![where is the baby from nirvana nevermind cover now where is the baby from nirvana nevermind cover now](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/68/4e/6a684e729f7235bc858d74c9f30e2d9a.jpg)
Lewis also describes the image as "an explicit image which intentionally focused on Spencer’s carefully positioned enlarged genitals," "an image lasciviously displaying Spencer’s genitals on a worldwide scale" and "an image which focused on Spencer’s genitals to increase the shockingly obscene nature of the image." Lewis of the New York-based Marsh Law Firm (which says it specializes in representing victims of sexual exploitation and abuse) characterizes the image in the lawsuit as follows: "Cobain chose the image depicting Spencer - like a sex worker - grabbing for a dollar bill that is positioned dangling from a fishhook in front of his nude body with his penis explicitly displayed." The image of Elden on the album cover depicts him as an infant naked, swimming towards a fish hook baited with a dollar bill that was inserted into the image after the photo was taken - which Variety pointed out "has generally been understood as a statement on capitalism."Įlden's lawer, Robert Y. The lawsuit claims three basic violations of federal criminal law for which Elden and his lawyer are requesting civil relief: that the image of Elden on the cover is inherently an image of child sexual exploitation (colloquially known as child pornography) under the law, and that it depicts a specific "sexually explicit conduct" that the defendants possessed and distributed the images of child sexual exploitation via interstate means, including to minors who bought the album and that the creation of the album cover and the distribution of it involved Elden in a commercial sex act and thus a child sex trafficking venture. District Court of Central California on Thursday against Courtney Love, the executor of Kurt Cobain's estate, Cobain's surviving bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic and every label ever attached to the record, among other defendants. Spencer Elden, 30, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. He further claims that the image is child pornography and that an agreement to place a sticker over his private parts was never carried out.The man who, as a baby, was featured on the front of Nirvana's now-iconic "Nevermind" album cover is now suing basically everyone involved in the album (and one person who was not), alleging they were participants in his commercial sexual exploitation as a child. The Nirvana frontman at one point said his only compromise would be a strategically placed sticker that read, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”Īccording to TMZ, Elden has now filed a lawsuit against Cobain’s estate and the surviving members of Nirvana, claiming that his legal guardians didn’t formally consent to his image being used on the album cover.
![where is the baby from nirvana nevermind cover now where is the baby from nirvana nevermind cover now](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2021/08/25/TELEMMGLPICT000268966503_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdP4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg)
Nirvana’s label, Geffen, initially objected to Elden’s penis being visible, but Kurt Cobain insisted it not be censored. As the story goes, Elden was the son of a friend of album photographer Kurt Weddle.
![where is the baby from nirvana nevermind cover now where is the baby from nirvana nevermind cover now](https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/nirvana-nevermind-baby-lawsuit-wants-album-cover-redacted@2000x1270-1392x884.jpg)
One of the most famous album covers of all time, Nevermind depicts a then four-month-old Elden swimming naked underwater as he reaches for a dollar bill. The lawsuit comes just a month shy of the landmark album’s 30th anniversary. Spencer Elden, who was famously photographed as a baby for Nirvana’s iconic Nevermind album cover, is suing the band for child sexual exploitation.