Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The man who was photographed as a baby on the cover of Nirvana’s classic album Nevermind has failed in his attempts to sue the band for distributing child pornography. A four-month-old Spencer Elden was pictured swimming naked underwater on the 1991 LP’s famous cover. He sued the rock band and photographer Kirk Weddle, but a judge has ruled that ‘neither the pose, focal point, setting, nor overall context suggest the album cover features sexually explicit conduct.’ A lawyer for Nirvana said: ‘We are delighted the court has ended this meritless case and freed our creative clients of the stigma of false allegations.’ Mr Elden originally filed a lawsuit in 2021, arguing that his identity and name were ‘forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor which has been distributed and sold worldwide.'” (10/02/25)