| Jeremy Stark | |||||||
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| The Young and the Restless | |||||||
| Portrayed by | James Hyde | ||||||
| Duration | 2022-2023 | ||||||
| First appearance | November 2022 | ||||||
| Last appearance | April 17, 2023 | ||||||
| Cause/reason | Died | ||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||
| Cause of death | Stabbed with a pair of scissors by Phyllis Summers in self defence. | ||||||
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Jeremy Stark was a former associate of Diane Jenkins from her time in Los Angeles. He was played by James Hyde from November 2022-April 2023.
History[]
Jeremy met up with Diane in Los Angeles, and used the fact that she had changed her name to hide from her past To blackmail her into laundering money for him. Eventually, Jeremy was exposed and told Diane. He assured Diane he wouldn't give the cops any information on her and as such went to prison.
Storylines[]
Arrival[]
Jeremy was released from prison in November 2022, and showed up at the Abbott mansion after being tipped off by Phyllis Summers on Diane's whereabouts. Jack Abbott came by and shook hands with Jeremy while being unaware of who he was. Later, their son Kyle Abbott showed up at Jeremy's door and warned him away from Diane. Jeremy texted Diane, and told her that getting the Abbott's involved were a mistake.
Jeremy went to Jabot to talk to Diane and interrupted an argument between her and Phyllis. Diane accused Phyllis of telling Jeremy where she was, and Jeremy noted that Phyllis's voice did sound familiar which unnerved her. Jeremy and Diane went to talk in Jack's office, and he wanted Diane to give him back the money she stole. Diane said she couldn't as it was all gone, so Jeremy demanded that she pay him back.
Jack offered to pay back the money on Diane's behalf, but Jeremy refused. Diane then went to Jeremy and claimed she was conning Jack and wanted a genuine partnership with him. Jeremy was skeptical, and even though Diane and Jack had an argument in front of him, he still wanted proof of Diane's sincerity.
Jeremy ordered Diane to commit theft to prove she was telling the truth. Diane presented Jeremy with Nikki Newman's necklace. Jeremy wanted a physical relationship with Diane, and they kissed, but did not sleep together. Detective Chance Chancellor shows up at Jeremy's door, and found the stolen necklace. Jeremy quickly realized he had been set up by Jack and Diane, and accused them when he showed up, but since he couldn't prove they had, and was found with the stolen necklace, Jeremy was arrested by Chance.
Revenge scheme[]
Jeremy showed up a month later, after having been released. He tried to get Phyllis to team up with him, but she slept turning him down. Jeremy also announced his presence to Jack and Diane, but promised he wasn't looking for payback, saying he liked Genoa City. After seeing Phyllis in a state, Jeremy rescues her and takes her back to his place where he finally wears her down enough to agree to team up with him.
Jack and Diane had gone into hiding upon Jeremy's return, and he couldn't find them even though he kept texting Diane and warning her she couldn't hide from him forever. To lure them back to town, Phyllis claimed that Jeremy had left town looking for Diane.
The plan worked like a charm, and Jack and Diane returned to town, but then Diane saw Jeremy and Phyllis together and accused them of scheming together. They denied it, but continued to work on their plan in secret. Jeremy needed something of Diane's for their plan to work, and Phyllis discovered that Jack had proposed to Diane by finding her engagement ring.
On the night of Genoa City'a bicentennial, Jeremy and Phyllis attended the masquerade party being hosted at the Athletic Club by Victor and Nikki Newman. Jeremy wore a full mask, so no one would recognize him, and casually bumped into Jack, swiping the ring from his pocket.
Phyllis then lured Diane into a confrontation that got so heated that Diane ended up strangling Phyllis briefly. Soon after, Phyllis accused Diane of trying to kill her before collapsing. Phyllis was taken to the hospital by two men that Jeremy had hired to pose as paramedics.
Jeremy then announced that he and Phyllis were married and accused Jack and Diane of harming Phyllis while accusing Phyllis's children Summer and Daniel Romalotti of abandoning her. Jeremy played up the concerned husband act especially when the final part of the plan was initiated. The ambulance crashed and exploded, faking Phyllis death by making it appear she had perished in the explosion.
Phyllis hid in a motel whine Jeremy did his best to put the blame on Diane in public, but Phylis began to have second thoughts and snuck out to her own memorial. Jeremy became worried that Phyllis would ruin their plan, and when he couldn't reason with her, he started threatening to kill her.
Jeremy and Phyllis originally planned to go their separate ways but he felt he couldn't trust her, so he said he could stay with her. Jeremy tried to kiss Phyllis, but she pushed him away. Jeremy then tried to kill Phyllis with a pair of scissors, fearing she would ruin everything.
In the ensuing struggle, Jeremy was fatally stabbed with the scisscors. Phyllis wrapped Jeremy's body up in the shower curtain of the motel, and dragged his body to be disposed of in the river where it was later found by Chance, who was looking for Jeremy believing him to be an accomplice of Diane's.
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