Braden Peters, the controversial “looksmaxxing” influencer known online as “Clavicular,” is facing criminal charges in Massachusetts after a woman told police he got her intoxicated and had sex with her without her consent when she was 17, according to court records obtained by News Media.
Peters, 20, has been charged with rape, drugging a person to facilitate sexual intercourse and an alcohol-related misdemeanor.
The case centers on an alleged May 23, 2025, encounter at Peters’ family residence in Chatham on Cape Cod, court documents say.
According to investigators, the teenager met Peters through Instagram and was invited to his home to create “looksmaxxing” content—material tied to an online movement focused on improving one’s physical appearance.
“Clavicular” previously said that, at age 14, he secretly bought testosterone online and intercepted deliveries at home so his parents would not find out. (Christian Vierig/Getty Images)
The teenager said Peters arranged an Uber to bring her to the house, where he was livestreaming on Twitch. She told police that Peters knew she was 17 but directed her to tell viewers she was 18 and to call alcohol “water” to avoid having his account or stream suspended.
Investigators were later shown footage from Peters’ Twitch account that allegedly recorded parts of the night. In one clip, the teenager can be heard saying, “Wait, I’m so drunk though,” shortly before she and Peters kissed, police said.
She told investigators that she and Peters later had sex. She also alleged that she woke up the next morning to another sexual encounter that occurred without her consent.
Police said they believed her intoxication was severe enough to prevent her from legally consenting.
A judge determined there was probable cause for all three charges on Sept. 4. Orleans District Court on Cape Cod issued a criminal complaint Sept. 8, and Peters was summoned to appear for arraignment Oct. 14.
Clavicular walks the runway during the 424 Menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show at Paris Fashion Week on June 23, 2026, in Paris, France. (Francois Durand/Getty Images)
Mitchell Jackson, who represents Peters, disputed the allegations in a statement to News Media. He pointed to the timing of a civil lawsuit filed against Peters and the woman’s later decision to report the matter to police.
“She files a lawsuit and doesn’t include sexual assault as a count. Then she amends it and adds it a couple of months later,” Jackson said.
Jackson said Peters subsequently sought to have the civil case dismissed, maintaining that letters and text messages supported his account and that Peters “refused to pay money.”
“She and her lawyer then go to police,” he said.
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Braden Eric Peters, an influencer known online as “Clavicular,” was arrested on a battery charge in Florida on March 26, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. (Broward County Sheriff’s Department)
Peters also addressed the allegations on social media, sharing screenshots of messages and a handwritten letter that he said supported his version of events.
“Trying to get my attention in anyway possible, a lawsuit? Seriously… really petty of you,” Peters wrote with the images.
News Media is withholding the alleged victim’s identity.
The police report says the alleged victim went to the Chatham Police Department with an attorney on June 4, 2026, more than a year after the alleged encounter. She told investigators that she initially kept the incident to herself because she was embarrassed and did not want to tell her grandparents, whom she was living with at the time.
As part of the investigation, police sought Uber records from the night of the alleged encounter. Uber later confirmed Peters’ name and phone number in information returned to investigators, the police report states.
Looksmaxxing” influencer Braden Peters, known online as “Clavicular,” poses shirtless in a photo shared on his Instagram account. (Clavicular Instagram)
A Chatham police officer also tried twice to reach Peters by phone in late August but received no answer. The officer wrote that both calls went to a full voicemail inbox and that Peters had not contacted the department about the case as of Aug. 30.
News Media also reached out to Peters’ attorney, Steve Kramer, for comment on the charges and allegations.
The Bulwark first reported the criminal charges Monday.
Peters has amassed an online following under the name “Clavicular,” producing viral content centered on looksmaxxing.
The Massachusetts case is the latest legal trouble involving the influencer.
Earlier this year, Peters faced a misdemeanor charge in Florida after authorities alleged he repeatedly fired a gun at a dead alligator during a livestream in the Everglades.
An attorney for Peters said at the time that he had followed the instructions of a licensed airboat guide and stressed that no people or animals were harmed. Peters and two other men were summoned to appear on charges of discharging a gun in public.
Peters was also arrested in Florida earlier this year on battery and conspiracy to commit-battery allegations stemming from an altercation between two women at an Airbnb near Kissimmee.
Osceola County authorities alleged Peters instigated the fight and posted video of it on social media to “exploit the two women.”