Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular faces rape charge in Massachusetts

Braden Peters, the online influencer known as Clavicular and a prominent figure in the “looksmaxxing” trend, has been charged in Massachusetts with rape and drug-related offenses, according to court records reviewed by multiple outlets.

Peters, 20, faces one count of rape, one count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse and one count of procuring liquor for someone under 21. The rape and drugging charges are felonies, while the alcohol charge is a misdemeanor. The alleged offenses occurred May 23, 2025, and the charges were filed Sept. 8, court records show. An arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14 in Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod.

More details about the criminal allegations were not immediately available, and online court records did not indicate whether the case is connected to a separate civil lawsuit filed in Florida by teenage content creator Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, who is known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva.

A representative for Peters, Mitchell Jackson, told NBC News that The Bulwark, which first reported the charges, was “exaggerating” and said Peters had not been physically served. “Braden Peters has not been physically served. As usual the Bulwark is exaggerating,” Jackson said in a text message. CBS News reported that a spokesperson for Peters called the criminal charges “bogus” and said they stem from a civil suit Peters has refused to settle after the accuser later added allegations of sexual abuse.

Peters did not directly respond to the charges in statements cited by the outlets. The Guardian reported that he posted a message on X on Monday night accusing the teenager who filed the Florida lawsuit of “trying to get my attention in anyway possible, a lawsuit?” and calling her “petty.” CBS News reported that Peters reposted multiple images and videos showing Mendoza or digital interactions with her while denying the charges.

Mendoza’s lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County in April, alleges battery, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and unauthorized use of her name and likeness. According to reports on the complaint, Mendoza alleged Peters arranged for her to travel to Cape Cod in 2025, gave her vodka until she was drunk and had sex with her while she was intoxicated. The lawsuit does not accuse Peters of rape, The Guardian reported.

The complaint also alleges Peters injected Mendoza’s face without her consent with an unapproved fat-dissolving substance, and that he suggested the mixture contained methamphetamine. The Guardian reported that the lawsuit says Peters initially paid her $1,000 and told her he wanted to make her “the female face of looksmaxxing,” and that their relationship later soured after periods of renewed contact, including a time when he allegedly paid her $15,000 a month as a social media promoter.

Steven Kramer, Peters’ attorney in that civil case, said at the time that his client “denies the claims and disputes the characterization of events” and would “vigorously defend himself.”

Peters became known online for “looksmaxxing,” a term Merriam-Webster has described as “the practice of taking one or more sometimes extreme or dangerous measures intended to increase one’s physical attractiveness.” He has been associated with “bone smashing,” or using a hammer to intentionally break facial bones in an effort to change their appearance. Experts have described such practices as potentially dangerous.

Peters has faced other legal issues this year. In Florida, he was charged in connection with shooting at an alligator during a livestream; he pleaded no contest and received six months of probation and 20 hours of community service, according to NBC South Florida. CBS News Miami reported that he also was ordered to take firearm and wildlife safety courses. He was also arrested in Florida in March on a battery charge stemming from an alleged incident at a rented house in Kissimmee. NBC News also reported that Peters was hospitalized in April in Miami after a suspected overdose and later said on a livestream, “I ain’t gonna be doing any more substances for a little while, hopefully for forever.”