"It's past time to finally put an end to the child exploitation and violation of privacy our client has endured for his entire life," they wrote.
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In November, Elden's legal team released a statement in response to the album's 30th anniversary, when the cover was rereleased. "Elden has spent three decades profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed 'Nirvana Baby.' He has re-enacted the photograph in exchange for a fee, many times he has had the album title Nevermind tattooed across his chest he has appeared on a talk show wearing a self-parodying, nude-colored onesie he has autographed copies of the album cover for sale on eBay and he has used the connection to try to pick up women," the defendants say. In their motion to dismiss the lawsuit, the defendants say Elden profited from being on the album cover as a baby and has benefited from it as an adult. 'Most child pornography is traded well into the victim's adulthood,' attorney Margaret Mabie said via email. We are confident that Spencer will be allowed to move forward with the case," Marsh Law, the firm that represents Elden, said in a statement. A lawsuit over Nirvana's 'Nevermind' baby album cover has been dismissed. "In accordance with the court's order we will be filing a Second Amended Complaint very soon.
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If the defendants file another motion to dismiss, both sides will meet on Jan. The cover depicts Elden as a four-month-old in a. Olguin of the Central District Court in California said Elden and his legal team have until Jan. Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a baby on the album cover for Nirvana's Nevermind, is suing the band alleging sexual exploitation. 30 to respond to the motion, but his legal team missed the deadline and so the case was dismissed. The defendants in the case - which included former band members, as well as Kurt Cobain's estate, photographer Kirk Weddle, Universal Music, Geffen Records, Warner Records and MCA Music - filed a motion to dismiss the case last month.Įlden had until Dec. Now 30, he was seeking $150,000 in damages. Elden was just 4 months old when he was photographed for the cover. Spencer Elden sued former members of the band in August 2021 for child exploitation and pornography, saying the band knowingly distributed a naked photo of him as a baby on the 1991 album cover and profited from it. Six years ago, in 2016, he recreated the iconic photo as an adult with the word “Nevermind” tattooed across his chest in a seeming tribute to the Nirvana album cover.A judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed against former band members of Nirvana over their iconic Nevermind album cover. It didn’t help Elden’s case that he often seemed to embrace his claim to fame, saying that he would probably get money from it when asked as a 12 year old by Rolling Stone magazine in 2003. His previous lawsuits had also been dismissed, but the judge this time did so in a way that would prevent him from filing continuous lawsuits indefinitely against Nirvana. On Friday, a US District Judge in Los Angeles dismissed the lawsuit saying that the statute of limitations had passed since he waited more than 10 years after becoming aware of the alleged infraction to take legal action. He claims that he has suffered continual emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, and lost financial potential that has lasted from his childhood until now in his 30s. In August of last year, 30 years after the release of the landmark album, Elden filed his third lawsuit against Weddle, the record labels involved, former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, and Cobain’s widow Courtney Love.
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Elden claimed the picture on the album cover was sexual exploitation and child pornography and tried to sue everyone involved. The cover featured four month old Elden naked in a pool at the Pasadena Aquatic Centre in a photograph shot by Kirk Weddle in California that same year. Nevermind sold over 30 million copies worldwide and featured the single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” which catapulted grunge rock into mainstream popularity in 1991.