Online streamer Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular, faces two felony charges in Massachusetts — rape and drugging a person for sexual intercourse — and a liquor-related misdemeanor involving a person under 21. His arraignment is scheduled for October 14.
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The case was filed on September 8 over alleged offences on May 23, 2025. The publicly available docket gives no further account of the conduct underlying the charges.
The rape count falls under Chapter 265, Section 22(b) of Massachusetts law and carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in state prison for a first offence. A separate felony count under Chapter 272, Section 3 concerns drugging a person for sexual intercourse and carries a sentence ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment upon conviction.
A conviction on either felony count would fall within Massachusetts law's definition of a sex offence for registration purposes. The charges are allegations and do not establish guilt.
Peters has gained an online following around “looksmaxxing”, an internet trend centred on attempts to maximise physical attractiveness, including through extreme appearance-altering practices.
Separate Florida lawsuit alleges sexual misconduct
The Massachusetts prosecution follows a separate civil lawsuit filed against Peters in Florida earlier this year. The lawsuit alleges battery, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and unauthorised use of name and likeness.
The plaintiff alleged non-consensual sexual encounters with Peters at his family's Cape Cod home while she was intoxicated. The complaint also alleged that Peters injected her face with Aqualyx, a fat-dissolving substance, without her consent during a livestream, reported by CBS Miami.
The lawsuit describes alleged incidents beginning in 2025. Peters later responded on social media by saying women were seeking money from him.
His lawyer in the civil case rejected the allegations and said Peters would contest the claims.
Representative says Peters not served with warrant
Peters' representative Mitchell Jackson said no arrest warrant had been served on him. “Braden Peters has not been physically served,” he said, while accusing The Bulwark, which first reported the charges, of exaggerating the status of the case, reported by NBC News.
No defence lawyer was identified for Peters in the online criminal docket at the time of the report. It remains unclear from the criminal docket whether the Massachusetts prosecution stems from conduct described in the Florida lawsuit.
