The rock album's cover features Elden, then an infant, swimming underwater while undressed, his eyes fixated on a one dollar bill. Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind," has claimed the record's iconic artwork is child pornography and is suing the band over alleged "child sexual exploitation." In 2016, Elden said in another statement, “Recently I’ve been thinking, ‘What if I wasn’t OK with my freaking penis being shown to everybody?’ I didn’t really have a choice.”ĭespite all the controversy regarding the issue, no public response has been forthcoming by the defendants as yet.Spencer Elden, who appeared as the naked baby on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album cover, is suing the band over alleged "child sexual exploitation." His attorney explains the claims. "It’s always been a positive thing and opened doors for me," said Elden in 2015 "I feel like the world’s biggest porn star.” Spencer Elden “ It is kind of creepy that many people have seen me naked.” Elden said in a 2007 interview with the Sunday Times. In fact, his opinions are so disparate that many people don't believe what he is claiming nowadays. Spencer Elden have manifested his thoughts on the cover way before the unexpected lawsuit was filled thirty years after. But it’s always the record labels that make the money,” said photographer Kirk Weddle, who took the shot for the cover thirty years ago. He feels that everybody made money off it and he didn’t. I used to think, ‘man, when that kid is 16 he’s gonna hate my guts!’ He doesn’t, but he’s conflicted about the picture. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of “commercial child sexual exploitation from while he was a minor to the present day … defendants knowingly produced, possessed and advertised commercial child pornography depicting Spencer” making him resemble “a sex worker – grabbing for a dollar bill”. “ This is an issue of consent – something that our client never had the opportunity to give,”Elden’s lawyer Marsh Law said. Information that contrasts with the $250 Elden would have been paid according to what was previously reported. The Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ baby is still chasing that dollar /n4xuOfESKf- Forbes AugElden seeks compensation for "lifelong damages"Īccording to the lawsuit, Elden is seeking $150,000 compensation f rom each of the fifteen people sued (in addition to the costs) for the damages “he has suffered from the 1991 cover over the years and is going to carry on suffering for the rest of his life, including “extreme and permanent emotional distress with physical manifestations, plus loss of education, wages, and “enjoyment of life”.Įlden also claims he was never paid for the shoot and her parents never signed a release form for the image.
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