He told Time Magazine in 2016: “It’s hard not to get upset when you hear how much money was involved. He has given interviews over the years expressing both positive and negative parts of being the Nirvana baby. The suit applies to former band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic the managers of Kurt Cobain’s estate Cobain’s former wife Courtney Love and photographer Kirk Weddle. Elden, who was photographed naked as a four-month-old baby, features on the famous cover but has been taking aim at Nirvana in a lawsuit that is seeking over 100,000 in damages. He says he has suffered “extreme and permanent emotional distress”, and that the experience has interfered “with his normal development and educational progress” and caused him to require “medical and psychological treatment” Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is also named in the lawsuit (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty) He also says his “true identity and legal name are forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor which has been distributed and sold worldwide from the time he was a baby to the present day”. LOS ANGELES (AP) A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvanas 'Nevermind' album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography. While non-sexualised images of infants are not usually thought of as child pornography under US law, the fact the baby is reaching for money makes the minor seem “like a sex worker”, according to the papers. Legal papers filed in California claim: “The images exposed Spencer’s intimate body part and lasciviously displayed Spencer’s genitals from the time he was an infant to the present day.” Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a baby on the album cover for Nirvana's Nevermind, is suing. A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography they have profited from. It also alleges his parents were told there would be a sticker over his genitals. More than 30 million copies of Nevermind have been sold worldwide. Mr Elden says his parents never signed a release to authorise the use of his image, and says the fact he is pictured naked constitutes child pornography. They were paid $200 and went to eat tacos afterwards. My parents took me down there, apparently they blew in my face to stimulate my gag reflex, dunked me in, took some pictures, and pulled me out. “So his friend the photographer Kirk Weddle called him and said, ‘Do you want to make some money today and throw your kid in the pool?’ And he agreed.
He told the Guardian in 2015: “I was four months old and my dad was attending art school at the time, and his friends would often ask for help with their projects. He has previously recreated the cover as an older child and an adult to mark Nevermind‘s 10th, 20th and 25th anniversaries. The estate of Kurt Cobain is among those being sued (Photo: Sebastien Vuagnat/Getty)
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