Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular arrived at an Orleans District Court hearing in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Thursday with a barking dog on a leash as he faced a rape charge.
The 20-year-old influencer, whose legal name is Braden Peters, was charged last month in connection with allegations that he raped someone, drugged a person for sex and supplied alcohol to a minor in Cape Cod.
Court documents reviewed by Our News Outlet tie the accusations to an alleged incident on May 23, 2025.
Wearing a black suit and glasses, Peters struggled to control the white dog as it barked toward reporters outside the courthouse.
As he made his way into Orleans District Court, Clavicular ignored questions from the press and spoke only to the dog, named Morris.
Peters later entered a not-guilty plea and was held on $10,000 bail. According to WCVB, he was also ordered to avoid contact with the alleged victim and barred from posting about her on social media.
He is due back in court next month. Our News Outlet has contacted his representatives for comment.
Massachusetts victim-shield laws restrict the publication of information that could identify the accuser, according to The Bulwark, which first reported the charges.
Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular brought a barking dog on a leash to court in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Thursday before his hearing on a rape charge.
The 20-year-old influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, was charged last month over allegations including rape, drugging a person for sex and providing alcohol to a minor in Cape Cod. He is pictured in February.
In a statement provided to Our News Outlet last month, a representative for Clavicular denied the allegations and accused the woman of fabricating them.
‘She files a lawsuit and doesn’t include sexual assault as a count. Then she amends it and adds it a couple of months later. Clav then filed a motion to dismiss fighting the civil lawsuit because letter/text messages show she knew what was happening with the injections and he refused to pay money. She and her lawyer then go to police.’
People close to Clavicular characterized the case to TMZ as a “shakedown” and said he intended to fight the allegations “till the end.”
The alleged victim has not made a public statement.
In a Florida civil lawsuit previously reviewed by Our News Outlet, the woman alleged that Peters wanted her to become the female face of “looksmaxxing”—a social media trend centered on maximizing physical appearance through extreme self-improvement techniques.
The complaint alleges that after the pair first met, she was given alcohol until she appeared “visibly intoxicated.”
“Peters then had sex with [her] while she was knowingly intoxicated, to the point where she was unable to give consent,” the civil complaint stated. “That morning, while [she] was asleep, she woke up with Peters penetrating her and having sex with her, again without her consent.”
The civil filing further alleges that, several months later, Peters injected the woman with Aqualyx during a livestream. The complaint described the substance as an “unapproved drug” that Peters allegedly intended to use to “melt fat on her cheeks” while helping build her online profile through looksmaxxing.
According to the lawsuit, the woman believes the injection contained methamphetamine or another substance that was not disclosed to her.
The civil complaint states that the woman was under 18 and legally considered a minor under Florida law at the time of the alleged events.
In her civil complaint, she claimed that the injections led to ‘severe emotional distress, trauma, humiliation, nightmares, fear, panic, and mental anguish.’
The social media personality wore a black suit and glasses as he wrangled the white dog, which barked at reporters as he arrived
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Clavicular only spoke to the dog, called Morris, as he faced a barrage of questions on his way in
Clavicular later pleaded not guilty and was held on $10,000 bail. He was also ordered to stay away from the alleged victim and to not post about her on social media, per WCVB
Clavicular appeared to address the issue in a series of X posts last month
Insiders close to Clavicular described the situation to TMZ as a ‘shakedown’ and vowed to fight ‘this till the end’; He’s pictured in June in Paris at the 424 Menswear fashion show
Additionally, the lawsuit noted that the alleged incident was livestreamed on the platform Kick.
The civil complaint said that she is suing Peters for battery, fraud and emotional distress, and she is seeking at least $50,000 in damages.
Clavicular appeared to address the issue in a series of posts on X on Monday, in which he wrote: ‘Trying to get my attention in anyway possible, a lawsuit? Seriously… really petty of you.’
The post was accompanied by a letter he appeared to insinuate the accuser sent him in which she thanked him for their collaboration; and a clip of her saying they had a ‘really fun’ time doing a stream, which Clavicular’s representative also sent to Our News Outlet.
He added in a subsequent post: ‘Lmao was literally trying to work at Bacara as a bottle girl… how about dont finance cars you cant afford.
‘Happens to all successful young men, people try to come for your money. Greed is evil.’
In the second post, he included what appeared to be a social media message in which she told him she had been working as a bottle girl and asked about his income, as well as a clip of her walking toward a pricey vehicle.
Peters had not directly denied the allegations, but in a post on X on April 29, he wrote: ‘The consistent theme of girls trying to use me for money is brutal for a young guy trying to navigate a complex society. Hopefully I can find a good girl whos [sic] intent is to not to screw me over and take my money.’
Peters has past drawn controversy for methods such as hitting himself in the face with a hammer to make his bones grow back sharper and taking small amounts of methamphetamine to suppress his appetite
The lawsuit alleges Peters injected a teenager with an ‘unapproved drug’ used for fat contouring (stock image)
Peters’s attorney, Steve Kramer, told Rolling Stone in April of the civil lawsuit: ‘We are aware of the complaint recently filed against Mr. Peters.
‘These are allegations only and remain unproven. Mr. Peters denies the claims and disputes the characterization of events. He will respond through the appropriate legal channels and intends to vigorously defend himself.
‘We will not comment further at this time.’
Aqualyx is an injection made from the deoxycholate family of acids, which dissolve fat in the body. Plastic surgeons may inject the drug into the back, chin, hips, knees, stomach or thighs for contouring.
It’s meant to provide a non-invasive alternative to liposuction, a surgical procedure used to remove stubborn fat, but it is not approved by the FDA.
The agency said in 2023 that Aqualyx can contain phosphatidylcholine (PPC) and sodium deoxycholate (DC), which ‘pose a significant safety risk because they are unapproved, which means the FDA has not evaluated their safety or effectiveness.’
The FDA at the time said it had received reports about consumers experiencing adverse reactions such as permanent scars, infections, skin deformities, cysts and deep, painful knots after receiving unapproved fat-dissolving injections like Aqualyx.
Peters has drawn controversy in the past for methods such as hitting himself in the face with a hammer to make his bones grow back sharper and taking small amounts of methamphetamine to suppress his appetite.
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