Controversial Influencer Clavicular Arrested on Battery Charges

NEED TO KNOW

• Braden Peters, a controversial streamer known online as “Clavicular,” was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department on March 26

• According to jail records viewed by PEOPLE, Peters was arrested on battery charges, and his bond was set at $1,000

• Peters, known online in the “looksmaxxing” community, has regularly drawn controversy for his livestreams

Braden Peters, a controversial streamer known online as “Clavicular,” has been arrested on battery charges.

Peters, 20, was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department on March 26, a spokesperson for the department confirmed to PEOPLE.

According to jail records viewed by PEOPLE, Peters was arrested on battery charges, and his bond was set at $1,000. A spokesperson for Osceola County Corrections told PEOPLE it had a warrant for Peters’ arrest but declined to share further details.

A rep for Peters did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The internet personality is known by millions of followers as a member of the “looksmaxxing” community, a controversial sect of the internet populated by young men who strive to maximize their attractiveness in often extreme ways.

Over the past few years, Peters has regularly drawn attention for a string of extremist and, at times, overtly racist acts on his livestreams, including the regular use of a racist slur and admitting to using illegal drugs, including meth, to maintain his appearance.

Earlier this week, the streamer made headlines for appearing to repeatedly shoot a dead alligator while in the Everglades, Fla., in the midst of a livestream.

After video of the livestream circulated online, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wrote in a March 26 statement on X that it was “aware of a video depicting individuals in the Everglades on an airboat who appear to be discharging firearms at an alligator,” adding that officers were “looking into the incident,” but did not name Peters specifically.

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On March 27, it also appeared that Peters’s Kick account, where he frequently livestreams, had been taken down. A representative for Kick did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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