The Federal Appeals Court in Atlanta has dismissed the case filed by Amanda Tliton saying that a woman who took part in sexually explicit contests at a Daytona Beach, Fla., hotel two months short of her 18th birthday cannot sue over Internet images of her, notwithstanding the fact that he is a minor. The suit for damages against the hotel, the owner of a video company and others were effectively ended.

Julie Amanda Tilton, who was at the time 17-year-old high school student, went to the Desert Inn Resort Motel in April 2001 after hearing about a number of risque contests. She competed in two wet T-shirt contests, a “banana sucking contests” and a “sexual positions contests” in from of hundreds of observers amd some were even taking photos.

Tilton filed the lawsuit claiming that Deslin Hotels, which owns the Desert Inn, had induced her to engage in “sexually explicit conduct” and created an atmosphere it knew would draw others to take pictures of it. On the part of the owner of a video production company, Chad Ciani, he stated that he heard of the contest in an advertisment and went over to take pictures and some video footage of the event and later posted it on his website.

Judge Bill Pryor, writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said Tilton’s suit failed because she could not produce actual proof she engaged in such conduct.