Social media influencer Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, was charged in Massachusetts with rape, drugging, and procuring alcohol for a minor in connection with a May 2025 encounter at his family’s Cape Cod home, court records show.
Peters, a 20-year-old internet personality who gained a following promoting the looksmaxxing trend, faces severe criminal counts following an investigation by the Chatham Police Department. A clerk-magistrate found probable cause for the charges on Sept. 4. The May 2025 Cape Cod Encounter and Police Findings
Chatham Police Department Investigation and Morris Island Incident
The charges stem from an incident on May 23, 2025, at Peters’ family residence on Morris Island in Chatham, Massachusetts, a gated community of multimillion-dollar homes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. According to the police report, the accuser—an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva—took a rideshare from her grandparents’ home to the property after connecting with Peters on Instagram while she was a minor, developing an online business relationship where he paid her $1,000 to make four looksmaxxing videos he streamed online. The criminal complaint notes that Peters’ mother and grandmother greeted the teenager when she arrived early in the evening. She then joined Peters in his bedroom, where the two livestreamed on Twitch while drinking alcohol. Court documents state that the teenager felt peer-pressured to drink what she believed amounted to two or three shots of vodka, and that Peters instructed her to say that the alcohol is water, so that neither his Twitch account nor live stream gets banned. An officer reviewing clips from the broadcast noted that the girl told Peters, Wait I’m so drunk though,
to which Peters responded, “It’s OK,” before the two kissed. The accuser told police she fell asleep in Peters’ bed after making out on Peters’ couch and woke up the next morning to Peters having sex with her. According to the complaint, she stated that because it was already occurring, she did not tell Mr. Peters to stop and remained in shock, advising that she did not consent to the sexual intercourse. After finishing having sex with her, he ordered her an Uber home, according to the criminal complaint. The official court filing charges Peters with rape, administering a substance for sexual intercourse, and procuring alcohol for a person under 21. Civil Lawsuits, Public Defense, and Legal Timeline
Miami Civil Lawsuit and Florida Allegations
The criminal charges follow a civil lawsuit filed against Peters in Miami in April, which first detailed the allegations. That lawsuit also separately accused Peters of injecting her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance during a November livestream in Florida. Peters has denied the lawsuit’s allegations. Peters’ attorney at the time Mendoza’s civil lawsuit was filed said that he denies the allegations and intends to vigorously defend himself.
Following news of the criminal complaint, Peters defended himself in a series of posts on X on Monday night, sharing a section of a video Mendoza previously posted in which she spoke about meeting Peters in May 2025 and called him “super nice,” and posting what appears to be a handwritten letter Mendoza sent him, in which she said she was thankful for you helping me.
How about dont finance cars you cant afford,
he wrote in one post. Happens to all successful young men, people try to come for your money. Greed is evil.
“Braden Peters has not been physically served. As usual the Bulwark is exaggerating.”
Mitchell Jackson, representative
Mitchell Jackson and The Bulwark Reporting
Peters’ representative, Mitchell Jackson, contested the initial reporting of the charges by The Bulwark, calling the article an exaggeration and stating that Peters had not been served with an arrest warrant. A source familiar with the matter confirmed that Peters had not been served as of Tuesday morning. Mendoza’s lawyer told NBC News they have no comment at this time as the police are handling the criminal matter.
Peters’ attorneys declined to comment.
Arraignment Scheduled in Orleans District Court
With a clerk-magistrate having found probable cause for the charges on September 4, and the criminal complaint officially issued on September 8 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, the legal process moves next to a formal court appearance. Peters, who is not in custody, is scheduled to be arraigned on Oct. 14 in Orleans District Court.