Online influencer Braden Peters, known as “Clavicular”, has been charged with rape in Massachusetts after allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old girl at his family’s home on Cape Cod.
Peters, 20, also faces charges of administering a substance for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for someone under 21, according to court records.
The criminal complaint was filed in Orleans District Court on 8 September 2026. A judge found probable cause on all three charges four days earlier. Peters is not in custody and is due to appear for arraignment on 14 October.
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The alleged assault is said to have taken place on 23 May 2025 at the Peters family home in Chatham, on Cape Cod.
According to a police report, the girl had been messaging Peters on Instagram and told officers he knew she was 17. She later appeared in looksmaxxing videos streamed online by Peters, who allegedly paid her to take part and instructed her to tell viewers that she was 18.
The report alleges that vodka was given to the girl during one of the broadcasts, while she was told to describe it as water. On the night of the alleged assault, she travelled by rideshare from her grandparents’ home to the Peters family property on Morris Island.
She told police that she met Peters’ mother and grandmother before going to his room, where he was livestreaming on Twitch. After drinking what she believed were two or three shots of vodka, she said she became increasingly intoxicated.
An officer who reviewed footage from the livestream said the girl could be heard telling Peters: “Wait I’m so drunk though.” Peters allegedly replied: “It’s OK,” before the pair kissed.
The girl told investigators that, after the stream ended, she went to Peters’ bedroom, fell asleep and woke the following morning to find him raping her.
The allegations are also linked to a civil lawsuit filed in Florida in April. That case alleges that Peters later injected the woman with a fat-dissolving substance during a livestream without her consent. Peters has denied the allegations in the civil proceedings.
His lawyer, Jeff Neiman, has said Peters is innocent but declined to comment further. The criminal charges remain allegations and have not been tested at trial.
