Livestreamer Clavicular to be arraigned in Massachusetts on rape charge
In short
Braden Peters, 20, a "looksmaxxing" livestreamer known as Clavicular, is set to be arraigned Thursday at a court in Orleans, Massachusetts, on charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family's Cape Cod home. Peters has denied the allegations through his lawyers, saying the sexual encounter was consensual.
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Braden Peters, 20, a "looksmaxxing" livestreamer 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. He is scheduled to be arraigned at a court in Orleans. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Peters is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her when she visited him in Chatham, Massachusetts, in May 2025. Peters has denied the allegations through his lawyers, saying the sexual encounter was consensual. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The woman who accused Peters told police he had been paying her to appear in his "looksmaxxing" videos. She said that during her visit to a Peters family home, he gave her two or three shots of vodka, then livestreamed himself kissing her while she was drunk. She told police that when she woke up the next morning, Peters was raping her. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The woman also described the alleged assault in a civil lawsuit she filed in Florida in April. In that lawsuit, she also accused Peters of injecting her with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent. Peters' attorneys called the lawsuit a "publicity grab." [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The Associated Press described Peters as a social media personality known for promoting extreme devotion to male beauty. His hourslong livestreams feature him rating people's looks and talking about methods of getting better looking that include surgery and drug use, and he has a million followers on Instagram. The case is the latest legal challenge for Peters. Earlier this year he was charged with misdemeanor battery in Florida after police said he provoked a fight between two women then posted it online; that charge was later dropped. In a separate Florida case this year, he was sentenced to probation after pleading no contest to a charge that he fired a gun in public. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
The case adds to the legal challenges Peters has faced this year, including two Florida cases. The documents report only the accusations and his denial, and give no outcome.
Key facts
- Braden Peters, 20, known by the stage name Clavicular, is set to be arraigned Thursday at a court in Orleans, Massachusetts. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- He is charged with raping a 17-year-old girl at his family's Cape Cod home. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- He is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her during a visit to Chatham, Massachusetts, in May 2025. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Peters has denied the allegations through his lawyers, saying the sexual encounter was consensual. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The woman filed a civil lawsuit in Florida in April, which Peters' attorneys called a "publicity grab". [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Nothing is confirmed by two independent outlets yet.
Still unclear
- Whether the sexual encounter was consensual. The woman told police Peters raped her, while Peters says through his lawyers that it was consensual.
- Whether Peters injected the woman with a fat-dissolving substance without her consent. This is an allegation in her civil lawsuit, which Peters' attorneys called a "publicity grab".
- Peters 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. Reported by a single source so far
- Peters has denied the allegations through his lawyers, saying the sexual encounter was consensual. Reported by a single source so far