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Clavicular has moved on from looksmaxxing to (allegedly) crimemaxxing.
On the same day the state of Florida said it was investigating the looksmaxxing, far-right friendly streamer for shooting an (apparently dead) alligator in the Everglades, he was arrested in Fort Lauderdale — but for a different incident.
Broward County records show the 20-year-old influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, was taken into custody yesterday on a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a warrant out of Osceola County.
The arrest came after Clavicular caused an uproar by posting the alligator content. Clips reposted on X (formerly Twitter) from Clavicular’s stream on Kick show Peters sitting on an airboat in the Everglades with three other men. At one point, the group stops next to what appears to be a dead alligator lying upside down in the water.
“Can we dump a round into it?” Peters asks. “Let’s test really how dead it is.”
Seconds later, a man sitting next to Peters pulls a gun from his waistband and begins shooting the animal. Peters follows, firing at least 10 rounds into the alligator, at one point squeezing his eyes shut as he pulls the trigger.
“Yeah, I think it’s dead,” Peters says while sitting back down and tucking his gun into his waistband.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the state agency that oversees wildlife enforcement, said that it’s investigating the incident.
“The FWC is aware of a video depicting individuals in the Everglades on an airboat who appear to be discharging firearms at an alligator,” the agency wrote in a post on X. “FWC officers are looking into the incident and will provide additional information when available.”
According to Florida law, it’s illegal for a person to “intentionally kill, injure, possess, or capture, or attempt to kill, injure, possess, or capture” an alligator “unless authorized by rules of the commission.” It’s unclear how this applies if the alligator was dead.
Federal law also prohibits firearms in certain areas of Everglades National Park, although it’s unclear where the incident took place.
Peters, who appears to be living in South Florida as of recently, rose to prominence online by promoting “looksmaxxing,” a genre of content that encourages extreme practices such as facial “bone smashing” and even using crystal meth to stay lean.
The young streamer, who frequently uses the N-word and wears a hat with the N-word written on it, made headlines earlier this year after rapping to Kanye West’s song “Heil Hitler” alongside well-known white nationalist Nick Fuentes and manosphere influencers Andrew Tate, Myron Gaines, and Sneako inside Vendôme nightclub in Miami Beach. Videos captured the group throwing up the Nazi salute and shouting the lyrics, “Nigga, Heil Nitler!”
Peters’ publicist, Mitchell Jackson, did not immediately respond to New Times‘ request for comment via email.
This is a breaking story and will be updated as events warrant.
