Court revives lawsuit against Nirvana over 1991 Nevermind naked baby album cover

A lawyer for Nirvana members did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment on Thursday evening

Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic, from left, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain (Mark J Terrill/AP, File)

A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a child sexual exploitation lawsuit filed by the man who appeared naked as a four-month-old on the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind.

Spencer Elden’s lawsuit against the grunge rock group alleges that he has suffered “permanent harm” as the band and others profited from the image of him underwater in a swimming pool, appearing to grab for a dollar bill on a fish hook.