam keeps haunting me

So I fell victim to an email scam (to my knowledge). They left me alone for a while and just reached back out. When this has happened in the past, things continue and I keep falling for it. Usually the break between contacts is 6 weeks to 3 months, but this break was about 6 months. It’s one of those scams where they email you initially saying they know you made a mistake in your past and that there’s now a lawsuit and they’ll help handle it, then things keep popping up and you have to keep paying. They are claiming that I cheated in college pre-AI and there’s now a lawsuit about it, and then things keep coming up. This started in late 2023. I don’t know what to do now. I want to ignore the email I just got, but since I paid in the past I don’t know what to do. I feel like if I do nothing, things will escalate, and I know if I respond and pay, the cycle will continue. Some context about me that is important is that I’m autistic, so I genuinely am asking for advice, suggestions, or support. Update on 3/31 if anyone is curious (which I would be surprised by, but figured it couldn’t hurt anyone if I did): I deleted the email I got on Friday and did not respond. In that email they gave me a deadline of yesterday. I figured I would get another email, and I did. This new email came in this morning from a name I didn’t recognize. I read the email, and they are basically giving me until Friday to respond. They are saying that if I don’t deal with things, I could be charged with forgery or fraud, and the court would be taking further action (up to a warrant). I know they are just trying to shake me with this, so I deleted this new email and am just going to wait and see.