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Influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty to rape charge in Massachusetts
Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, pleaded not guilty to a rape charge in Orleans, Massachusetts.
He is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at his family’s home in Chatham, on Cape Cod, in May 2025.
The girl told police that Peters gave her alcohol and that he raped her after she woke the next morning.
Peters denies the allegation, and his lawyers say the encounter was consensual.
The 20-year-old is a livestreamer known for content about “looksmaxxing,” which promotes extreme efforts to improve male appearance.
He agreed to $10,000 bail, surrendered his passport and must not contact or post about the accuser.
The charge remains before the court; the sources do not say when the case will next be heard.
Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge that he raped a 17-year-old girl.
The alleged assault took place at his family’s home in Chatham, Massachusetts, in May 2025, according to the articles.
Peters has denied the allegation through his lawyers, who say the sexual encounter was consensual.
He agreed to $10,000 bail, surrendered his passport and was ordered not to contact or post about the woman.
The woman also accused Peters in a Florida lawsuit of injecting her with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent.
- Who
- Braden Peters, a 20-year-old livestreamer known as Clavicular, and a 17-year-old girl who accused him.
- What
- Peters pleaded not guilty to a rape charge. He denies the allegation and says the sexual encounter was consensual.
- When
- The alleged assault occurred in May 2025. Peters pleaded not guilty on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
- Where
- The alleged assault took place at Peters’ family home in Chatham, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. His arraignment was in Orleans, Massachusetts.
- Why
- The charge concerns the woman’s allegation that Peters sexually assaulted her after giving her alcohol. Peters’ lawyers say the encounter was consensual.
The woman accusing Peters
Braden Peters and his lawyers
Alleged assault
The woman accusing Peters
She told police Peters gave her alcohol and raped her when she woke the next morning.
Braden Peters and his lawyers
Peters denies the allegation and, through his lawyers, says the sexual encounter was consensual.
Florida lawsuit
The woman accusing Peters
She also accused Peters of injecting her with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent.
Braden Peters and his lawyers
Peters’ attorneys called the lawsuit a “publicity grab.
The alleged assault took place at Peters’ family home in Chatham, according to the articles.
The woman filed a Florida lawsuit describing the alleged assault and accusing Peters of injecting her with a fat-dissolving substance without her consent.
Peters pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Orleans, Massachusetts.
- Defendant
- Braden Peters, 20, known as Clavicular
- Complainant
- 17-year-old girl
- Alleged location
- Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Alleged incident
- May 2025
- Bail
- $10,000
- Arraignment
- Orleans, Massachusetts, October 22, 2026
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What people are saying
publicity grab