Girl accuses Braden Peters, social media influencer known as 'Clavicular,' of rape

Clavicular during Paris Fashion Week on June 23, 2026 in Paris, France. Christian Vierig/Getty Images hide caption

Braden Peters, a 20-year-old social media influencer who goes by " Clavicular " online, has been accused by a 17-year-old girl of rape. Peters is known for " looksmaxxing " — a digital subculture focused on maximizing male physical appearance.

According to court records obtained by NPR, Peters faces three counts stemming from an alleged incident on May 23, 2025: rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring and providing liquor to a person under 21.

The charges against Peters, filed in Orleans District Court on Cape Cod, Mass., on Sept. 8, were first reported in the online news publication The Bulwark.

NPR attempted to contact Peters at the phone number listed in the court documents, but received an error message saying the call could not be completed. In an email statement to NPR, Peters' representative, Mitchell Jackson, said Peters "denies the allegations."

A police narrative in the court documents states that the victim began communicating with Peters on Instagram, where he paid her to appear on his livestreams to help her "make her name known on social media."

The documents show that on May 23, 2025, Peters arranged for the minor to come to his home in Chatham, Mass.

At his home, Peters allegedly instructed the victim to say she was 18 on his videostream and to claim the alcohol on camera was water instead of vodka. The victim said she felt peer-pressured to drink the spirit, and that she became noticeably intoxicated after a couple of drinks.