A judge granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit made by Spencer Elden, the man who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album.
LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a 4-month-old on the 1991 cover of Nirvana's"Nevermind" album is child pornography.from the defendants, who include surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic and the estate of Kurt Cobain, but left the door open for plaintiff Spencer Elden to refile an amended version.
The lawsuit, filed in August in federal court in California, said that Elden had suffered"lifelong damages" as the band and others profited from the ubiquitous image of him naked underwater appearing to swim after a dollar bill on a fish hook.The motion to dismiss filed Dec.
One of Elden's attorney's, Maggie Mabie, told The Associated Press in August that he filed the lawsuit when he did because he"finally has the courage to hold these actors accountable." The suit sought at least $150,000 from each of more than a dozen defendants, including the record labels involved in the release and re-release of"Nevermind," and cover photographer Kirk Weddle.
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