Clavicular Charged With Shooting at Alligator While Livestreaming
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Braden Eric Peters, known as Clavicular, a social media influencer and leader of the "looksmaxxing" subculture, was charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm in public in Florida after livestreaming himself shooting at an alligator in the Everglades.
- Peters is scheduled to appear in Miami-Dade County Court on May 20 and was not charged with harming the alligator, which may have already been dead.
- Two other online personalities, Andrew Morales ("Cuban Tarzan") and Yabdiel Annibal Cotto Torres ("Baby Alien"), were also charged for illegally firing weapons during the same incident.
- Peters has a history of livestreaming controversial and criminal behavior, including allegedly instigating a violent attack on a woman in February and overdosing while streaming in March.
- His defense lawyers claim Peters was following a licensed airboat guide's instructions and that no animals or people were harmed, expressing confidence that the full context will clarify the situation.
