“Despite the fact that Defendants knew or should have known that Plaintiffs were in danger of being sexually abused by their employees, including Lazeroff and the Unnamed Employee, the Defendant failed to take reasonable steps to protect them from that…
Interviewing and Deposing Survivors of Sexual Crimes Who Have Intellectual Disabilities
Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) are the most likely victims of sexual assault. To be effective advocates, attorneys must be properly trained to interview and depose this survivor population. Even before a sexual assault becomes a “case”, many reporting hurdles face these…
Amended ‘Nevermind’ Lawsuit Dredges Up Cobain Journal Entries, Says Baby Also Shot as Hugh Hefner
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. Elden, now 30, added…
30 years later, Nirvana should be held responsible for child pornography, exploitation
Nirvana’s ubiquitous “Nevermind” album cover features a naked baby as he floats underwater desperately grasping for money. It is on T-shirts worn by Instagram influencers, puzzles, posters and reissued CDs and records – like the one Nirvana plans to release this month. For many,…
Dave Grohl suggests Nirvana could alter controversial Nevermind cover
Dave Grohl has “many ideas” to change the cover artwork for Nirvana’s Nevermind album. The group’s second album, released in 1991, is an all-time classic, but courted controversy after Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued later…
Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Cover Pleads to Censor His Genitalia From 30th Anniversary Artwork
Spencer Elden, the naked swimming baby on Nirvana‘s iconic 1991 album Nevermind cover, is pleading with the band on the album’s 30th anniversary to have the artwork revealing his genitalia to be altered. While fans, next-gen artists and the landmark album’s producer Butch Vig are reflecting on…