The lawsuit might come as a surprise for many as Elden had previously recreated the album cover’s image as an adult and also has the title of the album tattooed on his chest.
Google Spencer Elden before the case gets thrown out… /iQZ2a9Z36v Pitchfork quoted the lawsuit as, “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.”Īccording to TMZ, Elden has filed a lawsuit against the two surviving members of the band as well as Kurt Cobain’s estate and wants them to each pay at least $150,000. In his suit, Elden alleged that the band had made a promise to cover his genitals with a sticker but the promise was not kept when the final cover was out. Tabloid newspaper TMZ obtained a new federal lawsuit according to which, Elden says that while he could not give consent to his image being used in the cover back in the day since he was just four months old, his legal guardians too did not give their consent. 30-year-old Spencer Elden, who claims to be the naked baby famously pictured in a swimming pool on Nirvana’s 1991 album cover, alleged that his guardians did not give consent to the image being used on the cover and that it violates federal child pornography laws. Eastern.The baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind is all grown up and is now suing the band for alleged child pornography. It was last updated on Wednesday, August 25 at 9:32 a.m. This article was originally published on Tuesday, August 24 at 9:38 p.m. “I was like, ‘What's up?’ And he’s like, ‘Well, I’m shooting kids all this week, why don’t you meet me at the Rose Bowl, throw your kid in the drink?’ And we just had a big party at the pool, and no one had any idea what was going on!” Spencer was reportedly sent a platinum copy of Nevermind and a teddy bear by Geffen Records in 1991.Įlden recreated the image multiple times over the years and had the word “Nevermind” tattooed on his chest, but in a 2016 interview with GQ Australia, Elden revealed that he had recently become unhappy about the Nevermind artwork.
“ calls us up and was like, ‘Hey Rick, wanna make 200 bucks and throw your kid in the drink,’” Rick told NPR in 2008. Weddle was a friend of Elden’s father Rick, which is how young Spencer ended up on the album cover.
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