She’s a 4 : The Dangers of the Male Livestreaming Space

Graphic by Sarah

By Fiona Fahey

On Sept. 8, 2026, a Massachusetts criminal court charged 20-year-old Braden Peters with the drugging and sexual assault of a minor. The social media influencer, professionally known as “Clavicular” or “Clav,” regularly livestreams to his 438,000 Kick followers from Miami nightclubs and glamorous social events, such as New York Fashion Week. Surrounded by dozens of friends and romantic conquests, Peters parties, provokes strangers, and boasts about his good looks during his frequent broadcasts. With an ever-growing following on both TikTok and Instagram, he has captured the admiration of a young and impressionable audience that seems inspired by his physical confidence and luxurious lifestyle. As further details regarding his alleged crimes emerge, social media users have begun to question the potentially harrowing influence of daily livestreaming.

Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah, told the Orleans District Court in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, that on May 23, 2025, Peters coerced her into drinking alcohol during a livestream before raping her in his family’s Cape Cod home. Mendoza was 17 years old at the time. 

These charges come mere months after Mendoza sued Peters in a Miami district court for sexual battery in connection to the May 2025 incident. That same civil lawsuit also alleges that Peters injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat dissolving substance last November.

Peters’ online persona has resulted in numerous digital and legal controversies. In 2021, he began promoting radical self-improvement and body alteration tactics on his TikTok page. The then 15-year-old Peters pioneered the “looksmaxxing” trend—a viral movement that encourages young men to engage in extreme dietary plans and surgical procedures to achieve an idealistic physical appearance. Peters himself has been injecting his body with controlled substances to alter his facial structure and complexion since he was 14 years old, telling infamous television presenter Sean Hannity that, to him, looks are everything. 

"If [you’re] not good-looking [you’re] not going to get the job," he said.

Peters’ fixation on the human body extends beyond the male looksmaxxing space. In a trademark segment of his broadcasts, which he refers to as “face rating,” viewers hear Peters rating women's appearances on a zero-to-ten scale. During a livestreamed trip to Israel last June, he  refused to speak to a female fan unless she agreed to have sexual intercourse with him. When confronted about these controversies, Peters expressed his belief that women see men in a similar light, telling Piers Morgan that the “brutal” gender won't “look at a man who's under six foot as a human in a lot of cases.”

Peters often refers to women as “foids”—a term short for “female androids”—or “targets.” These terms highlight a growing attitude towards women in male livestreaming spaces. The manosphere—a term popularized by a 2016 Louis Theroux documentary—is an online network of communities that promote aggressive masculinity and traditional gender stereotypes. Active members of these spaces, also known as incels, often find unflattering ways to include women in their content.

One of Peters’ frequent collaborators, fellow streamer Andrew Tate, 39, is no stranger to this inclusion. The self-proclaimed “misogynist,” has come under fire countless times since his initial rise to online prominence in the late 2010s. On a podcast shared with his brother, Tristan Tate, 38, known as “Tatecast”, he has claimed that women are “intrinsically lazy,” “incapable of independent thought” and “the property of men.” Women make appearances in his social media videos, though, where they’re propped up against luxury cars or sprawled out on massive yachts. 

In December 2022, both Tate brothers were arrested in their home country, Romania, on charges of human trafficking and rape. The prosecution claimed that the pair lured women to Romania with romantic promises before ultimately coercing them into creating OnlyFans content for profit. 

This past July, the brothers were arrested once again by United States Marshals in Miami following an extradition request from the United Kingdom. They are still facing all 59 of these criminal charges—including rape, sexual assault, facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, assault, and offences relating to indecent images of children and extreme pornography. Despite a documented history of controversial speech towards women, the Tates’ legal team insist that the brothers are simply  “playing roles” online.

Amassing over 10-million followers on X, Tate’s lengthy criminal record did not deter his fanbase. The comment section of a recent post where he spoke of men who have been “cheated against” is full of encouraging replies. 

“Keep pushing,” one user wrote. “#FREETHETATES,” wrote another.

In the wake of Tate’s arrest, Peters has distanced himself from his livestreaming colleague. During an April 2026 interview with “60 Minutes Australia”, he grew furious with correspondent Adam Hegarthy when asked directly if he identified as an incel.

“I mean, how could you ask me that question as a follow-up after you asked me about my relationships to women,” Peters huffed. “I’m not linked to that group in any way,”

Hegarthy then pivoted to Peters’  friendship with Tate, to which he was met with claims that the interview was turning “political” before Peters stormed out.

Despite acquiring sexual assault charges of his own, Peters’ attitude towards livestreaming has not changed. His content still revolves around women—he told a group of young men to “never apologize” for cheating during an October 5 broadcast.

Peters’ legal team has remained silent regarding Mendoza’s accusations. The streamer, in his own right, posted a handwritten letter and a series of private messages between himself and Mendoza to his X account on September 22. 

“Trying to get my attention in any way possible, a lawsuit?” he wrote alongside the post. “Seriously… really petty of you.” 

The screenshots show Mendoza telling Peters that she “wants him” and needs “a man to relax with.”

A 2023 survey conducted by the public advocacy group HOPE Not Hate found that nearly 80% of male participants from the ages of 16 to 17 consumed online content from incel creators, such as Peters and Tate. When summarizing their findings, the group emphasized a fear that young men influenced by this type of content, and the values it platforms, may directly harm young women. 

Mental health professionals nationwide have emphasized a need for parental education on incel culture. Warning signs, they say, that young boys are adopting characteristics of an incel, may present themselves as normal teenage behaviors.

Sudden periods of low confidence, aggressive attitudes toward female figures of authority or increased secretiveness could hint at consumption of incel media. Monitoring a child’s internet usage, mental health professionals believe, may be more vital than ever. 

Peters is set to appear in the Orleans District Court in Massachusetts on October 14th to be formally arraigned. In the meantime, Mendoza has attempted to rebuild her social media presence that she says Peters diminished with his “enormous following and popularity online.”

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Fiona is a CCNY junior and native New Yorker who is majoring in Communications and Media Studies. Her dream is to work in a busy newsroom in the heart of Manhattan. She spends her spare time filling her ears with Irish music, showing her family members terrible films, and hanging around the five boroughs with her friends.