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TMZ: Nirvana, Kurt Cobain's Estate Sued by Baby On 'Nevermind' Album Cover.

Nirvana, Kurt Cobain's Estate Sued by Baby On 'Nevermind' Album Cover

Nirvana and Kurt Cobain's estate are being sued by the baby from their famous "Nevermind" album cover.

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The baby from Nirvana's famous "Nevermind" album art is all grown up ... and now he's suing the band for child sexual exploitation.

A man named Spencer Elden claims he's the naked baby famously pictured in a swimming pool on Nirvana's groundbreaking 1991 album cover ... and he's suing the band, its surviving members and Kurt Cobain's estate, 30 years after the album dropped.

According to a new federal lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Elden claims he could not consent to his image being used on the album art way back in the day, because he was only a 4-month-old baby ... and says his legal guardians didn’t consent to it either.


Elden's going even further ... in his suit, he claims the image is actually child pornography. He also claims the band made a promise to cover his genitals with a sticker but it was never incorporated on the album cover.

According to the docs, Elden claims Kurt, Dave Grohl and the rest of the band failed to protect and prevent him from being sexually exploited ... and he says having his naked baby body plastered on a famous album caused him to suffer lifelong damages.

Elden's going after the band, Kurt's estate and others for damages ... and he wants them to each cough up at least $150,000.

We reached out to reps for Nirvana and Kurt's estate ... so far, no word back.
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With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey

 

[Iuz]

Hope he wins, thought I thought this was happening a year ago.

 

[VelcroPocket]

It seems that he's still chasing that dollar

 

[contradiction of terns]

Did they have to photoshop in an image of Kurt Cobain looking like he's gonna cry?

That seems like it should be revenge enough.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

What an idiot. Only going after them for $150k? There should be two or three more zeroes after that.

 

[Ita Mori]

Didn't they send the kid a huge portrait of the album cover he proudly hung on his wall for decades?
What a jew.

Elden claims he could not consent to his image being used on the album art way back in the day, because he was only a 4-month-old baby ... and says his legal guardians didn’t consent to it either.

Nirvana already had a photo like the one they ended up using. The reason they didn't keep it was because the photographer wanted a lot of money for it plus yearly royalties.
The band told him to fuck off and looked elsewhere and eventually found the kid's dad.
His father was a photographer who agreed to take the picture for Cobain for cheaper and sell it to him in a one-time payment.

in his suit, he claims the image is actually child pornography. He also claims the band made a promise to cover his genitals with a sticker but it was never incorporated on the album cover.

Lies.
Cobain had a fight with the record suits because the suits didn't want the baby penis to be showcased as they thought people would cite this as pedophilia.
The entire band thought this was ridiculous but agreed to a compromise; either the photo is kept as is, or the sticker covering the baby wang would have to include a caption that more or less said: "If you think this counts as sexual material, you're probably a closet pedophile".
The suits folded and the album art was released as is.

Again, the kid has been fine with this for years and the band has sent him memorabilia as well. He has been on record stating that he loved the fact he was immortalized in an iconic album cover. What changed? Does he want a new car for free or something?

I wonder what the band thinks of the model of their cover being a closet pedophile...

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

He got exposed hours later lol. Gave an interview some time ago where he says he tried inviting them to his art show and called the lawyers and publicists. Didn't hear back.

Stupid dumbass with a frivolous lawsuit.

Edit: This is like Lady Gaga's dogwalker using GoFundMe to get donations from people to travel and "find himself" never mind the fact that Gaga paid his medical bills on top of him receiving money after his hospitalization....

They're both greedy jews.

 

[Jah Hates Kaffirs]

Your tax dollars go towards settling lawsuits like this, folks.

 

[Bad Take Crucifier]

People take photos of their babies all of the time. Can they sue, too?

 

[6MillionCoofs]

People take photos of their babies all of the time. Can they sue, too?

IIRC some have.

It was as stupid as it sounds.

 

[Bad Take Crucifier]

IIRC some have.

It was as stupid as it sounds.

That's just... sad.

How does a family get that dysfunctional?

 

[ClownBrew]

Either the price of meth went up or his student loans are a few months late.

 

[Least Concern]

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a great song to sing at karaoke because if you forget the lyrics you can just mumble nonsense and so long as you keep the emphasis and tune the same nobody will be able to tell the difference

 

[White Trash Motorsport]

Just when you though millennials had been overtaken by zoomers for being spoilt, whiny little bitches.

His case is really shaky, but he’ll probably get an out of court payout just to shut him up and make him go away, it’ll be pocket change for Dave Grohl.

 

[EepEep]

Surprised he went the pedo route and not child endangerment for throwing him in the water.

Would have been just as stupid of an argument, but it would smack less of current year politics.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a great song to sing at karaoke because if you forget the lyrics you can just mumble nonsense and so long as you keep the emphasis and tune the same nobody will be able to tell the difference

Worked for Weird Al.

 

[Billy Beer]

I hope he wins and Dave Grohl becomes bankrupt. Fuck Nirvana and everything they spawned.

No edglord, i just think they're shit.

 

[Catmannjew]

Again, the kid has been fine with this for years and the band has sent him memorabilia as well. He has been on record stating that he loved the fact he was immortalized in an iconic album cover. What changed? Does he want a new car for free or something?

If he was so upset with the album cover, why did he pose for for the 25th anniversary. He was very salty about not meeting nirvana or having money in this interview for the 25th. Link

Bet is on the car. Maybe pay for his house.

 

[PFM]

I hope he wins and Dave Grohl becomes bankrupt. Fuck Nirvana and everything they spawned.

No edglord, i just think they're shit.

At first I was like fuck this guy but you reminded me how gay Grohl is now.... Also, there were much better grunge bands in the day but I think Cobain was probably more marketable than Layne Staley.

 

[Billy Beer]

At first I was like fuck this guy but you reminded me how gay Grohl is now.... Also, there were much better grunge bands in the day but I think Cobain was probably more marketable than Layne Staley.

Grohl is a nob head who gained all his fame from "memba when i drummed with cobain? so sad he died...anyway here's my new band and new album!"

And yeah, Nirvana and Cobain's death was easy marketing. "Here, depressed teens, have this music which is so bad the man who wrote it shot himself, don't you feel this depressed too?"

The whole band was a mass marketing campaign and nothing more than edgy-pop at most.