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Spencer Elden, best known as the baby on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind has been unsuccessful in his attempts to sue the band on the grounds that the artwork constitutes child porn. Billboard reports that the case has been dismissed with judge Fernando M.

threw out his case Friday, on the grounds he waited too long to take legal action under Marsha’s Law. The 2005 legislation gives child pornography victims the right to sue those who produce, distribute or possess the material, but the statute of limitations expires after the victim turns 28.Elder was 30 when he filed the suit in 2021.His lawyers argued US District Judge Fernando Olguin’s ruling in Los Angeles was a misinterpretation of the law.“Most child pornography is traded well into the victim’s adulthood,” attorney Margaret Mabie told NPR.

Nirvana‘s second album ‘Nevermind’ (1991) constitutes child pornography has been dismissed by a US District Judge in Los Angeles.Spencer Elden, who appeared as a baby on the classic record’s front cover, had sought damages from the surviving members of the band (Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic) as well as the estate of Kurt Cobain, photographer Kirk Weddle, and numerous record labels.Elden, now 31-years-old, was four months old when he was photographed by Weddle for the artwork.The latest ruling will prevent Elden from filing a fourth lawsuit. Lawyers representing Nirvana have in turn claimed that the suit has come to a “final conclusion”, although Elden has said he will appeal.“In short, because it is undisputed that [Elden] did not file his complaint within ten years after he discovered a violation… the court concludes that his claim is untimely,” District Judge Fernando Olguin wrote (via Rolling Stone).“Because plaintiff had an opportunity to address the deficiencies in his complaint regarding the statute of limitations, the court is persuaded that it would be futile to afford plaintiff a fourth opportunity to file an amended complaint.”Bert Deixler, a lawyer for Nirvana, told Reuters: “We are pleased that this meritless case has been brought to a speedy final conclusion.”Stating that Elden “intends to appeal” the decision, his lawyer Margaret Mabie added: “Under this reading of the law, child pornography remedies vaporise once the victim in the contraband image turns 28 years old.

The man whose infant image graced the cover of Nirvana’s multimillion-selling Nevermind album has seen his lawsuit about that photo tossed by a Los Angeles judge.

had argued that the shot of him in the nude swimming towards a dollar bill on a fish hook amounted to child porn.US District Judge Fernando Olguin of Los Angeles said Elden had waited far too long to take legal action against the legendary grunge rockers in a suit that named several record labels, drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic, Cobain’s estate and photographer Kirk Weddle.Elden had filed three versions of the suit, and Olguin’s dismissal prevented him from filing a fourth.Elden alleged last year that the photo caused him “lifelong damage,” though he has the album title tattooed across his chest and recreated the famous picture in 2016 to pay homage to the seminal record on its 25th anniversary.In a 2003 interview with Rolling Stone, a 12-year-old Elden predicted he would probably “get some money from” his contribution to the album, which went triple diamond and revamped the face of popular rock music on the strength of the smash hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”Nirvana — a previously underground group on an independent label — paid Elden’s family $200 to dunk the 4-month old in a pool at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California before their major label debut made a splash.Elden got the gig because his father was friends with photographer.With Post wires

Chris Willman Music WriterAttorneys for the members of Nirvana have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in August by the man who was the “naked baby” on the cover of the 1991 “Nevermind” album, on the basis that the legal arguments that the image constitutes child pornography are decades too late as well as too silly.The motion was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court on behalf of defendants Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Courtney Love (executor of the Kirk Cobain estate), Kirk Weddle (the cover photographer), UMG Recordings and Nirvana LLC.

The man who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album as a baby has submitted an updated lawsuit against the band and their label, attempting to further his claim that the image of him swimming naked on that record’s artwork amounts to “commercial child pornography”.Submitted earlier this week, the amended lawsuit more sharply focusses on Kurt Cobain and photographer Kirk Weddle, further pushing the claim that both intended the image of the four month old baby to be sexual.At the centre of that is the allegation that Weddle aimed to “trigger a visceral sexual response from the viewer” by activating “Spencer’s ‘gag reflex’ before throwing him underwater in poses highlighting and emphasising Spencer’s exposed genitals”.“Weddle soon

Nirvana by Spencer Elden, which alleges the cover art of their iconic album ‘Nevermind’ amounted to “commercial child pornography”, alleges that cover subject Elden was also styled and photographed as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.Lawyer Robert Lewis, representing the now 30-year-old Elden, filed the amended suit on Monday (November 22), which was obtained by Digital Music News.

A few weeks back, Dave Elden launched a lawsuit against Nirvana over the cover of the band’s 1991 album Nevermind, which featured Elden, now 30, swimming naked in a pool when he was just 4 months old.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterDave Grohl shared his thoughts on a lawsuit raised by the man who appeared on Nirvana's Nevermind album cover when he was a baby – and suggests we could see new artwork.

More than a month after Spencer Elden - the man who posed on Nirvana's iconic Nevermind album cover as a baby - sued the group for child pornography, Dave Grohl has finally responded.The 52-year-old musician, who was the drummer for Nirvana for the album, was named as one of the defendants in the suit, along with the estate of late frontman Kurt Cobain, and Krist Novoselic, along withphotographer Kirk Weddle, Universal Music, Geffen Records, Warner Records and MCA Music.Grohl was speaking with The Sunday Times, when he revealed that they are planning on tweaking the album cover for the upcoming 30th anniversary re-release.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterNevermind – but Nirvana is being sued by the man pictured naked as a baby from the front of the famous album cover.Spencer Elden – who is depicted in a swimming pool, grasping for a dollar bill – claims the image is child exploitation and his parents never signed a release so the snap could be used.The shot was created by underwater photo specialist Kirk Weddle who set up a studio in the pool in Los Angeles.Spencer was passed in front of the camera by an assistant who blew a puff of air in his face to wrinkle his nose.The fishhook and dollar bill was later slipped into the photo at frontman Kurt Cobain’s direction.But what are the secrets of other famous album

The child star of Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind artwork is suing the band for child sexual exploitation. Spencer Elden filed legal action against the band, Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, and multiple record labels, in a Californian district court on Monday, per TMZ.

Nirvana’s surviving members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, and the estate of Kurt Cobain, have been sued by Spencer Elden, who as a baby appeared on the cover of their iconic 1991 album ‘Nevermind’.As TMZ reports and according to legal documents uploaded by Pitchfork, Elden has sued the above parties as well as ‘Nevermind’ album artwork photographer Kirk Weddle and designer Robert Fisher; the labels responsible for the album’s release, including Universal Music and Geffen Records; and Nirvana’s drummer from 1988 to 1990, Chad Channing.Filed August 24, the lawsuit claims that the defendants have “violated” federal child pornography statutes and that Elden sustained “injuries” and “lifelong damages” as a result of the defendants’ “commercial