Social media influencer Braden Peters, better known online as “Clavicular,” has been charged in Massachusetts with rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse and providing alcohol to someone under 21, according to court records.
Peters, 20, faces two felony counts and one misdemeanor stemming from an alleged May 23, 2025, encounter at his family’s home in Chatham, a Cape Cod community.
A clerk-magistrate found probable cause for the charges Sept. 4, and a criminal complaint was issued Sept. 8. Peters is not in custody and is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 14 in Orleans District Court.
Court records obtained by The Associated Press identified the accuser only as a 17-year-old girl. She reportedly told investigators that she met Peters through Instagram before he paid her to appear in videos broadcast online.
The teenager alleged that Peters knew her age but provided her with alcohol during a visit to his family’s home. She claimed she became heavily intoxicated and was unable to consent to sexual activity.
She further alleged that she fell asleep and later awoke to Peters sexually assaulting her. Peters has denied the allegations, and the charges have not been proven in court.
The criminal complaint does not publicly identify the accuser, consistent with Massachusetts protections for alleged sexual assault victims.
The case follows a civil lawsuit filed against Peters in Miami-Dade County in April by content creator Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, who uses the online name Alorah Ziva.
That lawsuit accuses Peters of battery, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and unauthorized use of Mendoza’s name and likeness. Mendoza also alleged that Peters injected her face with an unapproved fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent.
The civil complaint contains allegations of a nonconsensual sexual encounter at Peters’ Cape Cod residence after Mendoza became intoxicated. However, the publicly available criminal records do not confirm whether Mendoza is the accuser in the Massachusetts case.
Peters’ representative called the criminal allegations “bogus” and claimed they originated with a civil case that Peters refused to settle. The representative also said Peters had not been physically served and that his team first learned of the charges through a reporter.
Peters separately posted what he described as old messages and a handwritten letter from his accuser. The material appeared to portray a friendly relationship, but it did not directly address the alleged May 2025 encounter underlying the charges.
The rape and drugging counts are felonies, while providing alcohol to someone under 21 is a misdemeanor. Massachusetts law allows a sentence of at least 10 years in state prison for drugging someone with the intent to facilitate sexual intercourse, according to the New York Post.
Peters gained a substantial online following by promoting “looksmaxxing,” an internet trend centered on improving physical appearance through exercise, grooming, cosmetic treatments and, in some cases, extreme or medically risky techniques.
His attorney has denied the civil allegations and said Peters intends to contest the claims. The criminal case will formally enter court when Peters appears for his scheduled arraignment in October.
