HuffPost UK has contacted representatives for Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Courtney Love for comment. Attorneys for the members of Nirvana have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in August by the man who was the naked baby on the cover of the 1991 Nevermind. The 30-year-old is seeking $150,000 (£109,500) from each of the 15 defendants named in the case, which includes several record labels who have distributed Nevermind in the time since its release. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (Photo: Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images)īBC News has pointed out that non-sexualised images of infants are not typically considered child pornography under US law, but Elden’s lawyer is arguing that the inclusion of a dollar bill – which was added to the photo digitally after it was taken – makes the subject appear “like a sex worker”.Īccording to legal documents: “ The images exposed Spencer’s intimate body part and lasciviously displayed Spencer’s genitals from the time he was an infant to the present day.”Įlden has stated he has suffered “lifelong damages” as a result of the Nevermind cover, including “extreme and permanent emotional distress with physical manifestations”. A jury has yet to vote, if the case should make it to court, on whether the former members of Nirvana and their associates sexually exploited a child by putting an unclothed 4-month-old boy on the cover of the classic 1991 album 'Nevermind.'But the general public has done a lot of weighing in on the merits of the lawsuit filed by 30-year-old Spencer Elden over the image.

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