‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with raping 17-year-old girl

NEW YORK – Clavicular, a male beauty influencer known for “looksmaxxing”, has been charged with giving a 17-year-old girl vodka on a live stream and then raping her, according to Massachusetts court records.

The American, whose legal name is Braden Peters, is scheduled for an Oct 14 arraignment in Orleans District Court on Cape Cod. The charges, filed on Sept 8, were first reported by US media outlet The Bulwark.

One of his lawyers, Jeff Neiman, said his client was innocent but declined further comment. Mitchell Jackson, a spokesperson for Peters, said Peters had not been arrested.

Peters, 20, is the face of “looksmaxxing”, an online subculture dedicated to improving male attractiveness.

The girl accused him of attacking her at his family home in Chatham, Massachusetts, after he had streamed live on the internet, according to a police report.

In May 2025, Peters served the girl alcohol during the broadcast, she told investigators. He told her to lie on camera that she was 18, according to the police report. After the live stream ended, he had sex with her several times, she told the police.

She lacked the ability to consent, an investigator wrote. Peters was charged with rape, drugging for sex and serving liquor to a minor.

The police report, made in June, noted that the teenager “did not tell anyone the full extent of what occurred” for some time after the incident. She sued Peters in Miami in April, making allegations similar to those in the police report.

Peters had previously paid the girl to film “looksmaxxing” videos, and she had accepted his offer of a cab ride to the house in Cape Cod because she thought meeting him would boost her online presence, the lawsuit said.

His mother and grandmother were at the house during the attack, the lawsuit says, claiming that his mother knew that excessive amounts of alcohol were being served. NYTIMES