![]() This is common for all of our clients who are victims of actively traded child pornography, regardless of how long ago the image was created."Įlden’s team had until Dec. Nirvana’s lawyers also said that the statute of limitations on Elden's claims expired in 2011, to which Elden’s legal team from Marsh Law said, "Any distribution of or profits earned from any sexually explicit image of a child not only creates longstanding liability but it also breeds lifelong trauma. They noted that anyone who owned a copy of the record would "on Elden's theory guilty of felony possession of child pornography.” They added that until recently, Elden enjoyed being known as the “Nirvana baby” by reenacting the photograph many times in exchange for a fee, tattooing the album name across his chest, autographing album covers and posting them for sale on eBay, and trying to pick up women using that connection. ![]() "Elden's claim that the photograph on the Nevermind album cover is 'child pornography' is, on its face, not serious," their lawyers said. The former band members responded with a motion to dismiss the suit last month. The case was dismissed because the plaintiff missed the deadline for responding to the motion for dismissal.Įlden, who is now 30 years old, asked for $150,000 from each defendant, including surviving band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain’s estate, album photographer Kurt Weddle, Cobain’s former wife, Courtney Love, Universal Music, Geffen Records, Warner Records, and MCA Music. Spencer Elden, the baby on the cover art, had filed the suit in 2021, claiming that the band exploited his image and profited from his naked body as a baby. ![]() A lawsuit accusing former Nirvana band members of child exploitation and pornography for using a naked baby as cover art on their 1991 “Nevermind” album has now been dismissed by a California court. ![]()
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