{"id":901803,"date":"2026-09-22T22:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901803\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T22:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:48:12","slug":"influencer-clavicular-charged-with-rape-and-drugging-woman-for-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901803\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer ‘Clavicular’ charged with rape and drugging woman for sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

A US influencer who shot to fame as the face of the “looksmaxxing” trend has been charged with rape, providing alcohol to a person under legal drinking age and drugging someone for sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old known as “Clavicular”, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, has been ordered to appear in court in Massachusetts, where the offences allegedly took place in May 2025.<\/p>\n

Mr Peters is a popular live streamer and promoter of looksmaxxing, an extreme pursuit of beauty among young men.<\/p>\n

His online moniker refers to his pointy clavicles, or collarbones. He has previously boasted of using off-label or illicit drugs, and even hitting his own face with a hammer, to alter his bone structure in a quest for aesthetic greatness.<\/p>\n

The trend has drawn warnings from mental health experts, who say it is unhealthy and dangerous.<\/p>\n

The charges in Massachusetts are the latest in a series of legal woes for Mr Peters.<\/p>\n

A separate lawsuit was filed in April by a teenager who alleged Mr Peters plied her with alcohol during a party in Massachusetts in 2025 and had sex with her while she was unable to consent.<\/p>\n

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Braden Peters rose to fame online as part of the “looksmaxxing” trend he helped popularise. (Instagram: @clavicular0)<\/p>\n

Court documents seen by the ABC do not specify whether the new charges relate to that alleged incident.<\/p>\n

But on Monday, local time, Mr Peters posted a cryptic message on social media, accusing the teenager of “trying to get my attention in anyway possible, a lawsuit”.<\/p>\n

“Seriously \u2026 really petty of you,” he added.<\/p>\n

In February, he was charged in Arizona with having fake identification and unprescribed medication, including an oral steroid and the ADHD drug Adderall, but those charges were later dropped.<\/p>\n

In March, he and his girlfriend were charged with assaulting a 19-year-old woman. Those charges were also dropped.<\/p>\n

And in May, he was sentenced to six months’ probation for shooting a dead alligator in Florida during a live stream.<\/p>\n

Concern looksmaxxing is becoming mainstream<\/a><\/p>\n

While it’s a bit of fun for some, the social media trend known as looksmaxxing can have major impacts on young men’s physical and mental health.<\/p>\n

Mr Peters is yet to respond to the latest charges directly.<\/p>\n

The ABC has attempted to contact a lawyer and spokesperson for Mr Peters but is yet to receive a response.<\/p>\n

One of his lawyers told The New York Times<\/a> his client was innocent but declined to comment further.<\/p>\n

In Massachusetts, rape carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, while drugging a person for sex carries a mandatory sentence of between 10 years and life in state prison.<\/p>\n

Mr Peters is due in court for an arraignment hearing on October 14.<\/p>\n

In April, a clip of Mr Peters being interviewed on Australia’s 60 Minutes program went viral when he walked out after being asked if he identified with the “incel” community.<\/p>\n

Incel, short for “involuntary celibate”, refers to an online subculture of men who blame women or society for their inability to form sexual relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A US influencer who shot to fame as the face of the “looksmaxxing” trend has been charged with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45387,470219,23218,470218,1108,470220,43,74017,296379,44,13396,6671,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-901803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arrest","tag-braden-peters","tag-charged","tag-clavicular","tag-court","tag-drugging","tag-headlines","tag-influencer","tag-looksmaxxing","tag-news","tag-rape","tag-sexual-assault","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}