Nirvana and Kurt Cobain‘s property are being advised nevermind relating to the dismissal of a kid pornography lawsuit centered round a well-known album cowl … ‘trigger the lawsuit is again on.
The U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived the lawsuit Thursday, reversing a decrease court docket’s choice to toss the entire thing.
Keep in mind … Spencer Elden says he is the bare child pictured on the band’s “Nevermind” album cowl. In fact, he is all grown up now and in 2021 he filed suit against Nirvana and Cobain’s property over the duvet.
Spencer accused Nirvana of publishing youngster porn by using a nude photo of him on the album cowl method again in 1991 … when he was simply 4 months previous.
The swimsuit was dismissed in September 2022 … when a district choose in California dominated Spencer had waited too lengthy to sue Nirvana.
Now, the appeals court docket says the swimsuit can go ahead as a result of Nirvana republished the album cowl in 2021 when the band re-released “Nevermind” and held that every republication of the duvet could represent a brand new damage to Elden … clearing the way in which for Spencer to proceed his lawsuit in opposition to the Seattle grunge band.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how this all shakes out … keep tuned.
