By Baylee Weaver, Newswire Intern 

Braden Peters, more commonly known as Clavicular on social media, was charged in connection with the drugging and rape of a teenage girl in his family’s Cape Cod home, according to a criminal complaint.  

Aleksandra Mendoza, also known as Alorah Ziva, is a social media influencer who reported being allegedly raped by Clavicular. Mendoza told Chatham, Massachusetts police that while visiting his family’s Cape Cod home in June 2025, Peters called an Uber for and encouraged 17-year-old Mendoza to drink as they livestreamed on Twitch.  

According to the Chatham Police probable cause statement, Peters initiated sexual intercourse with her while she was too intoxicated to consent, and then again, the following morning.  

These charges came a few months after Mendoza had already charged Peters for sexual battery in Miami, Florida. This lawsuit also alleged that Peters had injected Mendoza with a non-FDA approved fat-dissolving substance in November 2025.  

A clerk-magistrate found a probable cause on Sept. 4, 2025, and the criminal complaint was officially issued on Sept. 8. Peters is not currently in police custody and has an arraignment scheduled for Oct. 14.  

Peters’ representatives have denied the allegations, calling the criminal filing “bogus” and claiming that Peters intends to vigorously defend himself. The influencer also defended himself in a series of posts on X. He included a section of a video Mendoza previously posted in which she spoke about meeting Peters in May 2025 and called him “super nice.” 

According to the Massachusetts criminal complaint, Mendoza told police she met Peters on Instagram in May 2025, while Mendoza was a minor, and they developed an online business relationship. Her civil lawsuit alleges that Peters offered to help make Mendoza well known online and paid her $1,000 to make four “looksmaxxing” videos. 

With Peters gaining significant online attention in the past year, these allegations and charges have caused a buzz not only on social media, but on Xavier’s campus.  

Students debate the idea of Peters’ brand “looksmaxxing,” where people who are in the subculture focus on aggressively maximizing one’s physical attractiveness.  

“I was not surprised when I saw that Clavicular was charged with rape. I think that “looksmaxxing” establishes a level of rape culture nowadays. It sets a very bad example for men, all around the world,” first-year finance major Chase Farris said.  

Some Xavier students did not have a good view on Clavicular prior to hearing about the charges against him.  

“From what I heard about him, he just seemed so narcissistic, very self-absorbed toxic masculinity,” first-year finance major Elizabeth Dabney said.  

While the parties involved await trial, the internet watches Clavicular to see what will happen next, or what he will put out on the internet next. What people thought was just a self-obsessed influencer seems to have a much darker side to his vanity.