![]() Elden said his feelings about the cover began to change “a few months ago, when I was reaching out to Nirvana to see if they wanted to be part of my art show.” He said he was referred to managers and lawyers. The images exposed Spencer’s intimate body part and lasciviously displayed. 30-year-old Spencer Elden is suing the band for alleged sexual exploitation, citing that his parents never signed a release authorizing the use of his image. Weddle paid Elden’s parents $200 for the photo, which was later altered to show the baby chasing a dollar, dangling from a fishhook. The famous baby from the album cover of Nirvana’s record Nevermind is all grown up and suing the band. The lawsuit said that Elden is seeking $150,000 from each of the 15 people and companies named in the complaint, including the photographer Kurt Weddle. Elden suffered “permanent harm”, including emotional distress and a “lifelong loss of income-earning capacity”. Nirvana released their 'Nevermind' album 25 years ago, and was soon placed in the cars and CD. “Defendants knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child pornography depicting Spencer, and they knowingly received value in exchange for doing so,” according to the lawsuit filed on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: Nicky and Alex, the OTHER twins from Full House, are all grown up, and super hot now. ![]() It is one of the bestselling records of all time, with at least 30 million copies sold worldwide. He claimed that they, along with Geffen Records, which released “Nevermind”, profited from his naked image. Now, however, Elden, 30, has filed a federal lawsuit against the estate of Kurt Cobain, the musician’s former bandmates, David Grohl and Krist Novoselic, and Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, among other parties. “It’s cool but weird to be part of something so important that I don’t even remember,” he said in 2016 in an interview. In the decades that followed, Elden appeared to celebrate his part in the classic cover, recreating the moment for the album’s 10th, 17th, 20th and 25th anniversaries, though not naked. The picture, taken at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Centre in Pasadena, California, would be used that year for the cover of “Nevermind”, Nirvana’s seminal second album that helped define Generation X and rocketed the Seattle band to international fame. Spencer Elden was 4 months old when he was photographed by a family friend in 1991 drifting naked in a pool.
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