Except weird lawsuits and the sad passing of Charlie Watts.”Įlden claims he has suffered “extreme and permanent emotional distress” due to the cover and is seeking “at minimum” $150,000 from each defendant. Love, however, did appear to respond in a cryptic Instagram post the next day, writing in a caption, “I don’t even hate the legal profession in LA county… I’ve got nothing much on my mind. Love and the other defendants did not return Rolling Stone’s requests for comment when Elden first filed his lawsuit Aug. The new paperwork still includes Courtney Love, the estate’s executor, as a defendant. Parry and Oseary were previously listed as managers of Cobain’s estate. In addition to Channing, the amended complaint no longer names Warner Music as a defendant, nor Heather Parry and Guy Oseary.

It repeats the assertion that Weddle intended to “trigger a visceral sexual response from the viewer” by activating “Spencer’s ‘gag reflex’ before throwing him underwater in poses highlighting and emphasizing Spencer’s exposed genitals.” Then without elaboration, it adds the line: “Weddle soon after produced photographs of Spencer dressed up and depicted as Hugh Hefner.” The new complaint, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, seeks to bolster Elden’s position that the photo of him at four months old, shot by photographer Kirk Weddle and used on the Seattle band’s seminal album, was intended to be sexual in nature. The new filing also drops former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing as a defendant in the case, and dredges up disturbing journal entries attributed to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. A new version of the lawsuit accusing Nirvana of child pornography claims the photographer hired to take the naked baby photo used on Nevermind’s cover also shot images of the same baby, Spencer Elden, styled to look like Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.Įlden, now 30, added the allegation to his amended complaint filed Monday.

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