Livestreamer Clavicular Faces Rape Charge Arraignment
The social media personality known as Braden Peters is scheduled to appear in court on charges stemming from an alleged incident in May 2025.
ORLEANS, Mass. — Braden Peters, a social media personality and livestreamer known by the online moniker Clavicular, is scheduled for arraignment Thursday in Massachusetts on charges of rape. The allegations involve a 17-year-old girl at his family's Cape Cod residence in May 2025.
Peters, 20, who has cultivated a large following on platforms like Instagram by promoting extreme devotion to male appearance standards, is accused of providing alcohol to the minor before allegedly sexually assaulting her at his home in Chatham, Massachusetts. His legal representatives have denied the accusations, stating the encounter was consensual.
The case marks the latest legal issue for Peters, whose content often features him critiquing individuals' looks and discussing methods for improving appearance, including surgical procedures and drug use. He has amassed a significant online audience, with over a million followers on Instagram.
Earlier this year, Peters faced a misdemeanor battery charge in Florida. Authorities alleged he instigated a fight between two women, which he then shared online. That charge was subsequently dismissed. In a separate incident in Florida this year, Peters received probation after pleading no contest to a charge of discharging a firearm in public.
The accuser reportedly told law enforcement that Peters had been paying her to appear in his "looksmaxxing" videos. She stated that during a visit to Peters' family home, he offered her multiple shots of vodka and then livestreamed himself kissing her while she was intoxicated. She further reported waking up the next morning to find Peters sexually assaulting her.
These allegations were also detailed in a civil lawsuit filed by the woman in Florida in April. The lawsuit further claims that Peters injected her with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent. Peters' attorneys have characterized the lawsuit as a "publicity grab."
The Associated Press typically withholds the names of sexual assault victims unless they consent to public identification.