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'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.

BBC World•

Clavicular, a social media influencer who promotes the "looksmaxxing" trend of young men maximising their attractiveness, has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges including rape.

The 20-year-old, whose real name is Braden Peters, was charged in September with felony rape, drugging an individual for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for someone under the age of 21.

The charges stem from an incident in 2025 when he is accused of assaulting a 17-year-old girl at his family's Massachusetts home.

Clavicular has more than a million followers on TikTok and Instagram and has garnered media attention for extreme measures he has taken for "looksmaxxing".