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Nirvana · 2022

Nirvana

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

Description

A US court dismissed a man's lawsuit against Nirvana over the iconic cover of the 1991 album Nevermind, which depicts him as a naked baby. Spencer Elden claimed that his photograph constituted child sexual abuse, but the judge ruled that he had brought the claim too late.

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