Roommate Refusing To Accept New Tenant Unless She Speaks To Me In Person (has Been Extremely Aggressive)

Hi,
Location: New Jersey

My boyfriend and I have been living with these people for over a year and over time lots of issues have been building up. About 3 weeks ago they sat me down in front of all the roommates and I was confronted regarding a personal issue in a very uncomfortable manner. The two other girls I live with have been the most aggressive to me, I went home for a bit as I felt really overwhelmed and one of the girls reached out asking to talk, I told her I needed some time to decompress and she immediately began attacking me. It’s been a lot of : you’re a horrible person, you’re a loser, you’re a piece of shit. They just have been hurtful and made it impossible to conversate so I have not responded. After the initial text interaction my boyfriend and I decided we are moving out because we can’t handle the stress and began the process of finding tenants. The girls have been continuously texting me multiple times through the day and in a group chat simply attacking me and my character, not trying to discuss anything at all. My boyfriend was at the house and told them we were moving and finding new people, they tried to fight him but he Grey walled them as it’s not worth engaging. today we reached out and told them they have to reach out to our landlord to say it’s okay for new tenants to move in so we can get this going and put it behind us. One of the girls refused saying unless she can talk to me in person they will not accept the terms. She has not tried to speak to me cordially or about the situation at all frankly, it’s just been attacks and hurtful words and it feels a bit ridiculous that she can insist she has to see me in person when I know it will be simply me being attacked and will not help the progress of the situation and frankly is just not safe for me emotionally. What can we do?? We found tenants ready to move in ASAP and deep cleaned our bedrooms and carpets, they’re refusing to allow new roommates unless they specifically speak to me, knowing I haven’t responded to these messages and blocked their numbers, it feels like they want this just so they can scream at me to my face and get a reaction because they know I’m not receiving their messages now. My dad wants to look into a lawyer because this feels extremely unfair and uncomfortable, my boyfriend has been telling them everything necessary for our lease and situation and offered to be there for them to meet the potential roommates, I haven’t done anything as I’ve decided the only way I can handle this is disengaging as I really just need to focus on myself and school, I have not interacted with them, and they have gotten angrier and nastier with me. I really think if I tried to answer nothing of substance would come out of it. Does she genuinely have the ground to refuse allowing new roommates unless she has an in person conversation with me or is a lawyer the right way to go. Any advice is welcomed

Btw: because we are looking into a lawyer I have screenshots of every text they’ve sent showing I didn’t engage and they continually got more aggressive with me regardless.