Child-Porn Claim From Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ Image Revived by Court

Nirvana shouldn’t have so easily escaped a child pornography lawsuit as time-barred because republication of the “Nevermind” album cover represented a new offense within the law’s statute of limitations, the Ninth Circuit said.

Spencer Elden, who was four months old when the cover photo of him floating naked underwater in a swimming pool was taken, correctly claimed a 2021 re-release of the grunge band’s hit album Nevermind could constitute a new violation, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said, reversing a federal district court’s dismissal of Elden’s suit. A 2006 law allows for action within 10 years ...