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Social media influencer Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has pleaded not guilty to charges including rape, according to the BBC.
The 20-year-old was charged in September with felony rape, drugging an individual for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for someone under the age of 21. The charges stem from an alleged assault on a 17-year-old girl at his family’s home in Massachusetts in 2025. Peters has denied the allegations and said the encounter was consensual.
On Thursday, a judge set bail at $10,000 and ordered Peters not to contact or post about his accuser. He was also told to surrender his passport.
The woman told police that on 23 May 2025, Peters ordered her an Uber to his family’s home in Chatham. They drank alcohol while filming a livestream before he allegedly raped her, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The officer who took her report said he believed she could not consent because of her age and the level of intoxication shown in the livestream, CBS News reported.
Clavicular has more than a million followers on TikTok and Instagram. He has attracted media attention for extreme measures associated with “looksmaxxing”, a trend in which young men seek to maximise their attractiveness.
He has said he used a hammer on his face and jawline and took steroids, injections and other drugs in pursuit of bodily perfection. He also gives advice on appearing masculine and performs stunts to shock his followers.
Earlier this year in Florida, Peters was charged after filming himself shooting at what appeared to be a dead alligator. He pleaded no contest to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public.
In March, he was arrested on suspicion of battery after authorities suspected him of instigating a fight between two women. Authorities said in July that they did not intend to file charges.
After Thursday’s hearing, Peters posted a photo of himself in the black suit and tie he wore to court, holding his dog, which he had also brought to court.
His next hearing is scheduled for 24 November. The judge will decide then whether there is enough evidence for the case to proceed.
