"Today, like each year on this date, our client Spencer Elden has had to brace himself for renewed unwanted attention from the media and fans alike throughout the world," his attorneys wrote in a release obtained by USA TODAY.
Elden is requesting his genitalia be removed from "all future album covers" on the 30th anniversary of the project. Spencer Elden, who is now 30, filed a lawsuit against the band last month after claiming he has suffered "lifelong damages" from Nirvana knowingly producing "commercial child pornography" with the 1991 album cover. Now, the man who appeared on the cover as a child wants the cover art permanently changed. “A brief examination of the photograph, or Elden’s own conduct (not to mention the photograph’s presence in the homes of millions of Americans who, on Elden’s theory, are guilty of felony possession of child pornography), makes that clear.Nirvana released their second studio album three decades ago with an iconic cover, a naked baby in a pool being lured by a dollar bill. “Elden’s claim that the photograph on the ‘Nevermind’ album cover is ‘child pornography’ is, on its face, not serious,” they wrote. But they also denied that the picture, “one of the most famous photographs of all time,” was an example of child pornography. Elden’s lawsuit failed to meet the statute of limitations to file a complaint citing a violation of federal criminal child pornography statutes. In their motion to dismiss, the lawyers for Nirvana said that Mr. Their lawyers did not immediately respond to messages for comment on Tuesday.
Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, among other parties. The lawsuit was filed in August against the estate of Kurt Cobain the musician’s former bandmates, David Grohl and Krist Novoselic and Mr. “We feel confident that our amended complaint will survive an expected motion to dismiss,” Mr.
0 kommentar(er)
