'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty to rape charge
Social media influencer Braden Peters, known as 'Clavicular', has pleaded not guilty to rape and other felony charges in Massachusetts. The charges involve an incident from 2025, and the influencer is currently out on bail.
Why it matters
The case draws attention to the intersection of social media subcultures, such as 'looksmaxxing', and serious criminal allegations involving consent and digital influence.
Image source, Getty Images By Grace Eliza Goodwin Published 23 minutes ago Clavicular, a social media influencer who promotes the "looksmaxxing" trend of young men maximising their attractiveness, has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges including rape.
The 20-year-old, whose real name is Braden Peters, was charged in September with felony rape, drugging an individual for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for someone under the age of 21.
The charges stem from an incident in 2025 when he is accused of assaulting a 17-year-old girl at his family's Massachusetts home.
Peters has denied the allegations and said the encounter was consensual. On Thursday, he was granted $10,000 bail, ordered not to contact or post about his accuser, and to surrender his passport.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Clavicular walks a runway at Paris Fashion Week in June 2026
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