Vampire Weekend have settled their legal dispute with Ann Kirsten Kennis, the model who discovered her photo on the cover of the band's album Contra. Kennis won an undisclosed settlement from the band and their label, XL Records, while her photographer remains locked in ongoing litigation.

Contra was already on sale when Kennis's teenage daughter spotted her mum's face on the cover. "I was like, 'Yeah, that's strange. That's me, many years ago,'" Kennis told Vanity Fair in 2010. The Polaroid was almost 30 years old, and Kennis didn't remember posing for it. Although a photographer called Tod Brody claimed she signed a release form in 2009, Kennis, now in her early 50s, denied this. She took them all to court, seeking $2m (£1.3m) in damages.

Vampire Weekend and XL always claimed they followed proper steps to license the photograph, blaming Brody for any wrongdoing. Yet even if the photographer misled them, the court could still have found that they did not exercise sufficient due diligence, paying Brody $5,000 but not researching the photo's provenance. By settling with Kennis, the case against Vampire Weekend has been dismissed, Photo District News reports.

The saga is not over, however. When Kennis sued Vampire Weekend, the band sued Brody, accusing him of misrepresenting his rights to the Contra photograph. It allegedly took weeks for the parties to track him down, and Brody's lawyers quit the case in June, claiming Brody ignored phone calls and bills. "There has been a total breakdown in the attorney-client relationship," attorneys Lavely & Singer wrote. "When he finally did respond, his responses became increasingly hostile and exhibited substantial animus toward the firm."

Brody is now representing himself in the case.