Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty to rape charge

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Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of raping a 17-year-old girl at his Massachusetts home in May 2025.

The "looksmaxxing" livestreamer Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Orleans District Court to charges stemming from an alleged rape at his family's home in Chatham, Massachusetts, in May 2025. Peters, 20, faces three charges: rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and providing liquor to a person under 21.

According to the woman who reported the assault to Chatham Police Department on 4 June, Peters gave her two or three shots of vodka until she was heavily intoxicated, then livestreamed himself kissing her on camera. She alleged that when she woke the next morning, Peters sexually assaulted her. The woman, who told police she had been paid to appear in his "looksmaxxing" videos, also filed a civil lawsuit in Florida describing the allegations. In that filing, she accused Peters of injecting her with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent.

Peters denies the allegations through his lawyers, who say the sexual encounter was consensual and characterise the accuser's claims as a financial shakedown. At Thursday's hearing, Peters arrived wearing a dark suit and glasses, walking a cream-coloured dog named Morris on a leash. He spoke only to the dog as he entered the courthouse and did not respond to reporters' questions.

The court set his bail at $10,000, and Peters surrendered his passport. He was ordered to stay away from the alleged victim and not contact or post about her on social media. Peters is due to return to court next month.

Peters, who has over one million followers on Instagram, is known for livestreams featuring him rating people's looks and discussing methods of improving appearance including surgery and drug use. The case is not his first legal challenge: earlier this year he was charged with misdemeanor battery in Florida after police said he provoked a fight between two women and posted the video online, though that charge was later dropped. In a separate Florida case this year, he was sentenced to probation after pleading no contest to firing a gun in public.

How it is being reported

• 'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular brings barking dog on leash to court ahead of rape charge hearing'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular brought a barking dog on a leash to court in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Thursday - ahead of his hearing on a rape charge.Daily Mail · 22 Oct, 16:45
• ‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty to raping teenThe social media personality denies allegations he gave a girl alcohol until she was drunk and sexually assaulted her The “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular , pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Massachusetts home. A social media personality known for promoting extreme devotion to male beauty, Peters, 20, is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her when she visited him in Chatham, on Cape Cod, in May 2025. Continue reading...The Guardian · 22 Oct, 16:17
• Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular brings dog to court for rape charge hearingLooksmaxxing influencer Clavicular brought a dog on a leash to his court appearance on a rape charge in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Thursday.New York Post · 22 Oct, 15:44
• ‘Looksmaxxing’ streamer Clavicular set to be arraigned on rape chargeThe “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, is set to be arraigned Thursday in Massachusetts on charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Cape Cod home.New York Post · 22 Oct, 14:45
• ‘Looksmaxxing’ streamer Clavicular appears in court over Cape Cod rape allegationsThe “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, is set to be arraigned Thursday in MassachusettsIndependent World · 22 Oct, 14:28

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