Spencer Elden, who was photographed nude as an infant on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album, sued the band, the photographer and others involved with the shoot alleging he was the victim of child pornography.
Aug.25 (UPI) — The man who was photographed as the naked baby swimming on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album filed a lawsuit alleging he was the victim of child pornography. In the complaint filed Tuesday, Spencer Elden,30, states that the image on the 1991 album — which features him as an infant swimming underwater with his penis exposed as he reaches for a dollar bill — portrays him “like a sex worker” and has caused him “lifelong damages.” The suit seeks $150,000 from each defendant including photographer Kirk Weddle, surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, as well as Courtney Love, the executor of the estate of the band’s late frontman Kurt Cobain, alleging they “knowingly produced, possessed and advertised commercial child pornography.” Original Nirvana drummer Chad Channing is also named as a defendant despite being replaced by Grohl in 1990 before the album was recorded and the cover photography was shot.
