Braden Peters, the 20-year-old social media personality widely known online as Clavicular, has been formally charged with rape in Massachusetts, according to court records made public this week.
Peters faces three criminal counts including rape, drugging a person for the purpose of sexual intercourse, and providing alcohol to someone under the legal drinking age. Court records show the charges were filed on September 8 and stem from an alleged incident that took place on May 23, 2025.
A representative for Peters, identified as Mitchell Jackson, pushed back on early coverage of the charges, stating that Peters had not yet been physically served with an arrest warrant. An arraignment is scheduled for October 14, according to court documents. No attorney of record appeared in online court filings as of Monday night.
Peters built a large online following through the controversial “looksmaxxing” trend, a practice Merriam-Webster Dictionary recently defined as taking sometimes extreme or dangerous measures to increase one’s physical attractiveness. He became particularly well known for promoting “bone smashing,” a dangerous method involving intentionally striking facial bones with a hammer in hopes they will heal in a more aesthetically desirable shape. Health experts have widely condemned the practice as harmful.
The Massachusetts criminal charges are not the only legal troubles surrounding Peters. In April, a teenage influencer named Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza filed a civil lawsuit against him in Miami-Dade County. That lawsuit alleged Peters brought her to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, gave her vodka until she was intoxicated and then had sex with her while she was unable to consent. Court records do not confirm whether the criminal charges are directly connected to those civil allegations.
Peters and two other individuals also faced charges in Florida earlier this year related to the alleged shooting of an alligator. He and one other person entered no contest pleas to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public and received six months of probation along with a community service requirement.
In a separate incident also occurring in April, Peters was hospitalized in Miami following a suspected drug overdose. After his release he told viewers during a livestream that he intended to stop using substances going forward.
His attorney in the civil battery case previously stated that Peters denies all allegations and planned to mount a vigorous legal defense. No attorney comment was immediately available regarding the newly surfaced criminal charges in Massachusetts.