Melody Thomas Scott (February 1979 to Present)
Nicknames
Nikki
Lifeline
Nikki celebrated her 5th birthday in 1965 according to a video of the event
Nikki was 17 when first shown in 1978
Occupation
CoCEO of Jabot Cosmetics with David Chow
Former owner of NVP Retreats
Jabot Cosmetics Board Member and Executive
Former consultant and MC at Marilyn's Cabaret and Strip Club
Talented pianist
Accomplished horseback rider
Former stripper at The Bayou
Former "Model" for La Plus Belle Rose which turned out to be a call girl operation
Resides At
With David Chow in a suite at the Genoa City Athletic Club
Marital Status
Married to David Chow (married May 14, 2008)
Past Marriages
Greg Foster (divorced)
Kevin Bancroft (divorced)
Tony DiSalvo (deceased)
Victor Newman (divorced first time, married in 1984)
Jack Abbott (divorced)
Dr. Joshua Landers (invalid; deceased)
Victor Newman (invalid deathbed wedding)
Victor Newman (divorced 2nd time Jan 21st; 2008, married Sep 5th, 2002)
Relatives
Nick Reed (father; deceased)
Unknown name Reed (mother; deceased)
Dr. Casey Reed (sister)
Cassidy Newman (deceased granddaughter; via adoption)
Noah Christian Newman (grandson, son of Nick with Sharon)
Summer Ann Newman (granddaughter, daughter of Nick with Phyllis)
Eve Howard (granddaughter; deceased child of Victoria)
Reed Newman Hellstrom (grandson, son of Victoria with JT)
Children
Victoria Nicole Newman (daughter; with Victor)
Nicholas Christian Newman (son; with Victor)
Unnamed Child (miscarriage; with Jack)
Johh Abbott III (son deceased shortly after birth; with Jack)
Flings & Affairs
Paul Williams
Dr. Scott Adams
Edward (the psycho)
Andy Richards
Jerry Cashman
Rick Daros
Dr. Jim Grainger
Jed Sanders
Cole Howard
Brad Carlton
Maxwell Hollister
David Chow
Crimes Committed
Killed her father, Nick Reed, by hitting him over the head with a lamp while fending off rape - aquitted.
Accidentally killed her best friend Joshua Cassen as a child, playing with her father's gun.
Brief Character History
Nikki Reed was a wild teenager living with her mother and sister Casey. Both were quite promiscuous, and Paul Williams ended up giving Nikki a venereal disease. Nevertheless, Nikki and Paul have remained close friends through the years.
The love of Nikki's life will always be Victor Newman, to whom she was introduced by his pal Douglas Austin, when she was a stripper barely out of her teens at the Bayou. Victor fell for her, took her home and transformed her into a classy young lady with lessons and lavish gifts of clothing and jewelry. Nikki spent her days at the piano, her evenings being entertained and taught by Victor, and her nights yearning for him. Though Victor proclaimed no romantic feelings for her, he finally succumbed to her charm, and they spent one night together. Adamant that this was a mistake, Victor found a beau for her in wealthy young Kevin Bancroft. Victor began seeing Lorie Brooks. Nikki married Kevin, and shortly afterward discovered she was pregnant with Victor's child. Nikki named her baby girl Victoria Nicole after Kevin's grandmother. Pressured by Kevin's mother Allison, Nikki escaped by resuming stripping at the Bayou, Kevin found out and filed for divorce. Kevin's mother Alison faked a porn film of Nikki to get custody of Victoria and disappeared with the child. Rick Daros discovered and informed Alison and Victor of Victoria's true paternity, and found and returned Victoria to Nikki. Then a mobster named Tony DiSalvo showed up with a copy of the porn tape, "Hot Hips." Nikki seduced and married Tony to get it back, but he was killed by Paul Williams and Andy Richards who were investigating him. Rick was in love with Nikki, but and once they began living together Victor had him investigated and discovered he had murdered his wife Melissa. Rick talked Nikki into accompanying him on a trip to the island of St. Croix, but she was rescued once again by Victor, Paul and Andy. Victor sustained a wound in the groin from a spear gun which left him impotent.
Nikki and Victor finally admitted their love and married. Eve Howard escaped the mental institution and interrupted the wedding, but she was captured and it proceeded. Not long afterward, as a gift for Victor who was still haunted by his past, Nikki had Paul research and arrange a reunion between Victor and his mother Cora and brother Matt, but records showed that his father Albert had died. Once Victor learned the circumstances of his abandonment, he forgave his mother, who died from a terminal illness shortly afterward, and Victor put Matt in charge of one of his companies in Brazil.
When Ashley Abbott discovered that her real father was golf pro Brent Davis, she hitchhiked her way out of town with a truck driver. Calling herself Annie while waitressing at a truck stop, Ashley was recognized and John Abbott was called demanding a ransom for her whereabouts. John contacted Victor who tracked her down and brought her to the Newman ranch to recuperate from the trauma. Ashley moved from the ranch when she found her and Victor being drawn to each other. Nikki discovered it and retaliated by having an affair with Jack Abbott. Then deciding to fight for Victor instead, she tried to pair Ashley with Victor's brother Matt Miller. But it was too late. Nikki and Victor had separated, and Ashley and Victor were in love. Then Victor learned that Nikki had an incurable disease, and returned to Nikki to try to make her remaining days happy. Ashley discovered she was pregnant, then found out about the reconciliation. Although Matt volunteered to marry her, Ash decided the only solution was abortion. Meanwhile Victor found out Nikki was in remission, yet still faking her disease, so filed for divorce, intending to return to Ashley. Finding out about the abortion, he berated Ash and caused another nervous breakdown. Ashley found herself without her memory again in a New York City mental institution.
Victor's nemesis, Jack Abbott, arranged for Leanna Randolph to write a sensational tell-all biography of Victor under the pseudonym of Nora Randall called "Ruthless: The Victor Newman Story." Ironically, Victor also hired her to write an authorized biography of his life. Without Jack's knowledge, Leanna added an extra chapter to "Ruthless" that exposed Ashley and Victor's affair, including Ashley's abortion. Nikki, who was pregnant with Victor's baby, hoped that they would eventually resume their marriage. But when "Ruthless" hit the bookstores, Victor assumed that Nikki was responsible and quickly divorced her. In a surprise move, Victor married Leanna Randolph. Because Leanna felt guilty about the expose novel, and really had come to care for Victor, she wrote another book called "Victor Newman - Man & Myth" under her real name. Meanwhile, Victor devised an ingenious way to punish Jack for his role in the publication of Leanna's tawdry book about Newman's life. Victor orchestrated a takeover of Jabot, displaced Jack and made Brad Carlton his superior.
A year later, Jack, knowing that Victor was about to propose to Nikki, decided to get revenge by marrying Nikki himself. Victor offered to return Jabot to the Abbotts if Jack would divorce her. Although Jack had fallen deeply in love with Nikki, he reluctantly agreed out of loyalty to his father, John. But a crafty Victor took advantage of a carefully worded loophole in the contract that voided the deal. Time went by and Nikki became pregnant with Jack's baby, but she fell from a horse, miscarried and injured her back. Nikki ended up addicted to pain killers with alcohol chasers. While Victor was embroiled in saving Nikki from herself, Jack and Brad schemed to take over Newman Enterprises. Victor bugged Jack's office, discovered the plot, and collapsed during a fierce confrontation with Jack. Jack smirked and walked out leaving Victor dying on the floor of his office. But Jack's conscience prevailed, he called 911, and Victor was rescued. After Jack discovered Nikki proclaiming her undying love at Victor's bedside, he moved out of the ranch. Not long afterward, Victor and Ashley divorced when she got fed up with his preoccupation with Nikki. Before Nikki and Victor could reunite, she discovered she was pregnant again with Jack's baby. Nikki and Jack reconciled, but months later while Victor and Nikki were engaged in a heated confrontation, Nikki accidentally fell down the steps and miscarried. Jack was grief-stricken. Realizing that Nikki was still confused about who she loved, Jack moved out. When Jack discovered that an argument between Nikki and Victor had led to Nikki's fall down the stairs, he held Victor responsible, and left Nikki again for keeping it from him. It was clear Nikki would never love anyone the way she loved Victor. After Victor was blasted by Nikki, Ashley and teenaged Victoria, all resenting the control he tried to exert in their lives, he left town.
During Victor's trip, he was robbed of his wallet, jewelry, and car. After his car was found with a body inside burned beyond recognition, word reached Genoa City that Victor was dead. A power struggle for control of Newman Enterprises quickly erupted between Jack, Brad and Ashley, while Nikki and Victoria were grieving over Victor's death. Jack gained control of Newman Enterprises, regained CEO of Jabot and made Brad head of Newman. When Victor heard the news, he returned to Genoa City from Kansas where he was falling in love with the blind Hope Adams. He learned from his pal, Douglas, that everyone thought he was dead. After overhearing a conversation between Nikki and his children, Victor mistakenly believed that no one missed him, asked Douglas not to reveal the truth, and headed back to Kansas. But he eventually returned with Hope, and married her. They had a son, Victor Jr., but Hope eventually returned to Kansas and they divorced.
Years later Victor and Nikki were shocked to learn that Victoria and Cole Howard had eloped to Vegas. Upon their return, Victor revealed that Eve had always claimed Cole was his son. While going through the deceased Eve's belongings, Victor discovered a letter from another man, which cast doubt on Cole's paternity. Victor immediately arranged to have blood tests run on Cole, the other man, and Eve's corpse which proved Cole was not his, and that Victoria and Cole could remain married.
Nikki, tired of waiting for Victor to resume their romance, accepted Brad Carlton's marriage proposal. Victor was shocked when he learned that Brad was the mystery man in Nikki's life. To retaliate, he bypassed Brad for a promotion at Newman Enterprises and awarded the new position to Neil Winters. One day Victor received a FAX meant for Jack from his son Keemo, urging Jack to be leery of his new girlfriend Mari Jo Mason, then confronted Mari Jo about it. On Brad and Nikki's wedding day, Victor was shot by an unseen assailant. When Nikki learned of the shooting, she fled her wedding to be by Victor's side at the hospital. As Victor recovered from his gunshot wound, the police zeroed in on several suspects, including Brad and Jill. Brad urged Nikki to marry him and immediately leave for their honeymoon, but Nikki wanted to keep herself available for Victor. Upset, Brad broke off his relationship with Nikki and left town. When the police discovered that the gun used to shoot Victor belonged to Jill, she was arrested. Further investigation cleared Jill, and she was released. Victor's near-death experience prompted him to reevaluate his life. He left Genoa City for several weeks and visited Hope on her farm in Kansas, where she was now married to Cliff. Victor enjoyed spending time with his son Victor Jr., but Cliff made it clear that the boy thought Cliff was his father. Victor returned to Genoa City and began spending time with Nikki, who assumed that they were finally about to reconcile. When Victor received word that Cliff had been struck by a drunk driver, he quickly returned to Kansas to lend Hope support. Hope was grief-stricken when Cliff died. Nikki misunderstood Victor's reasons for leaving her, and she resolved to break off with him.
Nikki became involved with her gynecologist, Dr. Joshua Landers, who said that he was a widower. When Josh proposed marriage, Nikki impulsively accepted and they eloped to Las Vegas. Victor tried to stop the marriage, but arriving too late, he decided not to tell Nikki that he was still in love with her. Nikki only married Joshua Landers because Victor did not get there in time to stop her. Josh's presumed-dead wife Veronica, in disguise as their maid Sarah, killed Josh when he rejected the revelation of her existence. She also pumped 4 bullets into Nikki and fled. Victor got a temporary quickie divorce from his new wife Diane to marry Nikki on her deathbed. But Nikki fooled them all and lived. Victor decided to stay with his true love Nikki. Due to his divorce from Diane being declared illegal, the second marriage to Nikki was voided. Another divorce was gotten, and a wedding was being planned. But Nikki's insecurities about their relationship kept that from ever happening when she requested another baby by Victor. Victor rebuffed the idea, so she had an affair with Brad Carlton. Victor returned from an affair with Romana Caceres in Arizona, discovered that Nikki had slept with Brad while he was gone, and broke it off with her. Victor moved back to the ranch during a family crisis when their grand daughter Cassie was thought to have an active TB infection, and he and Nikki began an affair again.
Nikki decided to become a new independent woman, so when Jabot needed to be bailed out, Nikki offered $35 million in exchange for a Board seat. Victor and Nikki's new relationship collapsed once he discovered Nikki was the one who bailed out his arch enemies at Jabot. Nikki became quite the career woman at Jabot when she traveled to Brazil and came back with the patent for an anti-aging cream which made inroads for her at Jabot.
During his marriage to Diane, Victor had a vasectomy behind her back, but made a deposit at a sperm bank prior. After their divorce Diane found out about the deposit, and decided to steal it to become pregnant with the baby he had deprived her. Diane was artificially inseminated supposedly by Victor's stolen sperm. After the baby's birth, Victor insisted on DNA tests which showed baby Christian Victor Newman was not his child after all. Soon afterward, Diane left town with her baby. It was later disclosed that Nikki, with the help of Jack, had employed a detective to get into Robertson Labs and switch the sperm samples. Her attempt to help Victor resulted in Jack being the father when the man grabbed Jack's deposit as the nearest sample to replace Victor's.
Nikki and Victor were able to get back on friendly, even romantic terms again. He even bought an engagement ring, but was hesitant to take the big step again. But after a quest that took him all over the country visiting all his old flames, trying to figure out what he keeps doing wrong, he finally popped the question to Nikki once again. They were re-married in September 2002 with a lavish ceremony and reception at The Colonnade Room, sight of their first wedding. As always, a crisis hit the Newman Ranch with the split of Nick and Sharon after she had a one night stand with stable hand Diego. Nikki was continually berating Sharon for her foolishness and siding with Nick, Victor was comforting Sharon and begging Nick to buck up and put it behind him, and Victoria left home with Diego, furious with her father for trying to buy him off.
After much soul-searching Nick decided to give his marriage another chance. Bringing flowers and a present for Sharon, he paused at the window of their home to see Sharon kissing his father Victor. Furious, Nick called off any idea of reconciliation. When confronted, Victor took the blame, although the mixed up Sharon was once again coming on to any man who was nice to her. Sharon decided her life was a mess and left town. Cassie felt betrayed and angry with her parents after Nick brushed her off, being more interested in berating Victor than comforting his daughter. She wandered off and fell through the ice on the Ranch pond. Nick finally realized she was missing a long time later, jumped into the pond and rescued Cassie. She was Care-flighted to the hospital and was in a coma for days. Meanwhile in the waiting room, Victor confessed to Nikki that he was caught by Nick kissing Sharon. Slap! "How COULD you?" Cassie eventually recovered. Sharon returned home with a new resolve to not be trod on by any Newman again. Nick eventually made up with Sharon.
Several months later, the Cosmetic Wars began, and tensions were high as nearly everyone's mate was the enemy. Victor was CEO of Newman and wife Nikki worked for Jabot. Jack was CEO of Jabot and wife Phyllis worked for Newman. Neil worked for Newman and then-fiancé Dru worked for Jabot. Not to mention Victoria and Nick whose parents were on opposite sides. Plus Victoria was resentful that Victor passed her over and mentored Nick to take over Newman one day, even though Nick was unable to forgive him for being too close with his wife Sharon. Newman Enterprises outbid Jabot to buy out Satine Cosmetics for Women of Color due to inside information that Dru let slip to Neil. Jabot decided to resurrect a similar shelved project of Ashley's called Tuvia to compete. Payback was had when Dru found out that Newman was trying to woo Satine creator, Damon Porter, as their chemist for the newly named Safra line. Dru stole him away to work for Jabot during Ashley's maternity leave. Jabot was still hurting financially, but saw Tuvia as their savior, depending on their reputation and fine product to put them back in the black. But Victor could not let Jabot win the war, so blackmailed Michael Baldwin into paying off large retailers to give them the prime shelf space normally held by Jabot.
With both product's rollout only a day away, Victor felt the need to find very pregnant Ashley where she was nesting at a resort just days away from delivery, to tell her not to worry - which of course made her worry all the more. The next day Safra was selling like hotcakes and finished a close second to Tuvia. The Abbotts were shocked, the Newmans jubilant. Nick smelled a rat. Ashley knew Victor pulled a fast one. She decided to drive to Genoa City to convince him to stop whatever he was doing to Jabot. Ashley's SUV was broad-sided just outside Genoa City, and Jack and Brad were on the scene as she was cut out of her SUV and rushed to the hospital battered and bruised. As Brad held the hand of the unconscious Ashley, the fetal heart monitor stopped. Ash was rushed into surgery, but the baby, named Robert after John's father, died. Nearly everyone blamed Victor Newman. John Abbott even went out to the ranch and punched Victor in the face. When Ash was told, she blamed herself - especially after Olivia delivered the news that Ash can have no more children. When Victor came to see Ash, she told him to go away! Brad went gunning for Victor to even the score. Meanwhile Ashley had another mental breakdown, as she happily showed people her newborn son which was nothing but a baby blanket, and refused to allow Brad to have a memorial service. Ashley got the help and medication she needed, and returned home.
Nick found out about Victor's dirty tricks, and turned him in to the Feds. Just afterward, Victor's brother Matt came to him with news that there father was still alive. After he'd abandoned his family when they were children, Albert had struck it rich and faked his death. But now Albert was really dying in a hospital in Toronto, and thought Victor should know. Victor was coerced into going, and insisted Nick accompany him. Albert turned out to be a nasty old man who still wanted nothing to do with his son. Victor let him know how he'd devastated him and haunted him his entire life, but that he'd become a success in spite of him, then left in tears.
Michael Baldwin and Victoria were falling for each other when Victor's illegal activities came out. She was so devastated and disappointed in her father, she left town. Victor felt Nick had betrayed him and disowned him. Nikki confronted Victor that his tricks had lost her $35 million investment in Jabot, but Victor claimed he did nothing wrong - this is how business is done. Unlike the rest of the Abbotts, Ashley let Victor know she was ashamed of him, but held no grudges. Victor was arrested and jailed the day before Christmas and refused bail. When Ashley found out, she visited him and convinced him to quit moping, accept bail and go home to his family for Christmas. Although Michael offered to take the rap, Victor insisted he make a deal with the DA's office to hopefully save his legal career. Nikki gave an impassioned speech at Victor's commercial bribery trial and Phyllis dealt the final blow to her marriage by also testifying on Victor's behalf. Phyllis asked Nick for her job back, but he turned her down. Victor was found guilty and in a last ditch attempt to keep from going to prison, offered Jack $75 million to settle. Jack laughed in his face as it was nowhere near what they lost. Victor was sentenced to do some major community service. After sentencing John and Ashley raked Jack over the coals for not consulting them about the settlement offer. They attempted to accept the settlement, but Victor pronounced the offer was now $20 million, and they declined. Victor later gave them an offer they couldn't refuse - the $75 million if they would fire Jack. Victor was told to come up with something spectacular for his Community Service project. He found a derelict former paint factory in a seedy part of town, and financed and supervised it's renovation into the Market Street Recreation Center with the help of neighborhood volunteers and young adult children of the Genoa City wealthy.
Ashley spent a few months nearly catatonic until they realized she snapped out of it whenever Victor's name was mentioned. So they got Victor to speak to her, and she eventually came out of it completely. Convinced it was caused by her untold secret, Ashley was determined to tell Victor the truth, that her daughter Abby is his child by stolen sperm sample. Nikki begged her to be the one to tell, but adorable little Abby beat everyone to it, telling Victor, "Momma says you are my daddy." Victor confronted Brad, Brad told him it was true, and Victor was livid with all involved. Victor wanted unsupervised visitation with Abby, Ashley wanted it too, but Brad was adamantly against it.
Nikki began having strange flashes of childhood memories upon visiting the Rec Center where her abusive father Nick used to work when it was a paint factory. The flashes escalated after the skeleton of a child was found when the Rec Center broke ground for a pool. With Paul's investigative help, Nikki recalled herself at 5 years old and her best friend Joshua Cassen fighting over her father's gun, the gun going off, and Joshua being shot. Apparently Nick Reed had buried the body behind the paint factory, and Nikki had blocked out the memory all these years until the skeleton was found. Nikki became obsessed with finding Joshua's younger brother Charles "Charlie" Robert Cassen, once Paul told her the family had moved away to Cleveland, never knowing what happened to their missing son. Nikki was at a loss, and Victor was too involved with Abby, so she decided to revisit more of her past, and return to The Bayou which was now Marcino's. Owner, Bobby Marcino, now free of the mob, decided to "go legit" by turning Marcino's Strip Club into Marilyn's Cabaret, headlined by singer Brittany A/K/A "Marilyn." Unfortunately he didn't have the cash to carry it off so is doing strip nights as well, and convinced Nikki to join him as a consultant and MC to give the place class. Victor didn't approve, but once Nikki told him about Joshua, he's been more understanding. One day Nikki told Bobby about this, not mentioning any names or the birthday party. Bobby said he understood, since his older brother never returned from a birthday party and disappeared when he was a child. Found: Charles Robert Cassen! Overcome with guilt, Nikki was hesitant to tell Bobby what really happened to his brother. Because she was stressing over it so, and Bobby was concerned about her behavior, Victor finally told Bobby the truth. Bobby had it out with Nikki, left town for awhile, but he returned, and Nikki showed him the home movie of Joshua from her 5th birthday party. Brittany was none too pleased with how this brought Nikki and Bobby together, and they moved out of the ranch into their own dingy apartment not long after she discovered she was pregnant.
Ashley, living in a dream world, suddenly announced to Brad that their marriage was over, because she wanted to be with her true love Victor. When Victor heard what she did, he confronted Ashley and made her realize that he was happily married to Nikki with no romantic interest in Ashley. Ashley and Brad separated, Ash moved home to the Abbott's, leaving Abby staying in the house with Brad. Victor was enjoying regular visitation with Abby until she fell from a horse on the ranch, and became rather afraid of him. Victor then shocked everyone with his sudden decision to finally turn Newman Enterprises over to his son Nick and the Rec Center to the neighborhood, and left town for another of his quests. Victor left town on another quest, leaving Nick in charge. A few weeks later Victor returned to find that Nick let the power go to his head, cancelled Neil's pet projects and refused Neil's advice, causing Neil to quit his job at Newman. Afraid his sister Victoria would return and demand her former position, Nick hired Drucilla Winters as Head of the Cosmetics Division, and Neil was rehired to mentor her. Not long afterward, Victoria was returned from Italy. Nick also hired his wife Sharon away from Jabot to be Spokesperson for the Newman Cosmetic Line. After their 14 year old daughter Cassie was killed in a tragic accident, Nick took a leave of absence, and Victor was put in charge at Newman once again. Jack offered Victoria the position of Jill's right hand at Jabot, and Victor the task of taking over the CEO position at Newman. Victoria accepted the position at Newman, and Nick took it amazingly well when he returned from tracking down Daniel Romalotti, the young man he held responsible for his daughter's death. Nick was too caught up in rage and vengeance to worry about Newman, intent on seeing Daniel PAY! He insisted on firing Phyllis, but after telling Nick off, she retorted, "You can't fire me. I quit." One of Victoria's first acts as CEO was to hire Brad Carlton. Despite their animosity, Victor approved. While Nick was still angry over his daughter Cassie's death, Brad made plans with Sharon for her return to Newman working with him on the Touch of Nature project, and later was named Spokesperson for the line. When Nick decided to return to Newman, Victor made him and Victoria Co-CEO's.
Nikki and Phyllis came up with an idea to create wellness spas under the Jabot umbrella, and took it to Jack who promptly shot it down as not feasible considering Jabot's instability. Phyllis and Jack had it out, and she quit her new job as Jabot Executive of Internet Affairs. So Nikki and Phyllis presented the idea to Victor instead, and he agreed to fund the project, joined the partnership, gave them an office in Newman Towers, and they called it NVP after Nikki, Victor and Phyllis. So Jack filed a lawsuit against them, which was the final split in his on-again/off-again relationship with Phyllis. Sharon signed on as Spokesperson for NVP. Not long afterward Victor became afflicted with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and was duped by Jack into selling him NVP, with a stipulation that Victor would have final say on all decisions.
Meanwhile, Nick and Phyllis Summers became attracted to each other, and began a steamy affair. Sharon found out, she and Nick separated, Sharon went to Brad for comfort, and they ended up having sex on a business trip to NYC. But after Daniel walked in finding his mother Phyllis and Nick half-naked on the couch, the couple decided to call off their affair. After Nick had a vision where Cassie showed him how he imagined life would be had she not died (including a new baby girl named Faith), Nick showed up at home, and Sharon took him back. Then Phyllis turned up pregnant, and broke it to Nick that it might also be Jack's. So Nick took a paternity test. When he received the test results he disappeared to think about his options. He returned a few days later, informed Phyllis that he was the father, but that he intended to stay with his family. Phyllis was disappointed, but insisted she could raise their child alone. Jack was disappointed since he'd hoped a baby would bring a reconciliation with Phyllis. Then Jack began an affair with Carmen Mesta. Nick told Sharon the pregnancy news. She decided she didn't want Nick to stay out of obligation, ran out of the office screaming divorce and ended up in the parking garage pounding the steering wheel of her SUV. Brad discovered her there, and his consoling turned to heavy making out. Sharon saw Nick watching them, but continued on with Brad. Nick decided to tell Victoria that he caught her husband making out with Sharon, but Brad beat him to the punch and confessed that they'd shared a kiss - but that his heart belonged to Victoria. Victoria seemed to accept that, but secretly consulted a lawyer about how to get Brad's Newman stock if the marriage should end. Nick and Sharon told Noah about the divorce and Nick left to move into the Newman Executive Suite at the Genoa City Athletic Club, but turned up at Phyllis' door instead, and they made love. The next morning Phyllis and Nick showed up at Newman together and told Victor and Nikki about the divorce and pregnancy. Nikki was appalled, but Victor congratulated them.
Victor's epilepsy was finally diagnosed, Nikki was informed, and he was given medication. But he liked the affects of the mini seizures that made him feel uncharacteristically mellow and caring, so he quit taking his medication. He shut off his cell phone and told the family he was going on a trip that landed him in Kansas at Hope's farm once again. Hope welcomed him, and informed him that his son was at soccer camp. Victor stayed on awhile, helping Hope out around the farm and feeling free, happy, and content like he was when they first met there many years ago. One day Hope came in to find Victor on the floor having a seizure, but being blind did not realize it. Victor came out of it in time to fool her that he had fallen, then left to continue his spiritual journey. Some time later Nikki called Hope, looking for Victor, and Hope informed her that Victor had gone to a monastery in India. Victor returned home and began having seizures that make him violent in short bursts caused by his medication he received in India. Rather than experiment with more medications, Victor underwent gamma knife radio surgery which seems to be controlling his epilepsy.
Phyllis overheard Sharon and Brad discussing their New York City affair and saw an opportunity for future use of the information. The controversial NVP spa project known as Clear Springs has everyone at Newman taking sides. Jack, Victor, Phyllis and Nick's position is that this large development would revitalize a dying town, and Nikki, Brad, and Victoria are opposed as it will wipe out historic structures in the town. Nikki and Neil ran for the vacant Newman board seat to boost their side's votes, and thanks to Phyllis's blackmail of Brad over his affair with Sharon, Victor's yes-man Neil won, so Victor thought they had the upper hand on Clear Springs.
The controversial NVP spa project known as Clear Springs had everyone at Newman taking sides. Jack, Victor, Phyllis and Nick's position is that this large development would revitalize a dying town, and Nikki, Brad, and Victoria were opposed as it would wipe out historic structures in the town. Nikki and Neil ran for the vacant Newman board seat to boost the votes for their side, and thanks to Phyllis's blackmail of Brad over his affair with Sharon, Victor's yes-man Neil won, so they appear to have the upper hand on Clear Springs, but Brad got Phyllis arrested for extortion.
As part of a plot to bring down Jack, Victor convinced Jack to run for the Wisconsin State Senate. Nikki was in on it, but in her anger at being passed over as a board member of Newman in favor of Neil, she decided to run against Jack. Victor was livid and reminded Nikki where she came from and where she would be if not for him! Meanwhile Jack continues to be visited by his conscience in the form of his dead father John, and appeared to be having second thoughts about the things he has done to control Victor during his epilepsy when he was vulnerable. Jack's campaign manager David Chow pulled a dirty trick by exposing Nikki's porn film 'Hot Hips' on the Internet to discredit her, so Jack fired him. Then Nikki hired him to pull the same sort of tricks on Jack. In what appeared to be a political move at the time, Jack and Sharon were married at the ranch with Noah as best man.
Victor and Sharon were scheduled to fly to Clear Springs, then Jack was going in Victor's place, but had to cancel. So Sharon and Nick ended taking the trip instead. On the return trip the Newman jet went down in Lake Michigan with no survivors. Sharon surprised everyone when she walked in on the Newmans and Jack just after they'd gotten the news. She was just as shocked to hear that her taking another flight had saved her life, and that Nick was missing and presumed dead. (It has since been suggested that the jet may have been sabotaged.) Noah and Nikki were devastated, but Nikki carried on with her State Senatorial campaign with the help of her campaign manager, David Chow. Victor abandoned them in their grief after Hope called, by taking off for Sri Lanka to search for their missing son Victor Jr. While Victor was away, David fell for Nikki, they got caught kissing by Phyllis and Sharon, and were exposed on videotape. Gloria got Kevin to monitor the security cameras at Jabot, which proved that Jack owned Jabot. So Jack quickly sold Jabot at a loss to Katherine Chancellor. In the end, Jack won the election and became State Senator, but later left in disgrace when his former step-other Gloria exposed him for falsifying his father's will that cut her out. Nick turned up lost in the woods, found by Internist Logan Anderson and brought back to GC and his family. But Nick lost his memory of the past two years of his life, including his marriage to Phyllis and their baby Summer. Remembering only his love for Sharon, Nick tried to win her back even though she was married to Jack, but Sharon though tempted, wasn't interested. Nick began seeing Phyllis, curious as to why he ever hooked up with this person he remembers not even liking very much. When Noah started acting out for Sharon, Nick agreed to move back in with Phyllis so Noah could come live with them. Nick did not regain his memory, but it didn't take long for him to fall in love with Phyllis all over again. Then Phyllis was tried, found guilty of extortion, and went to prison. But Michael got her off after serving only a few months.
Victor returned as arrogant and controlling as ever, still intent on somehow bringing Jack down. It wasn't until weeks later, and after he'd agreed to sell NVP to Nikki, that Victor discovered Jack had sold Jabot to Katherine, so he had lost his leverage over Jack. Livid with Jack, Kay, and Ji Min for outwitting him, Victor lit into Nikki for not warning him, telling her he only sold her NVP so she would have to sell her Jabot stock, then he could go after Jack, not to please her! Nikki had enough of his pompous behavior, moved out, and have divorced again. Nikki asked David Chow to work for her running NVP, and they became lovers. Meanwhile Ji Min Kim turned up dead in his room at the GC Athletic Club. Victor and Jack were prime suspects.
One day everyone in GC seemed to be at Clear Springs when its underground parking structure & casino collapsed, trapping several of them inside. Sharon, Jack, and Nick were there to scout for a photo shoot. Nick was knocked out, and Jack pinned by debris but Nick awoke and got him free. Sharon's leg was sprained, but they managed to find an opening in the rubble. Jack levered it open so that Nick and Sharon could escape, leaving him there still trapped. While waiting for rescue, Jack wrote a note to Sharon confessing how much he loved her. Meanwhile Amber crawled out of her crushed car and made her way to an elevator, finding Kay bruised and dirty inside, having been left there while her grandson Cane and JT crawled up the shaft for help. Also trapped were Adrian Korbel with a very pregnant Victoria, and Lauren and Noah trapped with Paul. Nikki and others stood vigil on the outside, waiting while rescuers cleared rubble and tried to get to the victims. Phyllis, still in prison, heard about it on TV, got no answer on Nick's cell, and got the news when she called Victor. Sharon and Nick walked out of the rubble, asking rescuers to go back for Jack. They said it was too dangerous, that methane was escaping and about to blow up, so our hero Victor, went in and rescued his worst enemy. Cane and JT made it out, but Cane fooled them into believing he'd had rescue training in Australia, and went back to rescue Kay and Amber. Sharon and Nick were relieved when Noah came out on a stretcher. Then the dead body of the construction foreman was removed. The reason Cane and Kay were there was to investigate him for shoddy work and kickbacks. Finally Korbel and Victoria emerged, just as the methane blast occurred. Victoria was hit on the head with a rock, knocked out, and rolled down the pile of debris.
Still pregnant, Victoria spent months in a coma while her family and fiancé JT held vigil at her bedside. They finally had to decide if the baby should be delivered prematurely to save Victoria. JT and Victor chose to deliver, but Nikki insisted that Victoria would rather her baby live, so it was taken to court. They ended up waiting a couple more weeks until the baby had a better chance, then baby boy Reed was delivered. A DNA test was run and JT was pronounced the father. Reed thrived in the hospital while still comatose Victoria was taken back to the ranch. Nikki and Victor were separated, so Victor lived in the ranch house while Nikki took residence in Sharon's cottage with David Chow forever there in Victor's face. Not long after JT brought Reed home, Victoria woke up. Victoria and JT were married, and they moved back to the loft apartment with Reed Victor made his new son-in-law JT head of Newman Security by Victor, and Victoria is going back to work now that she is stronger.
The investigation into the Clear Springs disaster found that it was caused by Victor Newman's mining the methane underneath it. It didn't take long for Victor to alienate everyone around him, including Nikki by calling in her loans for NVP, bankrupting her so she divorced him, and he fired Nick as CoCEO of Newman and replaced him with Neil. After losing his Senatorial seat, Jack and Nick got together and decided to start "Restless Style" an Internet & Print Magazine, asked Phyllis to join them in the partnership, and Sharon requested to work with them later.
Due to a mini-stroke, Katherine decided it's time to put her house in order. She took a liking to Amber, seeing a lot of herself in her, and hired her to assist in writing her memoires, and also investing in Amber's designer fashion line. Kay made Jill CEO of Chancellor Industries, Cane Director of Acquisitions and later Vice President of Jabot, and mad Nikki Newman CEO of Jabot. Nikki hired her lover (now husband) David Chow as Co-CEO and Brad Carlton as another Jabot executive. Jill is micro-managing Jabot, not being confident in Nikki's abilities.
After many failed attempts by David to get her to set a wedding date, it took Nikki reacting to the news of Victor and Sabrina's engagement for her to suddenly elope with David to Mexico. After a series of bad omens including a packed plane and a wacky seatmate with a cat and lost luggage, which should have further warned her away from David, they arrived in Mexico to the wedding chapel that had burned to the ground. They managed a wedding anyway with a borrowed simple gown and a guitar playing Victor & Nikki's love theme "Through the Eyes of Love". Can anyone say "doomed marriage"?
Concerned for his friend, Nikki, and suspicious of David Chow due to bad credit having 2 prior deceased rich wives, Paul began an investigation into David's past. He tracked down his last rich wife "Bitsy" in Bermuda to where she escaped in fear of David and divorced him. Bitsy told Paul that they met as colleagues at Granville Global, and prior to that David was in politics. Bitsy claimed that David got away with the death of his first wife Janelle by cheating on her, causing her to commit suicide, and the death of his second wife Angela by tampering with her brakes to cause her fatal accident. Bitsy then began ranting about aliens, so Paul cut short the interview, but he believed her claims about David might be true. Paul next tracked down Mina King, the sister of David's deceased wife Janelle who claimed that David cut the brakes of her sister's car causing the accident! David was tipped anonymously that Paul was investigating him, so went to Nikki first with his side of the story. David said he met his first wife Janelle in college, that she was always on the go, on a mission of some sort. She became paranoid, then could not sleep, would not go for therapy, and ended up over-dosing on sleeping pills. His 2nd wife Angela was very athletic, flew a plane, and was very volatile. After one of their many fights, she drove her sports car into a telephone pole and was killed. He admitted that he gambled away his inheritance from each of them. He said her daughter Mina was a cocaine addict and accused of murder David because Angela had cut her out of the will. David claimed his 3rd wife Bitsy was paranoid too, accused him of leaking Granville Global company secrets and having affairs. When she refused to get help, they separated, which is when he had the affair with Carmen Mesta. When Bitsy found out, she accused him of murdering his wives for their money and became delusional, so he divorced her. Nikki appeared to believe David, and asked Paul to stop investigating him. Paul said he would, but did not. While Nikki started doing her own research on David on the Internet, Brad continued to lend David money and give him bad gambling tips, and David contacted his bookie and lost even more money, to the point where he has pawned the watch that Nikki gave him as a wedding present. After a particularly good winning streak, David bought Nikki a horse, Athena, as a gift and Nikki was thrilled. But that only fed David's addiction and he was sorely tempted by an ad for a gambling tournament in Las Vegas. Just as Sabrina was walking down the aisle to marry Victor, Nikki, at the stables with her new horse, received a devastating phone call from David telling her that he could no longer deceive her about his gambling and that he wanted a divorce. But the next day David appeared begging Nikki to give him another chance, and Nikki is trying. On returning from their honeymoon, Victor ran into Nikki and saw her upset, but Victor left when Paul interrupted saying he was meeting her. Meanwhile David, on a business trip to Hollywood, cut it short to gamble in Vegas - where he was spotted by Gloria losing big at the roulette table.
