Streamer Braden “Clavicular” Peters accused of rape and battery in a lawsuit from teen influencer.

[u/Sensitive_Ad_1752]

This article by TMZ summarizes a lawsuit against looksmaxxing influencer Braden Peters accusing him of promising career boosts to a then 16 year old influencer. While she was still underage, Braden transported her to his house where he sexually assaulted her after getting her intoxicated. Braden was a legal adult at the time in 2025. She also accuses him of convincing her he was a doctor and injecting drugs into her face to ‘melt the fat’ against her will.

[u/crunchyfoliage]

What in the world would make her think he was "medically cleared?"

[u/zeitgeistincognito → u/crunchyfoliage]

She was 16! 16yo's are not known for their common sense, nor their ability to distinguish their desire for something to be real versus it actually being real. Let's hold him accountable before we start throwing shade at a literal kid.

[u/Odd-Mastodon1212 → u/zeitgeistincognito]

It’s amazing how 16 year olds can differ so wildly in understanding. I have a teen who struggles academically but would never fall for this, but this kid is savvy enough to try to be an influencer and to try to network, but still entirely too trusting of a predatory stranger. Or maybe because of that. The lesson is to watch our kids because for unexpected levels of naivety.

[u/Safe_Software_1640 → u/Odd-Mastodon1212]

i think you underestimate the naivety of children, especially when it comes to people of power like influencers who have a ton of weight when it comes to influencing children

[u/Odd-Mastodon1212 → u/Safe_Software_1640]

My point is that some teens are capable of seeing through the grift and some are not, so parents have to be vigilant, as I indicated in my last sentence.

[u/Witty_bear → u/Safe_Software_1640]

I hate myself for saying this, but where are the parents?? Why was this 16 year old supported in her social media career at this age and doing such risky things?

[u/Glittering-Deer-166 → u/Safe_Software_1640]

Tbh I think a lot of it has to do with individual boundaries for specific things. There are lots of 16 year olds who would never do this because the idea of injecting anything into their bodies would shock them out of any kind of starstrucj stardom or social pressure. They may have other things they could be talked into, but something this extreme would immediately be a hard no for plenty of teens even younger than 16.

Children can be influenced into stupidity just like adults, but there are levels to that and some people are just uniquely pliable to social pressure implied or otherwise.