To make matters worse, Spencer claims his parents never signed a release authorising the use of the image and were paid just $200 (R2 984) for the photoshoot. His lawyer, Robert Y Lewis, argues the dollar bill, which was photoshopped into the picture, makes Spencer seem “like a sex worker”.Ī post shared by Pigeons & Planes also reportedly promised to cover Spencer’s genitals with a sticker but never upheld the agreement. The cover depicts Spencer as a four-month-old in a swimming pool, grasping for a dollar bill that's being dangled in front of him on a fishing line. The 31-year-old filed a lawsuit in a California district court in August last year, alleging the nude image constitutes child pornography as it exposed his intimate body part and “lasciviously displayed his genitals from the time he was an infant to the present day”. Fed up with being snubbed, he decided to take them to court. “Why am I still on their cover if I’m not that big of a deal?” he said at the time. It all started when Spencer, who appeared as a naked baby on the Nevermind album cover, invited Nirvana’s surviving members, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, to be part of his art show in 2016, but was repeatedly referred to their managers and lawyers. READ MORE | Victoria Beckham's relationship with daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz is going from bad to worse, insiders say

But a year ago, he started singing a different tune and decided to sue the band for sexual exploitation. In fact, Spencer Elden loved being on the 1991 Nirvana album cover so much he recreated it for the album’s 10th, 20th and 25th anniversaries. There was a time he raved about being part of history.

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