By Rob Thubron WTF?! The name Spencer Elden won't be familiar to most people, but they might recognize the photograph of the now 30-year-old as a baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album. It's one of the most iconic pieces of album art of all time, so it's somewhat surprising to learn that three decades after its release, Elden is suing the band over alleged child pornography. The Nevermind cover depicts then four-month-old Elden naked in a pool as he tries to catch a dollar bill attached to a fishing line. He now says his parents, who were paid $200 for the photo, never signed a release authorizing the use of his image on the album and that it constitutes child pornography. According to Variety, Elden's lawyer, Robert Y. Lewis, says that the shot makes the baby appear "like a sex worker" and that Elden was exploited to boost the album's sales and increase its attention. "Defendants intentionally commercially marketed Spencer's ...
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