at the time. “It’s strange that I did this for five minutes when I was 4 months old and it became this really iconic image.” The photo was taken by photographer Kirk Weddle, a friend of Spencer’s dad. The family made $200 from the image.kid: “Recently I’ve been thinking, ‘What if I wasn’t OK with my freaking penis being shown to everybody?,” he told
around the same time. “I didn’t really have a choice.” The interview suggests that things changed when he reached out to the band asking if they’d like to contribute something to his art show to no avail., suggest Spencer is seeking court action, damages and legal fees against Nirvana, Geffen Records and Kirk Weddle for what the lawsuit calls “commercial child sexual exploitation of him from while he was a minor to the present day” claiming they “reproduced child pornography depicting Spencer”.
The laws surrounding infants and child pornography in the US are shaky but Spencer’s legal team are framing his photoshoot for the cover ofas a “commercial sexual act”, owing to the success of the record. Their argument is that this isn’t akin to a baby photo in a family photo album, but a naked image of Spencer as an infant that’s been transformed into a commercial endeavour without fair remuneration or proper permission.