⚠️ A social media influencer raised in New Jersey faces rape charges in Massachusetts. 📱 The accuser told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol. ⚖️ A clerk-magistrate found probable cause, and Peters is due in court next month.
BOSTON — The social media influencer “Clavicular,” who gained a following promoting the online “looksmaxxing” trend, has been charged in Massachusetts with raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family’s Cape Cod home.
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Braden Peters, 20, was raised in Hoboken and attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, according to his LinkedIn. Now, he is charged with rape, administering a substance for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for a person under 21 in the alleged May 23, 2025, assault in Chatham, according to court records. A clerk-magistrate found probable cause for the charges on Sept. 4, and a criminal complaint was issued Sept. 8.
An email and text message were sent to Peters’ publicist seeking comment Tuesday. Peters, who lives in Florida and is not in custody, is scheduled to be arraigned in Massachusetts on Oct. 14.
“We are not commenting at this time since the proper authorities are handling this,” said Andrew Moss, one of the teen’s attorneys.
Teen told police she became heavily intoxicated
The accuser told Chatham police that she and Peters began messaging on Instagram and that he later paid her to appear in “looksmaxxing” videos he streamed online. She said Peters knew she was 17 but that he told her to tell his viewers that she was 18 and that vodka he gave her was water, according to a police report…