![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In December, Nirvana’s estate hit back at Elden’s initial claims and argued that the image isn’t child pornography.Īlso stating that the statute of limitations for the lawsuit expired more than 10 years ago, the estate wrote: “Elden has spent three decades profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed ‘Nirvana Baby’.” The cover stars of famous albums: Unlike the previous versions of the lawsuit, it states that the Estate of Kurt Cobain ‘has a net worth of approximately $450 million or more with annual revenues estimated at $4 million per year from Nirvana album sales.’Īnother claim reads: ‘One song on the Nevermind album called ‘Polly’ rhapsodizes about the sexual exploitation of a child, particularly the child’s abduction and rape, revealing that the sexual exploitation of children was within the express mindset of Nirvana and its members during the time period when the album cover was created.’ It says the defendants ‘intentionally commercially marketed the child pornography depicting Spencer and leveraged the lascivious nature of his image to promote the Nevermind album, the band, and Nirvana’s music, while earning, at a minimum, tens of millions of dollars in the aggregate.’Įlsewhere, the lawsuit states: ‘During the ten years preceding the filing of this action, each Defendant knowingly possessed, transported, reproduced, advertised, promoted, presented, distributed, provided, and/or obtained child pornography depicting Spencer, who had not attained the age of 18 years when this image was printed on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album.’Ĭlaiming evidence of this, Elden’s representatives write: ‘In September 2021, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind album’s release, the Defendants rereleased the Nevermind album which continues to feature a lascivious exhibition of Spencer’s genitals on the cover.’ ![]()
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