The male model and one-time boy-toy of Calvin Klein only cared about how his hair looked as he left Manhattan court Friday where he was facing charges for allegedly beating someone with a frying pan, breaking into an apartment and stealing drugs.
Nicholas “Nick” Gruber — who dated the much older fashion mogul in 2010 for two years in Klein’s first public gay relationship — replied “How does my hair look?” after a Post photographer jokingly asked if he was ready for a closeup.
Gruber was arrested on March 11 for two crimes inside an East 76th Street building. He had previously charged in 2012 for punching a 20-year-old man after a night of partying.
This time, prosecutors say Gruber, 29, and co-defendant Brandon Steele repeatedly hit an unnamed person with a frying pan on Sept. 3, 2018 and then refused to let the victim leave the apartment despite his pleas to get out.
The beating broke several bones in his back, nearly severed his ear and may adversely affect his vision, the complaint states.
Gruber was charged with second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment for that incident and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted on the top count.
On March 5 of this year, prosecutors say in a separate complaint that he broke into an apartment in the same building and stole a bag of methamphetamine along with a newly delivered package of clothing.
Gruber claimed he never broke in, as he was subletting it from another woman, but the superintendent of the building told police he didn’t live there, according to the complaint.
Gruber is charged with criminal possession of stolen property, drugs possession and trespassing for the second incident and he faces up to a year in jail if convicted on the top count.
Back in April 2012, Gruber was accused of bringing a guy home with him to his Greenwich Street apartment after a night of partying and then punching the man. Cops at the time also found cocaine inside Gruber’s pants. He served 20 days community service for that offense.
He pleaded guilty to drug charges in August 2012 for that case and eventually landed himself at a posh Arizona rehab.
Gruber was slated to write a tell-all book about his relationship with Klein but later changed his mind.
He is out on $5,000 bail and is due back in court on April 4.
Gruber declined to comment about his cases.