The man who was photographed as a baby on the cover of Nirvana's classic album Nevermind has failed in his attempts to sue the band for distributing child pornography.
A four-month-old Spencer Elden was pictured swimming naked underwater on the 1991 LP's famous cover.
He sued the rock band and photographer Kirk Weddle, but a judge has ruled that "neither the pose, focal point, setting, nor overall context suggest the album cover features sexually explicit conduct".
A lawyer for Nirvana said: "We are delighted the court has ended this meritless case and freed our creative clients of the stigma of false allegations."
Mr Elden originally filed a lawsuit in 2021, arguing that his identity and name were "forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor which has been distributed and sold worldwide".
