Through his own pride, arrogance, hubris and ego he really has painted himself into a corner.
Take the plea which means acknowledging his own guilt,
Sure, he can try and spin it that plenty of innocent people take guilty pleas all the time because the mean and nasty state will hammer them into submission if they don't, but that would engage his childlike self diagnosed ODD as he's physically incapable of ever entertaining the idea that he's in the wrong.
Or Option B. Try and grift off this so his winemom fans fund a futile and monumentally embarrassing public trial so he doesn't lose a personal penny mounting a losing defence against the indefensible.
His whole implied "The cops must have planted ALL that cocaine in my house and child's hair follicles" argument,
The bodycam footage he's desperately tried to hide for months,
The "holier than thou Christian co-op teaching family man" image that was a cover so he and his desperately unhappy wife could engage in extramarital drug fulled sex games with an empty headed disposable fuck-puppet that isn't so disposable now because they've both got to keep her onside because the second she realises she's bound for the streets, she'll reveal all on various Alog channels.
Only to be found guilty at the end of it all and still have to take that L he's so desperately trying to avoid
All of that will be live on YouTube and picked apart until the end of time.
Cop a plea like a bitch and take the L.
Fight it out publicly, prolonging the embarrassment for your family for years to come, inevitably being found guilty and take the L.
There's no way this ends the way Nick wants where he comes out not looking like the complete sack of shite he is.
Arrogance. Hubris. Ego. Pride.
The four Horsemen of the Lolcow apocalypse.