“Elden’s claim that the photograph on the Nevermind album cover is ‘child pornography’ is, on its face, not serious,” the Nirvana estate said in a statement. 24, the man who was photographed naked underwater as a baby for the bands iconic 1991 Nevermind album. If they miss that new deadline, he won’t have another opportunity to refile, but if they do, the Nirvana estate has until Jan. When you think of Nirvana, their iconic second album Nevermind is probably the first thing that pops into your head. Instead of a hit, the members of Nirvana now have a legal lawsuit on their hands. He now grows tomatoes, makes art, and lives with his mother in Los Angeles.
30 to file an opposition to the Nirvana estate’s request to dismiss the case, and they missed that deadline. Nirvana baby is still uncertain about how he feels about Nevermind.
Olguin on Monday “with leave to amend.” Elden’s legal team had until Dec. The lawsuit was dismissed by Judge Fernando M. However, things aren’t necessarily over just yet. 1) The baby is now a SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD man. Now, as Spin reports, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit. Just a couple of quick observations here, gleaned from MTV’s exposé on Spencer Elden, the so-called Nirvana baby. ( Nevermind has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.) “ I go to a baseball game and think about it: ‘Man, everybody at this baseball game has probably seen my little baby penis,’ I feel like I got part of my human rights revoked,” says Elden.Back in August, Spencer Elden - the man best known as “the Nirvana Baby” thanks to the iconic image of him as an infant that appears on the cover of the band’s Nevermind album - filed a lawsuit against the band, claiming the album artwork is “child pornography” and asserting that his legal guardians never consented to his naked genitalia appearing on the cover. “It’s hard not to get upset when you hear how much money was involved,” he says. It’s pretty difficult-you feel like you’re famous for nothing, but you didn’t really do anything but their album.”įrustrated about never receiving any sort of compensation for Nevermind, Elden recently looked into pursuing legal action against Geffen Records, but was unsuccessful. Many Nirvana fans may not know that he was only four months old when the cover was shot. I just woke up already being a part of this huge project. Nevermind album’s cover star, Spencer, is a 30-year-old man now. “I was trying to reach out to these people. “I got a little upset for a bit,” he says. Back then before the Internet you would have to go down to the local bookstore and go through child birthing books. The 30-year-old man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of the multimillion-selling Nirvana album 'Nevermind' filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles, alleging the former members of the grunge-rock. Even though Elden has recreated the photo shoot a number of times and has a large tattoo that says “Nevermind” on his chest, he says he hasn’t fully come to terms with being on the album’s cover. Kurt wanted a baby being born underwater.