A controversial figure in the “manosphere,” known as Clavicular, is facing serious rape charges that could result in a 20-year prison sentence if found guilty of an alleged sexual assault from 2025 in a high-end Massachusetts vacation area, according to a recent report.
This well-known “looksmaxxer,” whose real name is Braden Peters, was officially charged on September 8 with rape, drugging an individual for sexual purposes, and providing alcohol to a minor. Prosecutors stated that the assault took place on May 23, 2025, in Cape Cod, based on court records.
The main charge of rape alone carries a potential maximum penalty of 20 years and would require Peters to register as a sex offender if convicted.
Details surrounding the alleged incident are limited, with court documents not disclosing the victim’s identity, adhering to Massachusetts laws on sexual violence.
Interestingly, the timing, location, and nature of the charges align with accusations made by another content creator, who filed a civil lawsuit against Peters in April in Miami-Dade County.
Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, who is known online as Alorah Ziva, is suing Peters for battery, fraud, and emotional distress stemming from an alleged non-consensual sexual encounter in Cape Cod that month.
According to Mendoza’s lawsuit, Peters arranged for her to take an Uber to his family home, which she did, hoping to advance her own career through the meeting.
Once there, she claims Peters provided her with “excessive amounts of alcohol” and then engaged in sexual acts with her when she was too intoxicated to give consent. The lawsuit also alleges he had sex with her while she was asleep.
“Peters had sex with Mendoza while she was knowingly intoxicated, to the point where she was unable to give consent,” reads the lawsuit. “That morning, while Mendoza was asleep, she awoke to find Peters penetrating her, having sex with her again without her consent.”
After the encounter, Mendoza was sent home in an Uber and did not see Peters for six months, as stated in the lawsuit.
While Peters hasn’t addressed the criminal allegations, he did criticize Mendoza’s civil suit on social media. He described the lawsuit as “really petty” in a post.
His attorney previously filed a motion seeking to dismiss several parts of the civil lawsuit in July.
A representative for Clavicular claimed that Mendoza added the sexual assault claim to her lawsuit months post-filing and stated that Peters is more than capable of countering her allegations. They added that the criminal case was initiated only after she and her attorney went to the police.
“Clavicular has not been physically served. As usual, the Bulwark is exaggerating the status of a case to boost traffic,” the representative said in a statement.
Braden Peters is set to appear in court for his arraignment on October 14.
