He also has the word Nevermind tattooed on his. The famous image in question captures Elden when he was a baby, swimming naked in a pool chasing. However, the baby, 30 years old this year, is now suing the band, citing child pornography and sexual exploitation statutes.Īs reported by Pitchfork, Spencer Elden, the baby from Nevermind‘s cover, is suing Kurt Cobain’s estate and the remaining members of Nirvana, claiming that his appearance on the album cover has caused him “lifelong damages,” and that his legal guardians never signed a release “authorizing the use of any images of Spencer or of his likeness, and certainly not of commercial child pornography depicting him.” Elden is also suing for distribution of private sexually explicit materials, negligence, and what’s described as a “sex trafficking venture” where Elden “was forced to engage in commercial sexual acts while under the age of 18 years old.”Īccording to the lawsuit, which also names Nirvana’s labels at the time and photographer Kirk Weddle, “The permanent harm he has proximately suffered includes but is not limited to extreme and permanent emotional distress with physical manifestations, interference with his normal development and educational progress, lifelong loss of income earning capacity, loss of past and future wages, past and future expenses for medical and psychological treatment, loss of enjoyment of life, and other losses to be described and proven at trial of this matter. Elden has had a rocky relationship with the iconic photo throughout his life, he recreated the image for the album’s 15th and 25th anniversaries. Fice years ago, Elden recreated the cover as an homage to Nirvanas album, the Post also reported. The cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind is one of the most infamous record sleeves of all time, featuring a nude baby in a swimming pool chasing a dollar on the end of a hook.
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