"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. and hes suing the band, its surviving members and Kurt Cobains estate, 30 years after the album dropped. In November, Elden's legal team released a statement in response to the album's 30th anniversary, when the cover was rereleased. A man named Spencer Elden claims hes the naked baby famously pictured in a swimming pool on Nirvanas groundbreaking 1991 album cover. "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. 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. According to Variety, the image has generally been understood as a statement on capitalism. Exposed in the artwork: the 4-month-old’s penis. The cover for Nevermind featured an infant swimming in a pool, enticed by a one dollar bill on a hook. "In accordance with the court's order we will be filing a Second Amended Complaint very soon. Now onto the incident from which the suit, in a word, stems. If the defendants file another motion to dismiss, both sides will meet on Jan. Olguin of the Central District Court in California said Elden and his legal team have until Jan. It was last updated on Wednesday, August 25 at 9:32 a.m. This article was originally published on Tuesday, August 24 at 9:38 p.m. In a strangely prophetic turn of events, the dollar-chasing baby who appeared on the iconic cover of Nirvanas 1991 album Nevermind is all grown up. “I was like, ‘What's up?’ And he’s like, ‘Well, I’m shooting kids all this week, why don’t you meet me at the Rose Bowl, throw your kid in the drink?’ And we just had a big party at the pool, and no one had any idea what was going on!” Spencer was reportedly sent a platinum copy of Nevermind and a teddy bear by Geffen Records in 1991.Įlden recreated the image multiple times over the years and had the word “Nevermind” tattooed on his chest, but in a 2016 interview with GQ Australia, Elden revealed that he had recently become unhappy about the Nevermind artwork. “ calls us up and was like, ‘Hey Rick, wanna make 200 bucks and throw your kid in the drink,’” Rick told NPR in 2008. Weddle was a friend of Elden’s father Rick, which is how young Spencer ended up on the album cover.
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