This story originally appeared on Out.
Controversial “looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular has been charged with rape and drugging a person for sex.
The charges against Clavicular, whose real name is Branden Peters, were filed by the prosecutor in a Cape Cod courthouse on Sept. 8 and include one count of rape, one count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse, and one count of procuring liquor for someone under 21 years old, according to records first reported by The Bulwark.
The 20-year-old manosphere figure rose to fame as the poster child for “looksmaxxing,” a subculture obsessed with going to extreme lengths to maximize their appearance, is now being charged in connection with an incident from May 23, 2025.
Peters faces a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison on the rape charge if convicted.
Mitchell Jackson, a representative of Peters, said The Bulwark was “exaggerating,” and that Peters had not been served with an arrest warrant in the case.
“Braden Peters has not been physically served. As usual the Bulwark is exaggerating,” Jackson said in a text message sent to NBC News.
The details of the case against the misogynistic Kick streamer couldn’t be accessed by The Bulwark, but the timeline seems to match up with a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of a teenage influencer against Peters in April.
Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, who is known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, filed a civil lawsuit against Peters, accusing him of battery, fraud and sexual misconduct, according to the complaint. Mendoza alleges that Peters gave her vodka until she was drunk before having sex with her while she was intoxicated, NBC South Florida reported.
Mendoza also claims Peters injected her with Aqualyx, a fat-dissolving solution not approved by the FDA, without her consent during a livestream last year.
These are not the first criminal charges filed against Peters. The streamer was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm in a case stemming from reckless discharge of a firearm an incident where Peters shot a dead alligator in the Florida Everglades during a livestream.
Peters pleaded no contest in the case and was given six months of probation and ordered to serve 20 hours of community service, according to NBC South Florida.
Peters was also hospitalized earlier this year after appearing to overdose during a livestream in April. “Just got home, that was brutal,” Peters wrote on X at the time. “All of the substances are just a cope trying to feel neurotypical while being in public, but obviously that isn’t a real solution. The worst part of tonight was my face descending from the life support mask.”
