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Two sue over footage of wet T-shirt contest
By Times staff writer
Published March 14, 2007
TAMPA - Two women filed a lawsuit Monday after footage of a wet T-shirt contest they entered in high school ended up on Girls Gone Wild and similar adult-oriented videos. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, says Heather Marie Kotis and Rachel Christine Mill were younger than 18 when they entered a wet T-shirt contest at the Desert Inn in Daytona Beach. On March 13, 2001, they attended a large pool deck party advertised to high school students on spring break, the lawsuit says. There, they participated in contests where they performed "various sexually-explicit acts and simulated sexually-explicit acts, including sexual touching, exposing their breasts, pubic areas and buttocks," the lawsuit says. They were videotaped, and appeared on Girls Gone Wild videos, AMX videos and several Web sites including bikinivoyeur.com. The women are seeking punitive damages from all defendants in the lawsuit, including Deslin Hotels Inc., hotel owners Irene and Dennis Devlin, event organizers and everywhere their footage was published. Two months ago, Deslin Hotels settled a 2002 lawsuit filed by Monica S. Pippin, who was 16 when she participated in a spring break wet T-shirt contest.
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by Steve
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03/15/07 01:11 PM
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Barbara, There is a big difference between being an extra in the backround, and the star of the show. If these girls sue and win, then other girls might chose to be "victimized" for money. The girls need to be responsible for THEIR actions.
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by Barbara
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03/14/07 04:49 PM
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At the time this video was made, because of their age they couldn't watch it, but they could be in it. This event targeted High School students. I think the organizers knew who would be there and their ages. They should pay up.
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by Paul
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03/14/07 03:20 PM
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If you don't want to end up on the internet..... Don't do it. If it was advertised as a high school party then obviously there was no alcohol involved so what's the excuse for their behavior. If they drank THEY should be arrested 4 underage drinking.
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by Ellen
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03/14/07 01:51 PM
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Another example of a sue happy country. They probably just want the extra attention.
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by John
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03/14/07 01:28 PM
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Sobering up and realizing you just made a total jerk out of yourself does not mean you get to sue. It means you get to be embarrased. I'm sure someone checked their ID - and I'd wager they provided the same fake they used to get drunk under age.
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by Jason
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03/14/07 01:26 PM
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I'm sure these girls failed to mention their age at that time. Now, 6 years later when they're becoming adults and realizing what effect this could have on their lives, they want to sue. They should be countersued for lying about their age.
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by Gary
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03/14/07 09:00 AM
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Amen, to steve's comments, I am sure the photographers, ameramen and hotel owners held a gun to these girls heads and forced them to participate in the event. They need to grow up and take responsibility for their actions and stop blaming others.
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by Steve
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03/14/07 06:15 AM
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So they want to go to a drunken beach party, perform indicriminate acts, and now want to be paid for it? Can you say prostitute? These girls need to live and learn from their actions.
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