But Elden’s lawsuit depicts Cobain as a crude and exploitative sex trafficker, instead of a grunge rocker looking to shock an audience.
Kurt Cobain played a critical role in conceptualizing the cover and demanded that Elden’s genitalia remain in the image. The suit also recounts the history of how the album cover concept came together. “The permanent harm he has proximately suffered includes but is not limited to extreme and permanent emotional distress with physical manifestations, interference with his normal development and educational progress, lifelong loss of income earning capacity, loss of past and future wages, past and future expenses for medical and psychological treatment, loss of enjoyment of life, and other losses to be described and proven at trial of this matter,” the lawsuit claims. Accordingly, the lawsuit alleges that Elden “was forced to engage in commercial sexual acts while under the age of 18 years old.” That sounded like a friendly deal, though the young Elden obviously didn’t consent to the photoshoot. He was later rewarded with a platinum version of the album by Geffen Records and a place in musical history. Elden was actually the son of Weddle’s friend, Rick Elden.īack in 1991, Rick agreed to feature his son on the cover for a modest $200 sum. Nevermind has sold more than 10 million albums in the United States alone. Elden is seeking damages of “all profits and unjust enrichment” from the album.
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