'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty to rape charge
The influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2025.
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The influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2025.
Suspended for rape in the United States, the influencer Clavicular became one of the figures of the "looksmaxxing", this quest for the perfect physical appearance of masculinists. The mediatization of this new phenomenon has contributed to the normalization and transfer of codes from the radical incel milieu into mainstream culture.
“Looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular has been charged with rape and drugging in Massachusetts, according to online court records viewed by Variety. A list of charges filed on Sept. 8 show that the 20-year-old, whose real name is Braden Peters, faces one count of rape, one count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse and one count of […]