Spencer Elden, the now 30-year-old man who was photographed as a baby on the cover of Nirvana 1991 album “Nevermind” has filed a suit against the band and its record company.
Spencer alleges that the band violated federal criminal child exploitation laws and caused him to suffer lifelong damages. In his words, “his identity and legal name are forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor which has been distributed and sold worldwide from the time he was a baby to the present day.”
According to the complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday, 24 August 2021, the defendants, which include the former members of the grunge-rock trio, various record companies, art directors and others, “knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child p_____y depicting Spencer, and they knowingly received value in exchange for doing so… Despite this knowledge, defendants failed to take reasonable steps to protect Spencer and prevent his widespread sexual exploitation and image trafficking.”
Elden’s lawyers also alleged that his parents weren’t compensated for using their four-month-old baby’s photo.
In 2008, Rick Elden, Spencer’s father, told NPR in an interview that his friend Weddle reportedly called him up and asked if he wanted to make 200 bucks.
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“He calls us up and was like, ‘Hey Rick, wanna make 200 bucks and throw your kid in the drink?’
