Nick St. Clair

Nicholas "Nick" St. Clair is a recurring character on Riverdale. He is portrayed by Graham Phillips.

Nick is a devious, trouble-making bad boy from Veronica's past, who comes to Riverdale looking to win her back.

Character description
"Nick is an old classmate of Veronica's from New York, and despite his parent-pleasing veneer, he is a wolf in sheep's clothing: a hard-partying Lothario with dark desires and an unchecked sense of privilege. His arrival in Riverdale will threaten Archie’s relationship with Veronica, and may even put some of our characters at risk."

Early Life
Nick was old friends back in New York City with Veronica, they use to party together and go clubbing together, and possibly did drugs even. It appears that they were really close friends before Veronica left. At some point, after Veronica left New York for Riverdale, Nick was admitted into rehab, dealing with some issues that he was going through.

Season 2
He and his family arrived in Riverdale, and Veronica was instructed by her father to charm him. He soon met Archie and makes him uncomfortable with his subtle advances towards Veronica.

Upon meeting Cheryl and the Pussycats, he decided to throw a party in his hotel room. At the party, he peer pressures everyone to take Jingle Jangle. However, the party seemingly ends after Betty destroys her friendship with Veronica for the Black Hood. After the party disbanded, he attempted to seduce Veronica and almost forces himself on her. However, she slapped him, shoved him backward and leaves.

At the SoDale Gala Opening, he arrived with his parents and an apology for Veronica, saying that he has been in and out of rehab over the past few months and wanted a second chance. However, his "pure intentions" didn't last long, as he put a date rape drug into Cheryl's champagne after approaching her. Later on in the night, Cheryl began to suffer the effects of the drug, and he pretended to help her away from the party. However, he took her back to his hotel room instead. Veronica, suspicious, followed him with the Pussycats in tow and rescued Cheryl before he can rape her. Consequently, he was beaten unconscious by Veronica and the Pussycats.

Later that night, the Black Hood forced Betty to offer up a name for him to kill or else he would kill her pregnant sister. Betty was frantic and then gave him Nick's name and address, leaving Nick's fate unknown.

Physical Appearance
Nick is a handsome young man with tousled brown hair, brown eyes, and a lean athletic build. He is normally seen wearing expensive clothing.

Personality
Nick is described by Betty as a trashy friend of Veronica's past, as he has zero respect or boundaries for anyone. Even though he knew Veronica was with Archie, he chose to make some inappropriate comments about her in front of Archie, trying to provoke him. He also has no respect for women, as he forced himself on Veronica, and later drugged Cheryl, trying to rape her while she was unconscious. Nick is a rich, arrogant and disdainful boy whose interests range from hard-partying to violence without respect for any of his peers, who are used as a means for Nick's own entertainment. His reckless behavior has led to various rehabs.

Trivia

 * Over the last three months, prior to visiting Riverdale, he has been in and out of rehab.
 * Veronica believes that he has drugged and raped other women, probably right under her nose, in New York as he had attempted to do to with Cheryl.
 * He is possibly the Black Hood's next target. This is attributed to the fact that Betty was forced to give him the name of someone guilty in order to spare her family from his wrath.