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‘Nirvana Baby’ Spencer Elden’s ‘Nevermind’ Suit Dismissed Again: ‘The Album Cover Is Not Child Pornography’

Dylan Smith
October 1, 2025
After over four years of litigation – and 34 years following the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind – a federal judge has again dismissed the child pornography complaint filed by Spencer Elden, who appeared on th... Read More...
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Is Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Cover Child Pornography? The US Court of Appeals Just Revived the Case

Ashley King
December 21, 2023
Despite a lower court ruling that the statute of limitations had passed on Spencer Elden’s child pornography lawsuit against Nirvana, a federal appeals court revives the case. On Thursday, December 21, the U... Read More...
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‘Nirvana Baby’ Spencer Elden Is Now Appealing the ‘Nevermind’ Child-Pornography Lawsuit Dismissal

Dylan Smith
December 6, 2022
Three months ago, reports indicated that Spencer Elden, who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind as a baby, had moved to appeal the dismissal of his child-pornography lawsuit against the band. Now, th... Read More...
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Spencer Elden Is Officially Appealing the ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit Dismissal

Dylan Smith
September 6, 2022
“Never mind” the recent reports that a federal judge had once again dismissed the child pornography lawsuit filed against Nirvana by Spencer Elden, the now-adult individual who appeared on the cover of Neverm... Read More...
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Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit Dismissed — This Time With Prejudice

Dylan Smith
September 5, 2022
The much-publicized child-pornography lawsuit filed against Nirvana by Spencer Elden, the now-adult individual who appeared on the cover of Nevermind (1991) as a baby, has officially been dismissed with preju... Read More...
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Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit Refiled Just Before Deadline

Dylan Smith
January 13, 2022
Last week, a federal judge dismissed the Nevermind child-pornography lawsuit filed against Nirvana by Spencer Elden, who appeared on the album’s cover as a baby. Now, the 30-year-old plaintiff and his legal t... Read More...
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Federal Judge Dismisses ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit Against Nirvana

Dylan Smith
January 4, 2022
Late last month, Nirvana officially moved to dismiss the “facially ludicrous” child-pornography and sex-trafficking lawsuit filed by Spencer Elden, the 30-year-old man who appeared on the cover of Nevermind (... Read More...
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Nirvana Moves to Dismiss ‘Facially Ludicrous’ ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit

Dylan Smith
December 23, 2021
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Nirvana has officially moved to dismiss the child-pornography and sex-trafficking lawsuit that one Spencer Elden – the 30-year-old man who appeared on the cover of Nevermind as a baby – levied back in August.... Read More...
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Updated Nirvana Child Pornography Lawsuit Takes Aim at Kurt Cobain’s ‘Twisted Vision’ For the ‘Nevermind’ Cover

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November 22, 2021
Earlier this month, legal documents revealed that Spencer Elden – the individual who appeared on the cover of Nevermind (1991) as a baby – intended to file an amended child pornography complaint against Nirva... Read More...
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Universal Music Releases Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ 30th Anniversary Album Editions — With the Original Cover

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November 12, 2021
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Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Suit Delayed Until 2022 as Plaintiff Spencer Elden Regroups

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November 11, 2021
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Last week, the months-old lawsuit between Nirvana and Spencer Elden – the individual who appeared on the cover of Nevermind as a baby – took a strange twist with the entry of an alleged “intervenor defendant.... Read More...
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Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit Takes Strange Twist as ‘Intervenor Defendant’ Files Motion

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In late August, one Spencer Elden, the individual who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind (1991) as a baby, filed a shocking child pornography lawsuit against the surviving members of the band. Now, ... Read More...
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