'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular pleads not guilty in Mass. rape case
[Getty Images] 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. Peters has denied the allegations and said the encounter was consensual. On…
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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same not-guilty plea by the Clavicular influencer in the Massachusetts rape case, with no conflicting facts.
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