Model and gay porn star, 29, who once dated Calvin Klein, 76, changes into a smart shirt in the court bathroom before taking a plea deal to avoid jail for ‘beating a man with a frying pan and breaking into a neighboring apartment to steal meth’
- Nicholas Gruber, 29, admitted to two counts of disorderly conduct Wednesday
- He changed into a pink shirt in the bathroom at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse
- Gruber was accused of attacking his victim, 33, with friend Brandon Steele
- The second count of disorderly conduct related to a separate incident in May
- He was accused of taking over a woman’s apartment and locking her out
- The hearing also resolved another incident on March 5 when he allegedly broke into an apartment and stole clothing along with a bag of methamphetamine
- Gruber dated Klein dated in 2010, the designer’s first public gay romance
Calvin Klein’s former toy boy took a plea deal Wednesday to avoid jail for allegedly beating a man with a frying pan and months later breaking into a neighboring apartment to steal meth.
Nicholas Gruber, 29, admitted to two counts of disorderly conduct after changing into a smart pink shirt in the bathroom at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
The model and former gay porn star, who dated Klein when he was 20 and Klein was 68, was accused of attacking his 33-year-old victim with friend Brandon Steele.
Matthew Carlos is said to have been punched and hit with a frying pan leaving him bleeding from his face and body during the incident in September last year.
Calvin Klein’s former toy boy took a plea deal Wednesday to avoid jail for allegedly beating a man with a frying pan and months later breaking into a neighboring apartment to steal meth
Nicholas Gruber, 29, admitted to two counts of disorderly conduct after changing into a smart pink shirt in the bathroom at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse
The model, who dated Klein when he was 20 and Klein was 68, was accused of attacking his 33-year-old victim with friend Brandon Steele. Klein and Gruber are pictured here in 2010
He is said to have suffered extensive injuries in the attack including a nearly-severed ear, a broken back and damage to his eye socket.
Gruber, who had been wearing a white t-shirt before his change, had been charged with second-degree assault and first-degree unlawful imprisonment.
The second count of disorderly conduct related to an incident in May where he was accused of taking over a woman’s apartment and locking her out, The New York Daily News reports.
The hearing also resolved another incident on March 5 at the same building on the Upper East Side.
Gruber allegedly broke into an apartment and stole a clothing delivery, along with a bag of meth.
Leaving the courthouse Gruber, who dated Klein dated for two years in 2010 in the designer’s first public gay romance, said: ‘I don’t want to talk to the press. They ruined my image. They said I was dealing drugs.’
Gruber dated Klein dated for two years in 2010 in the designer’s first public gay romance. The former couple are pictured here in 2010 in New York
Gruber and his friend Brandon Steele, right in 2010, were arrested in March for allegedly attacking a man in September 2018. The friends are pictured here in 2010
Gruber and Steele had known each other for years and had been pictured together at a David Barton Gym toy drive event in December 2010.
DEA agents also raided a hotel room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Midtown Manhattan at around 2am on April 5 where they allegedly found Gruber and three friends throwing a party complete with several bags of meth.
That case has since been dismissed over a suppression issue, The New York Post reports.
Four months after breaking up with Klein, Gruber was arrested after cops accused him of hiding cocaine in his underwear when they responded to a call that he assaulted a friend at the West Village apartment where he lived at the time.