Teenage angst pays off well, as Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain sang. But a lawsuit from a man who appeared as a naked baby on the band’s landmark Nevermind album still isn’t paying off: a federal judge has once again dismissed the lawsuit. Spencer Elden is appealing the dismissal, his lawyers told NPR, arguing that the judge in the case has misinterpreted …
A lawsuit over Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ baby album cover has been dismissed
A judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed against former band members of Nirvana over their iconic Nevermind album cover. Spencer Elden sued former members of the band in August 2021 for child exploitation and pornography, saying the band knowingly distributed a naked photo of him as a baby on the 1991 album cover and profited from it. Elden …
Man Photographed As A Baby On ‘Nevermind’ Cover Sues Nirvana For Sexual Exploitation
The cover for Nevermind, a 1991 Nirvana album that is said to have helped redefine rock music, features a naked 4-month-old baby in a pool, appearing to swim after a dollar bill that’s pierced with a fish hook. That baby — the now 30-year-old Spencer Elden — is suing Nirvana for child exploitation and pornography, saying the band knowingly distributed …