Clavicular, the 20-year-old influencer whose real name is Braden Peters, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Massachusetts to criminal charges including rape, according to BBC World. The charges stem from an alleged May 2025 incident at his family’s home, which he denies.
A criminal complaint filed Sept. 8 in Orleans District Court in Barnstable County charges rape, drugging someone for sexual intercourse, and procuring liquor for someone under 21, according to NBC News. The alleged incident took place at the Peters family home in Chatham, on Cape Cod, when the complainant was 17.
Peters was granted $10,000 bail and ordered not to contact or post about his accuser. He was also told to surrender his passport, according to BBC World. A court clerk confirmed that Peters paid the bail in cash, NBC News reported.
Peters’ lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that Chatham police did not present sufficient evidence to bring the charges, according to NBC News. Peters’ defense has also filed a memo arguing that the accuser willingly created content with him, described him as "so nice" to followers, and continued to profit from their relationship after the alleged incident. The memo presents the defense’s account and its claims about the accuser’s statements to police have not been independently confirmed.
The case has a prior history in Florida. According to NBC South Florida, as cited by NBC News, Peters pleaded no contest to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public after filming himself shooting at what appeared to be a dead alligator. He received six months’ probation and 20 hours of community service. The accuser filed a civil suit in Miami last year alleging sexual battery. She later refiled and dropped the sexual assault allegations, her lawyer said, to avoid interfering with the criminal case.
Peters has denied the allegations and said the encounter was consensual, according to BBC World. His lawyers declined to comment to NBC News, so no direct on-the-record response is included here. The accuser’s account comes from the criminal complaint and police report as described by NBC News and CBS News, with BBC World relaying CBS’s reporting secondhand. The police report itself was not reviewed for this article.
Peters’ next hearing is set for 24 November, when the judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for the case to move forward, according to BBC World.
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