{"id":275505,"date":"2026-05-18T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/275505\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:19:08","slug":"who-is-the-miami-judge-who-mogged-clavicular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/275505\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is the Miami Judge Who Mogged Clavicular?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MarcusBachArmasCBSMiami.png\" class=\"article-thumbnail-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"A screenshot of news broadcast showing a judge seated in a courtroom.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOnline streamer Clavicular was sentenced to six months of probation by a Miami judge who, many noted, &#8220;mogged&#8221; the looksmaxxing influencer. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lsLzFpQMPk4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Miami\/YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, controversial streamer Clavicular appeared in a Miami courtroom and pleaded no contest to criminal charges stemming from an incident in which he was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/news\/clavicular-facing-criminal-charges-in-alligator-shooting-40546765\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/news\/clavicular-facing-criminal-charges-in-alligator-shooting-40546765\/\">caught on video shooting an (apparently dead) alligator <\/a>in the Everglades in March.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a light pink button-down shirt and a tan suit, the 20-year-old \u201clooksmaxxer\u201d \u2014 whose real name is Braden Peters \u2014 stood before a judge, who sentenced the influencer to six months of probation. The judge also ordered him to complete a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission safety course, as well as 20 hours of community service (which, notably, cannot be streamed or monetized).<\/p>\n<p>But for a young man whose entire online persona revolves around <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/03\/nx-s1-5770199\/mogging-rooted-in-the-manosphere-found-new-life-as-a-joke\" id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/03\/nx-s1-5770199\/mogging-rooted-in-the-manosphere-found-new-life-as-a-joke\">\u201cmogging\u201d<\/a> \u2014 a manosphere term for physically outshining everyone around them \u2014 Peters may not have been the most striking person in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>Enter: Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabar.org\/directories\/find-mbr\/profile\/?num=58169\" id=\"https:\/\/www.floridabar.org\/directories\/find-mbr\/profile\/?num=58169\">Marcus Bach Armas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the This Week\u2019s Top Stories newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re all set.<\/p>\n<p>CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cheartbreaking: clavicular brutally MOGGED by Florida Judiciary Leader,\u201d one person wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLookmaxxer community\u2019s 9\/11,\u201d another joked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cClavicular, I sentence you to be mogged by me,\u201d a third quipped. <\/p>\n<p>Internet sleuths quickly identified the handsome magistrate as Bach Armas, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facecuba.org\/post\/cuban-american-millennial-marcus-bach-armas-elected-to-miami-dade-bench\" id=\"https:\/\/www.facecuba.org\/post\/cuban-american-millennial-marcus-bach-armas-elected-to-miami-dade-bench\">Cuban-American<\/a> and Miami native who has worked as a judge with the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida since 2023. A Google search of his name yields a handful of photos of a Handsome Squidward-esque man with striking blue eyes and a chiseled jawline.<\/p>\n<p>During a Kick livestream on Saturday night, Peters <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clav0updates\/status\/2056074635934925175?s=46\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clav0updates\/status\/2056074635934925175?s=46\">acknowledged<\/a> the online memes about him being \u201cmogged\u201d by the judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did,\u201d he admitted of being mogged. \u201cI got sentenced to 20 hours of community service\u2026it\u2019s brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sent to New Times via text message, Peters\u2019 attorney Jeffrey Neiman said that Peters \u201chad accepted responsibility for his conduct and reached a resolution that appropriately reflects the circumstances of this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is committed to moving forward responsibly and ensuring nothing like this occurs again,\u201d Neiman wrote. \u201cWe appreciate the professionalism of the State and the Court in resolving this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the true star of this particular courtroom drama, the studly judge, he was previously employed as the senior director of legal and government affairs for the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium. There, he \u201cworked on a series of transformative projects, including the Hard Rock Stadium renovation, the relocation of the Miami Dolphins practice facility, the construction of a new Miami Open tennis complex at Hard Rock Stadium, and most recently, the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix,\u201d according to his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.education.miami.edu\/miamisportconference\/marcus-bach-armas\/\" id=\"https:\/\/sites.education.miami.edu\/miamisportconference\/marcus-bach-armas\/\">bio<\/a> on a website for the University of Miami\u2019s Miami Sport Industry Conference.<\/p>\n<p>He ran for the bench as \u201ca 305er, a father, and a husband,\u201d according to his website (which notably features the Miami Dolphins\u2019 official color scheme), adding that he was \u201cborn to a mother whose family fled Communist Cuba, and a father whose parents escaped Nazi Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A New Times review found Armas comes from a family of apparent moggers; his mother, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamsadr.com\/neutrals\/bach\" id=\"https:\/\/www.jamsadr.com\/neutrals\/bach\">Mercedes Armas Bach<\/a>, is a former judge for Florida\u2019s Eleventh Judicial Circuit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiami-Dade County is a world-class city and deserves a world-class bench that reflects the diverse perspectives of our community,\u201d Bach Armas <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facecuba.org\/news\/cuban-american-millennial-marcus-bach-armas-elected-to-miami-dade-bench\">said<\/a> after his election. \u201cI am the proud product of Holocaust refugees and Cuban exiles, and I\u2019ve spent more than 30 years here, having served both the federal government and our crown-jewel professional sports organization. I am excited to start writing this new chapter of my career and thank my friends, family, donors, and the citizenry for affording me this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, he won a mentorship award.<\/p>\n<p>Bach Armas is also reportedly one of the founding board members of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dolphinscancerchallenge\/\">Dolphins Challenge Cancer<\/a>, an initiative through the Miami Dolphins that supports cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>New Times was unable to reach Bach Armas for comment. It remains to be seen what extremely attractive adversary Peters will face next.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Online streamer Clavicular was sentenced to six months of probation by a Miami judge who, many noted, &#8220;mogged&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2161,225,227,226,6097],"class_list":["post-275505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-government","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}