SPIN has reached out to Nirvana’s reps and Elden’s attorney for comment. Washington US, January 4 (ANI): A judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the surviving members of Nirvana over the cover image of their iconic album ‘Nevermind’. He also alleges that the defendants “knowingly benefited and continue to benefit from their participation in Spencer’s commercial exploitation.”Ĭontinuing, Elden alleges that the band didn’t take “reasonable steps” to protect him and “prevent his widespread sexual exploitation and image trafficking.” Elden claims that he “has suffered and will continue to suffer lifelong damages” as a result of the cover. (CNN) Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvanas 1991 album 'Nevermind,' has claimed the records iconic artwork is child pornography and is suing the band over alleged. In the suit that was filed on Tuesday in federal court in the Central District of California, Spencer Elden alleges that as a four-month-old baby, he could not give permission for his image to be used on the cover and that his legal guardians didn’t give consent for its use either. Nirvana's Nevermind has one of the most iconic album covers of all time, featuring a naked baby swimming in a pool, following a dollar bill hooked on a fishing line. This month, however, the baby whose image was used on the Nirvana album’s now-iconic cover sued the surviving bandmembers, Kurt Cobain’s estate, photographer Kirk Weddle, DGC Records and more, claiming that the band violated federal child pornography statutes and says that the cover is child sexual exploitation.
Next month, Nirvana’s Nevermind is set to turn 30. Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. The 30-year-old man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of the multimillion-selling Nirvana album 'Nevermind' filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles, alleging the former members of the grunge-rock.