Overview
- At a brief Orleans District Court arraignment on Thursday, Braden Peters entered a not guilty plea, posted $10,000 cash bail, surrendered his passport, and was ordered to avoid contact with the accuser and to refrain from posting about her online with a probable‑cause hearing set for November 24.
- Peters faces one count of rape, one count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse, and one count of furnishing liquor to a person under 21 over an alleged May 23, 2025 incident at his family home in Chatham in which the accuser was 17.
- The accuser told police she was invited to Peters’s home for a livestream, was given vodka until heavily intoxicated, and woke the next morning to find Peters having sex with her without consent, and officers reviewed clips from the livestream as part of the investigation.
- Peters denies the allegations and his lawyers have submitted evidence including text messages and a handwritten note and have filed motions asking the court to preserve and disclose items such as body‑worn camera recordings and communications between investigators and the accuser’s civil attorney.
- A related civil suit filed in Florida was refiled this month with sexual‑assault counts removed to avoid interfering with the criminal prosecution and the case raises broader questions about how livestream content, platform monetization, and digital discovery shape accountability for influencers.