A German woman who sued a hotel chain to try and discover the identity of a male escort who got her pregnant has lost her case.

The woman, who has not been named, claimed she fell pregnant during a three-night romp with a sex worker she knew only as 'Michael' at a hotel in Halle in 2010.

Nine months later she gave birth to son Joel, and had been attempting to track down 'Michael' in order to claim a support allowance.

A German mother tried to sue a hotel to find out the identity of 'Michael', a male escort who got her pregnant seven years ago, so she could claim a support allowance from him (file)

But a court in Munich has ruled the hotel chain does not have to give up the escort's identity, saying the woman was playing 'father roulette'.

There were three other Michaels staying at the hotel on the night in question, and the court decided that it could not sanction giving out their details 'at random'.

'Nor is it certain that the Christian name is indeed the name of the man in question,' the court added, according to the BBC.

The woman's vague descriptions of the man also harmed her case, the court said.

But a Munich court ruled that the man's right to privacy outweighed the mother's right to know the father, saying there was no certainty Michael was his real name (file)

Explaining the ruling, justices said: 'The rights of the affected man and the protection of his marriage and family override the rights of the applicant.

'Men have a right to privacy and intimacy... that protects them from having to reveal their sexual relations.'

An appeals court in Munich, where the hotel chain is based, also declined to review the decision and threw its weight behind the original verdict.