Wilde was 'pretending' to be a homosexual? He should have won that case. He was a homosexual, no pretense about it! *LOL*
Queensbury left a note for "Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite" (sic). Which technically isn't a slander.
Wilde chose to prosecute the implied accusation of homosexuality, on the basis that he wasn't one. Queensbury defended on the basis of "oh yes he was".
No way Wilde was going to win that contest.