Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, a former protégé of the controversial “looksmaxxing” influencer, claims the content creator exploited their networking relationship.
Clavicular, viral ‘looksmaxxing’ influencer, arrested in Florida
Braden Peters, the controversial manosphere influencer who goes by “Clavicular,” has been arrested in Florida on a battery charge.
One month after his arrest for alleged battery, Clavicular is being sued by a teen girl, who’s accusing the controversial social media influencer of physical and sexual abuse.
Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, also known by her online monikers “Alorah” and “Alorah Ziva,” filed her complaint against Clavicular (real name Braden Peters) in Miami-Dade County Court on Tuesday, April 28, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY. She’s accusing the internet personality of battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and unauthorized publication of name and likeness.
Clavicular, who got his nickname from the prominence of his clavicle, has become the poster child for the social media movement known as “looksmaxxing.” The term refers to the process of maximizing one’s physical appearance through hygiene, fitness and style – sometimes to a dangerous degree.
Clavicular, 20, is known for such extreme tactics as hitting himself in the face with a hammer so his bones grow back sharper and taking small amounts of methamphetamine to suppress his appetite. His ethos is guided by the idea that physical appearance trumps all else, though its offshoots venture into sexist, misogynistic and racist philosophies.
Mendoza was 16 at the time she allegedly began working with Clavicular as an aspiring influencer, according to the lawsuit. The woman, now 18, said in her filing that the content creator exploited their networking relationship, including having sex with her without consent and injecting her with an “unapproved drug” during a livestream.
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Clavicular for comment.
Mendoza’s allegations come after Clavicular was arrested last month in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The influencer was charged with battery on March 26, according to jail records viewed by USA TODAY.
A source close to Clavicular later told USA TODAY that the arrest stemmed from an incident involving his girlfriend, Violet, and a fellow influencer, Jenny Popach, whom she accused of having an affair with Clavicular. The source alleged that Clavicular was not directly involved.
Clavicular accuser details alleged sexual assault
In her lawsuit, Mendoza said Clavicular got her drunk and later sexually assaulted her shortly after they began working together.
The aspiring influencer alleged that Clavicular approached her to be “the female face for ‘looksmaxxing.'” Mendoza said she was paid $1,000 around last May to film several videos for Clavicular, which the influencer assisted with by writing scripts for Mendoza.
Mendoza said that after posting approximately four of her “looksmaxxing” videos, Clavicular invited the teen for a visit to his Cape Cod, Massachusetts, home.
“Mendoza accepted the offer since she had never met [Clavicular] and thought meeting him would help her online presence, as [Clavicular] had promised,” the lawsuit reads.
While at Clavicular’s home, Mendoza said that she was served “excessive amounts of alcohol,” to the point that she became “inebriated and visibly intoxicated.”
Afterward, Mendoza said she and Clavicular had sex, although she “was unable to give consent” in her drunken state. The woman said she later awoke to Clavicular having sex with her again.
Clavicular allegedly injected teen with ‘fat-dissolving’ drug
Six months after their first encounter, Mendoza allegedly ran into Clavicular while attending a networking event in Miami with friends, per court documents.
Mendoza said the influencer then invited her and her friends to attend a streaming session at his home, telling the teen that she was “‘ascending’ and he could continue to increase her online presence.” According to looksmaxxing lingo, to “ascend” means to become more physically attractive.
Mendoza said she agreed to attend and traveled with Clavicular to his Delray Beach residence. Upon their arrival, Mendoza alleged that Clavicular attempted to “kiss and seduce” her, but she rejected his advances.
The pair later went inside a bedroom, where Clavicular began his livestream on the platform Kick.com, according to the complaint. The influencer allegedly told Mendoza that he wanted to inject her with the medication Aqualyx to “melt fat on her cheeks” and maximize her “looksmaxxing” progress.
Aqualyx, also known as Motolese’s Solution, is an injectable treatment that can be used to “reduce the appearance of fat to give a smoother, more contoured appearance,” according to Healthline. Fat-dissolving drugs, many of which are not currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, can cause “adverse reactions,” such as permanent scars, serious infections and skin deformities, cysts, and deep, painful knots,” per the FDA.
While filming the livestream, Clavicular allegedly “stated or suggested that methamphetamine had been added to the injection mixture,” according to the lawsuit. After receiving the first injection, Mendoza reportedly “appeared drugged on camera.”
Clavicular “knew that Aqualyx was not an FDA-approved drug,” the lawsuit reads. “By failing to provide this relevant information, [he] fraudulently induced Mendoza into getting injected.”
Clavicular accuser says influencer started a smear campaign against her
Mendoza is also accusing Clavicular of starting a smear campaign against her online to undermine the legitimacy of her abuse claims, according to the woman’s complaint.
Mendoza said she signed a contract earlier this year to become a social media promoter for an online trading platform. The contract purportedly paid her $15,000 per month.
Although Mendoza and Clavicular had allegedly hung out a “handful” of additional times following their previous encounters, the influencer alleged Clavicular “began a campaign to discredit” her, which allegedly led to Mendoza losing sponsorships.
Clavicular’s alleged smear campaign was “undertaken in anticipation of [Mendoza] asserting claims arising from the livestreamed injection and related misconduct,” the lawsuit reads.
As part of her lawsuit, Mendoza is asking the court that she be paid damages for Clavicular’s alleged misconduct, as well as a trial by jury.
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Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY