“Looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Massachusetts court to felony rape charges stemming from an alleged May 2025 incident at the family’s Cape Cod home.
Clavicular, 20, whose real name is Braden Peters, was charged with rape, drugging for sex and furnishing alcohol to a person under 21, according to a criminal complaint filed Sept. 8 in Orleans District Court in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, claimed that last May, when she was 17 and in Massachusetts, Peters called her an Uber to take her to his family’s home in Chatham, a beach town on Cape Cod.
When Mendoza was at Peters’ home, she claimed, he got her drunk with vodka during a live stream on Twitch and then raped her while she slept, according to the Chatham Police Department criminal complaint. At the time, his mother and grandmother were in the house.
A representative and Peters’ attorney declined to comment. Mendoza’s lawyer also declined to comment.
Peters’ attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case after his court appearance Thursday, arguing that Chatham police did not present sufficient evidence to bring charges against him. He has previously denied any wrongdoing and defended himself in a series of posts on X.
At his arraignment Thursday, a judge set Peters’ bail at $10,000 after his defense team filed a memo in Orleans District Court Wednesday requesting “just and reasonable bail” in that amount. In it, his attorney argued that Peters posed neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk and noted that he had no history of felony convictions.
A court clerk confirmed Thursday that Peters paid the $10,000 bond in cash.
The criminal charges follow a civil suit filed by Mendoza in Miami last year in which she accused Peters of sexual battery in connection with the alleged May 2025 incident on Cape Cod. In the civil suit, she also alleged that he injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance during a live broadcast in November in Florida.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed that the criminal charges against Peters stem from Mendoza’s allegations.
Earlier this month, Mendoza filed a new civil complaint and dropped sexual assault allegations against Peters. At the time, his lawyer said it was to avoid interfering with the criminal case in Massachusetts.
Wednesday’s memo from Peters’ team also lays out its defense, arguing that Mendoza intentionally created social media content with Peters and previously described him to his followers as “very nice.” The memo also states that she continued to spend time with Peters and enjoy their relationship after the alleged Cape Cod incident in May 2025.
The filing also includes a letter allegedly handwritten by Mendoza, in which she wrote, “Braden, you have my loyalty 100%…I admire the man you are,” and added that she wanted to continue working with Peters.
In screenshots of messages between Peters and Mendoza included in the filing, Mendoza appeared to imply that she wanted to engage in a romantic relationship with Peters.
In early 2026, Peters According to the lawyer, Mendoza’s brand deals dried up as Peters’ success continued to grow. She then filed a civil suit, the filing says.
When she reported the alleged rape to Chatham police in June 2026, she told officers she had not undergone a forensic examination for sexual assault. She told police she told a friend about the alleged assault, then later changed her story and said she never told anyone, according to the memo.
This is not Peters’ first run-in with the law.
Peters and two others were indicted in Florida in April for shooting an alligator. He and another person pleaded no contest to illegally discharging a firearm in public and were sentenced to six months of probation and ordered to perform 20 hours of community service, according to NBC South Florida.
He was also hospitalized in April in Miami after a suspected overdose, according to his representative.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. The hotline, run by the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), can connect you with your local rape crisis center. You can also access RAINN’s online chat service at rainn.org/get-help.
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