Overview
- At his Oct. 22, 2026, arraignment in Orleans District Court, 20-year-old Braden Peters pleaded not guilty, posted $10,000 cash bail, surrendered his passport and was ordered not to contact or post about the accuser.
- Prosecutors charged Peters with one count of rape, one count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse and a misdemeanor for furnishing alcohol to a person under 21 over an alleged May 23, 2025, incident at his family’s Chatham home where police say livestream footage shows him giving the then-17-year-old vodka and kissing her on camera.
- Peters denies the allegations and his lawyers have filed pretrial motions seeking preservation of evidence and arguing for dismissal while presenting messages and a handwritten note they say undercut the accuser’s claims.
- The accuser filed a civil suit in Florida that alleged sexual battery and non‑FDA injections; she recently amended that case to remove sexual‑assault counts so the criminal prosecution could proceed without overlap.
- If convicted on the lead rape count Peters faces up to 20 years in prison and mandatory sex‑offender registration, and the case underscores how livestream recordings and social‑media exchanges are reshaping evidence and strategy in high‑profile influencer cases.