'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular charged with rape in Massachusetts amid legal troubles

Clavicular faces charges of rape, drugging a person for sex, and providing alcohol to a minor over an alleged May 23, 2025 incident at his family's Cape Cod home.

Social media "looksmaxxing" influencer Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, has been charged in Massachusetts with one count each of rape, drugging a person for sex, and providing alcohol to a minor, The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday.

The charges stem from an alleged May 23, 2025 incident. Prosecutors filed the case in a Cape Cod courthouse on September 8, with Peters's arraignment scheduled for October 14. The allegations appear to overlap with claims in a separate civil lawsuit filed against Peters in Florida in April involving Alorah Ziva, whose real name is Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza.

According to CBS 4 Miami, Mendoza, 18, accused Peters in the civil complaint of battery, fraud, and sexual misconduct. She alleged that Peters injected her without consent during a 2025 livestream with Aqualyx, a fat-dissolving substance not approved by the FDA, and accused him of nonconsensual sexual encounters at his parents' Cape Cod home while she was intoxicated and still a minor.

The Bulwark said it could not obtain additional records in the criminal case but reported that the timeline appeared to correspond with the Florida lawsuit. Peters moved in July to dismiss several counts in the civil case.

Peters's representative Mitchell Jackson disputed The Bulwark's reporting and said Peters had not been served and the outlet is exaggerating, Jackson said in a text message Monday night, according to NBC News.

Clavicular's Israel visit draws controversy

Peters also drew attention in Israel this summer, visiting the country in July, seven months after a January 17 video showed him singing along to Kanye West's antisemitic song "Heil Hitler."

During the visit, Peters walked out of an interview with Channel 13's Bar Shem-Ur after being questioned about the video.

"I'm here for a good thing, and you are trying to drag me into the mud and damage my reputation. This interview is over," Peters said before leaving.

The visit also prompted disciplinary action against Shira Braun, an IDF soldier in the Spokesperson's Unit who appeared on Peters's livestream. Braun was formally reprimanded, removed from her position, and reassigned as a cook, Israeli media reported.