Having satisfactorily and politely answered the invitation, your silence -- or perhaps one last firm, “I am sorry, but I can’t” -- should serve to make the problem go away.
If it does not, “It seems that you still have trouble taking no for an answer” might alarm them just enough to be a threat -- if they truly are repentant of their unsavory past.
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