Clavicular, the online star of a looks-obsessed male subculture, was sentenced on Friday to six months of probation in a case involving the apparent shooting of a dead alligator in the Florida Everglades near Miami.<\/p>\n
The social media personality, whose real name is Braden Peters, pleaded no contest to the charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in public, a misdemeanor. As part of a plea agreement, he avoided jail time but must complete 20 hours of community service and take a firearms safety course. If Mr. Peters successfully adheres to the terms of the deal, the charge will be removed from his record.<\/p>\n
Mr. Peters, 20, is known for livestreaming in public, but the community service must not be streamed, the court records state.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer for Mr. Peters, said in a statement that his client had \u201caccepted responsibility for his conduct and reached a resolution that appropriately reflects the circumstances of this incident.\u201d He added, \u201cNo individual was injured, and the alligator involved was already deceased prior to the events at issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Peters rose to internet stardom as the leader of the \u201clooksmaxxing\u201d<\/a> subculture, an online community of young men seeking to optimize their physical appearance, sometimes through extreme and dangerous lengths like surgery and unproven supplements. Thousands of people regularly watch Mr. Peters\u2019s livestreams.<\/p>\n In March, the same platform that gave him fame got him into trouble after a video circulated online showing Mr. Peters and a group of other young men in an airboat in the Florida Everglades, firing gunshots at an alligator that appeared to be dead.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s just test really how dead it is,\u201d Mr. Peters says in the video before he and another man collectively fire more than a dozen shots. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely dead,\u201d Mr. Peters decides before putting away his gun.<\/p>\n The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said at the time that it was looking into the episode. About a month later, the authorities charged Mr. Peters and two other online personalities who they said had also illegally discharged weapons that day.<\/p>\n Andrew Morales, 22, known online as the Cuban Tarzan,<\/a> also appeared in Miami-Dade County Court on Friday and pleaded no contest. He reached the same deal as Mr. Peters and was also ordered to six months of probation, a gun safety course and community service.<\/p>\n The third individual charged, Yabdiel Annibal Cotto Torres, 26, the online persona Baby Alien,<\/a> was not in court on Friday.<\/p>\n Mr. Peters has had previous run-ins with the law, often because he livestreams his antics. This year, he was arrested in Scottsdale, Ariz., and charged with possession of a forged instrument and possession\/use of a dangerous drug. The Maricopa County Attorney\u2019s Office declined to prosecute him.<\/p>\n And on the same day as the alligator shooting, Mr. Peters was briefly booked into the Broward County Jail<\/a> on misdemeanor battery charges after deputies accused him of instigating a fight between two women at an Airbnb and streaming it online.<\/p>\n