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Long before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women

Published September 25, 2026 6:45AM (EDT)

'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Christian Vierig)

It wasn’t long after Braden Peters, better known as “Clavicular,” was arrested on suspicion of raping a 17-year-old girl at his family’s home in Massachusetts that his fellow MAGA influencers started complaining that he was the real victim.

“Now we live in a climate where a 19-year-old can’t even sleep with a 16-year-old with a little alcohol involved.…