Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular charged over alleged alligator shooting
The looksmaxxing influencer allegedly livestreamed himself firing gunshots from an airboat at an alligator.
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"following the instructions of a licensed airboat guide, and that no animals or people were harmed"
— Braden Eric Peters , Influencer
"We urge the public not to rush to judgment. Importantly, there is no allegation that any animal was injured."
— Andrew Morales , Influencer
"He relied on that guidance. No animals or people were harmed. We are confident that once the full picture is understood, people will see this for what it is."
— Braden Eric Peters , Influencer
"Notably, there are no allegations that any animal was harmed, and the evidence does not support many of the exaggerated claims that have circulated publicly."
— Andrew Morales , Influencer
"Florida’s wildlife and waterways deserve respect, not content farming."
— Jay Collins , Politician
"Yeah, it’s definitely dead."
— Braden Eric Peters , Influencer
"did unlawfully and knowingly discharge a firearm in a public place or on or over the right-of-way of a paved public road, highway or street, or over occupied premises"
— Katherine Fernandez Rundle , Executive
"FWC officers are looking into the incident and will provide additional information when available"
— Katherine Fernandez Rundle , Executive
Key People
Andrew Morales is known on social media as 'The Cuban Tarzan' and is facing charges related to the alligator shooting incident.
Peters, known as Clavicular, is a controversial internet streamer involved in the looksmaxxing movement.
'Looksmaxxing' influencer charged with rape.
Jay Collins is the Lieutenant Governor of Florida who commented on the alligator shooting incident.
Rundle is the Miami-Dade State Attorney who commented on the legal charges against Peters.
Violet Lentz is Braden Eric Peters' girlfriend, who was involved in a related incident of alleged battery.
Lentz is a woman accused of battery in connection with an altercation instigated by Peters.
Yabdiel Anibal Cotto Torres was charged alongside Clavicular and Andrew Morales in the alligator shooting incident.
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The looksmaxxing influencer allegedly livestreamed himself firing gunshots from an airboat at an alligator.
Clavicular, known for 'looksmaxxing,' faces charges after livestreaming himself shooting an apparently dead alligator in the Everglades.
Clavicular, real name Braden Eric Peters, and two others charged with discharging a firearm in a public place after a March incident in the Everglades.
Clavicular, real name Braden Eric Peters, faces charges for allegedly shooting an alligator in the Everglades during a March livestream.
Clavicular faces charges for unlawfully discharging a firearm in public after livestreaming himself shooting at an apparently dead alligator in the Florida Everglades.
Clavicular faces a misdemeanor charge after a viral video showed him shooting a dead alligator in the Everglades.
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