Ludwig Pulled Clavicular From His Streamer Award Nominations

Ludwig Ahgren has pulled Clavicular from his streamer award nominations for The Streamer Awards 2026, saying on a September 23 livestream that he was "disgusted" after the criminal charges against the creator became public. Eleven days earlier, Ahgren had praised Clavicular's influence on livestreaming culture. The reversal has put this season's streamer award nominations under new scrutiny.

The reversal started with a compliment. On September 12, Ahgren named Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, as one of his five picks for Streamer of the Year, alongside Kai Cenat, IShowSpeed, Stable Ronaldo, and Jynxzi. Ahgren said Peters had the "largest impact" of anyone on his streamer award nominations short list, and admitted the choice might "ruffle some feathers." Within nine days, the nomination had become a problem he needed to undo.

The criminal complaint against Peters had been filed on September 8 in Orleans District Court in Massachusetts. According to court records reviewed by ABC News, Peters faces three counts: criminal rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring liquor for a minor under 21. The complaint concerns an alleged incident in May 2025, and investigators said the teenager involved lacked the ability to consent. Peters has denied the allegations, and a representative, Mitchell Jackson, told NBC News that he "has not been physically served" and called the coverage exaggerated.

Criticism of the streamer award nominations arrived quickly once the charges surfaced publicly on September 21. Fellow streamers including Hasan Piker, Kaceytron, and Denims took aim at the pick, questioning why a creator with that kind of history had landed on Ahgren's list at all. Ahgren later described the backlash as "totally fair," and two days later he was redoing his streamer award nominations from scratch.

On his September 23 stream, Ahgren said he had entered Clavicular in nearly every category on his streamer award nominations ballot and would now redo the entire list. He said he no longer wanted Peters in any category. He also said that if Peters is convicted, Kick, the platform where Clavicular streams, "has to start banning people."

Why the streamer award nominations carry weight

Ahgren's picks do not decide the final winners, but his streamer award nominations still move the conversation. He is the organizer of the show, and his public short lists are among the season's earliest signals of which creators the industry considers contenders. The 2026 nomination window opened to applications on September 1, and his list was one of the first glimpses at the field.

That visibility cuts both ways. The episode shows how fast a creator's legal situation can turn an endorsement into a liability for the person who made it. Ahgren acted within two days of the charges going public, but the speed of the reversal has not ended the argument over why Clavicular appeared on the streamer award nominations in the first place.

Ahgren built his reputation partly on large-scale events and award shows within the streaming industry, which is why his nominations land with more weight than a casual fan's picks. When the person running the awards publicly vouches for a creator and then walks it back eleven days later, the reversal becomes a story about the awards themselves.

Clavicular's rise and the case ahead

Peters built his audience in the looksmaxxing scene, an online subculture centered on male self-improvement in which followers treat physical attractiveness as a marker of social status. The New York Times has described the community's extreme fringe, including "bone smashing," the practice of striking facial bones to alter their shape. Peters has also drawn attention for provocative livestreams; in April he was hospitalized in Miami after an apparent overdose during a Kick stream, according to People.

The accuser had already sued Peters in Miami for sexual battery over the same May 2025 incident months before the criminal filing, according to primetimer's account of the case. The Massachusetts complaint added three criminal counts on top of the civil dispute: rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring alcohol for someone under 21, per the records ABC News reviewed.

The Massachusetts case now hangs over everything else in Peters' career. The Streamer Awards have announced no formal rule change in response to the controversy, but Ahgren's streamer award nominations have already been rewritten, and the open question is whether the show's vetting process changes before voting begins.

Read more: primetimer on Ludwig's Clavicular reversal and sportskeeda on the September 23 stream.