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Deadline Hollywood reports:

The man whose infant image graced the cover of Nirvana’s multimillion-selling Nevermind album has seen his lawsuit about that photo tossed by a Los Angeles judge.

Spencer Elden, age 31, claimed in his legal papers that the shot of him swimming towards a dollar bill on a fish hook amounted to child porn. US District Judge Fernando Olguin of Los Angeles disagreed.

He said Elden had waited far too long to take legal action against several record labels and the band’s drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic, guitarist Kurt Cobain’s estate and photographer Kirk Weddle.

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A judge has thrown out Spencer Elden’s latest lawsuit against Nirvana over the cover artwork to Nevermind.

“We are pleased that this meritless case has been brought to a speedy final conclusion,” an attorney for the band said in a statement. https://t.co/ign5FEgL8x pic.twitter.com/TU2aTCIP9M

— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) September 4, 2022

Spencer Elden had initially filed a suit in August 2021 accusing Kurt Cobain’s estate and the album photographer of child sex trafficking. https://t.co/VS3pj0uqSY

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 3, 2022