Online personality Clavicular has been charged with rape and could face up to 20 years behind bars if convicted.
Real name Braden Peters, the 20-year-old streamer rose to prominence in the ‘looksmaxxing’ community on TikTok.
Charges against him have reportedly been filed in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for one count each of rape, drugging a person for sex, and providing alcohol to a minor.
New court documents, obtained by The Bulwark, show the charges were filed on September 8 with an arraignment set for October 14.
In response to the claims, Peters’ reps told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Clavicular has not been physically served. As usual, the Bulwark is exaggerating the status of a case to boost traffic.’
It’s believed the case is related to an incident that happened on May 23, 2025, which was previously filed in a civil court.
A Miami civil case was filed by 18-year-old Alorah Ziva, real name Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, who accused him of battery, fraud, and sexual misconduct.
She claimed that he had injected her face with Aqualyx, an unapproved fat-dissolver, on a livestream without her consent, while she was still a minor.
The lawsuit also alleged that the substance was mixed with methamphetamine and she had been left disoriented on camera.
It also accuses Peters of non-consensual sexual encounters at his family home while she was intoxicated.
What is looksmaxxing?
Looksmaxxing is defined by Merriam-Webster as ‘the practice of taking one or more sometimes extreme or dangerous measures intended to increase one’s physical attractiveness.’
In July, he filed a motion to dismiss several counts in the civil case and has since posted about Mendoza.
‘Trying to get my attention in any way possible, a lawsuit? Seriously… really petty of you,’ he wrote on X on Monday.
Peters has a TikTok following of over 1.1million, having gained notoriety for his controversial stunts, including singing along to Kanye West’s Heil Hitler song.
In December 2025, he went viral after hitting a man with a Tesla Cybertruck while on a livestream and stated he ‘hoped’ the victim had died.
Earlier this year, the looksmaxxer – who advocates ‘bonesmashing’ to create a ‘more masculine’ jawline – was hospitalised for an overdose.
He had been using a combination of drugs, including ketamine and ADHD medication Adderall but later denied he’d overdosed.
‘I didn’t overdose or anything,’ Peters claimed. ‘I mean I just, literally, had not eaten that day, consumed too much alcohol, and just knocked out a little bit.’
He has previously stated he regularly takes testosterone and has done so since he was 14, telling the New York Times he suspects he is sterile.
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