Clavicular Pleads Not Guilty to Three Massachusetts Charges

Braden Peters, the 20-year-old influencer known online as Clavicular, pleaded not guilty in Massachusetts on October 22 to three charges tied to an alleged sexual encounter with a 17-year-old. A judge set bail at $10,000 and ordered him to surrender his passport and avoid contacting or posting about the accuser. The charges are rape, drugging someone for sexual intercourse, and procuring liquor for someone under 21. Peters entered his plea at Orleans District Court. The judge also warned that a new state or federal offense could result in detention without bail for up to 90 days. A probable-cause hearing is scheduled for November 24. The allegations stem from an encounter said to have occurred at Peters’s family home in Chatham on May 23, 2025. According to a Chatham police report, the accuser told police she was 17, drank two or three shots of vodka, and woke the next morning to find Peters having sex with her without her consent. The allegations remain unresolved in the criminal case. Peters’s lawyer, David Meier, has said the encounter was consensual. His legal team has also said Peters and the accuser maintained a professional and personal relationship after the alleged...