My dean gaslighted me into thinking I broke the rules and now I’m facing serious consequences

My college dean has always been kind of an a-hole.... He’s made people cry just because they bothered him by asking if they could have a mental health break from classes for a week. And that’s just a taste of his character.

Well, a few weeks ago I was at a party, which is technically against the rules, but everyone breaks the rules once in a while. Anyway, I hooked up with this one broad. I got covid the following week and was in contact with the contact tracers. Obviously, I didn’t mention the party— I just said I thought I got it at the grocery store.

I thought that was that, but a few days later the dean emailed me asking to meet. In our meeting he revealed that my hookup also got covid and she told the contact tracers that I was at the party. He accused me of lying to the contact tracers. I just denied and said she must have been mistaken.

I have a meeting next week in front of the academic committee, and I have no idea what’s gonna go down. They could suspend me. I’m not too sure why they’re gaslighting me into thinking I did something wrong (I’m a college kid for cryin out loud!) but se lah vie. What do you guys think?