Amazing said:
Bill slandered, period.
Just for everyone's knowledge, here is what the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition of SLANDER is:
1: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation
2: a false and defamatory oral statement about a person compare LIBEL
Definition of LIBEL:
1a: written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression
1b (1): a statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt
1b (2): defamation of a person by written or representational means
1b (3): the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene writings or pictures
1b (4): the act, tort, or crime of publishing such a libel