Looksmaxxing Streamer Clavicular Charged With Rape in Massachusetts After Earlier Arrests

Braden Peters, the 20-year-old Kick and TikTok personality known as Clavicular, has been charged in Massachusetts with rape and related offenses stemming from an alleged May 2025 encounter at his family’s Cape Cod home. The criminal complaint was filed Sept. 8, 2026, in Orleans District Court. As of late September reporting, he was not in custody and was scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 14.

A clerk-magistrate found probable cause on Sept. 4, according to WBUR and the Associated Press. Court records reviewed by major outlets list three counts: rape; administering a substance for sexual intercourse; and procuring liquor for a person under 21. The rape and “drugging” counts are felonies; the liquor count is a misdemeanor.

What police say happened

According to a Chatham Police criminal complaint summarized by NBC News, WBUR/AP, and other outlets, the complainant alleged that on May 23, 2025, when she was 17, Peters arranged a rideshare to his family’s home in Chatham. She said she was greeted by relatives, then joined him in a room where they livestreamed on Twitch while he provided vodka and told her to call it water on stream. She alleged she became intoxicated, later fell asleep, and awoke the next morning to nonconsensual sex.

NBC News identified the complainant as Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an influencer also known as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, who is now 18. A source familiar with the matter told NBC the Massachusetts charges relate to her allegations. Her attorneys told AP they were not commenting while authorities handle the criminal case.

Those claims remain allegations. Peters has not been convicted of the Massachusetts offenses.

Denial and civil case

Peters’ spokesperson called the criminal charges “bogus” and said they grew out of a Florida civil suit he refused to settle after sexual-abuse claims were added, CBS News reported. The spokesperson also said Peters’ team learned of the charges from a reporter and that he had not been served with an arrest warrant. Coverage of the Massachusetts process has described a criminal complaint and summons pathway, with Peters living in Florida and not reported taken into custody on the rape case.

Peters posted on X denying the narrative and sharing material he said involved the complainant, including a video clip and a handwritten note. In one post he wrote that people “try to come for your money.”

Mendoza filed a Miami-Dade civil lawsuit in April 2026 that alleges sexual battery tied to the Cape Cod encounter and separately claims Peters injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance (Aqualyx) during a November 2025 livestream without valid consent. Peters’ civil attorneys have denied the suit’s claims, describing the encounter as consensual and calling the litigation a publicity grab, according to WBUR/AP. Motions in that case were pending as of mid-to-late September coverage.

Who Clavicular is

Peters became a prominent face of “looksmaxxing,” an online trend focused on extreme appearance optimization through fitness, grooming, and sometimes dangerous stunts such as so-called bone smashing. He streams regularly and has large followings on Kick, TikTok, and Instagram. Mainstream outlets including the New York Times, BBC, and NBC have covered the subculture and his role in it. BBC noted a Paris Fashion Week appearance in June 2026.

Earlier 2026 arrests and outcomes

The Massachusetts filing is not Peters’ only recent legal exposure, and those matters should not be collapsed into one “rape arrest” storyline.

In February 2026 he was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, on suspicion of using a fake ID and related drug allegations at a liquor establishment. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute days later, saying there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction (KTAR; also noted in later national roundups).

In March 2026 he was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on an Osceola County, Florida, misdemeanor battery warrant tied to a February Airbnb incident near Kissimmee. Osceola detectives alleged he instigated a fight between two women and posted video to exploit them. He bonded out. By early August 2026, News 6 / ClickOrlando reported prosecutors had not filed an information and could not prove the accusations beyond a reasonable doubt. BBC similarly reported authorities later said they did not intend to file charges.

Separately, in May 2026 Peters pleaded no contest in Miami-Dade County to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public in connection with an Everglades alligator video. Reporting by NBC Miami and others said he received six months of probation, community service, and required safety courses.

What this means now

As of Sept. 21–22, 2026 national coverage, Peters faces active Massachusetts criminal charges with an October arraignment date. He denies wrongdoing. Prior Arizona and Osceola battery matters ended without prosecuted convictions after arrests. The only reported criminal disposition among the recent cases reviewed here is the May 2026 no-contest plea on the firearm charge.

iShook Daily will update this story as court proceedings continue.

Sources

• NBC News (Sept. 21–22, 2026)
• CBS News (Sept. 22, 2026)
• WBUR / AP (Sept. 22, 2026)
• BBC (~Sept. 23, 2026)
• ClickOrlando / News 6 (Aug. 3, 2026)
• NBC Miami (May 15, 2026)