Arts & Entertainment
Gay porn star sued for filming in Airbnb mansion
Michael Lucas under fire for summer shoot
The Acacia Mansion. (screen capture)
Gay porn star Michael Lucas and his film crew are being sued for filming an adult movie in an Airbnb-rented California mansion.
The New York Daily News reports the Acacia Mansion,located in Ojai, Calif., was rented by Lucas in August. The owner, Kristina Knapid, alleges that Lucas rented the mansion under the fake name “Anna” and when he went to pick up the keys, he claimed to be “Anna’s” brother-in-law. She discovered his real identity when she found a business card for Lucas Entertainment in the house.
According to the New York Daily News, Knapid also alleges that Lucas stayed at the mansion for five days leaving behind “urine, semen and fecal matter on the linens, carpets, upholstery, walls, ceilings and in the hot tub.”
Photos posted to Lucas’ Facebook and Instagram around Aug. 12 when he was renting the mansion appear to look like the Acacia Mansion.
Lucas told the New York Daily News that they did film an adult movie in the mansion, but that Knapid’s claims about the dirty state of the mansion once they left are false. He says that he has it in writing that he and his film crew left the mansion in clean condition.
Knapid, who bought the mansion 11 years ago, has filed a claim for $30,000 to Airbnb. The New York Daily News reports that the lawsuit states ““Plaintiff has not, and does not, rent the property for the purposes of filming adult pornographic movies. Such an image is not one plaintiff wants associated with her pristine home.”
The lawsuit also has ordered Lucas not to distribute any of the footage filmed in the home.
Online Culture
Clavicular charged in alleged rape of teenage influencer
Online personality’s real name is Braden Peters
Online personality Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, has been accused of rape.
According to NBC, Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, accused Peters of sexual assault, and the case is making its way through the court system.
The alleged incident occurred on May 23, 2025, when Mendoza was 17.
According to a criminal complaint from the Chatham (Mass.) Police Department, Peters called her an Uber to his family’s home. Once there, he allegedly got her drunk on vodka while they livestreamed on Twitch and then raped her. His mother and grandmother were allegedly in the house.
The documents allege Clavicular committed rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring and providing liquor to a person under 21.
According to court documents acquired by NPR, Mendoza began communicating with Peters on Instagram, where he paid her to appear on his livestreams to help her “make her name known on social media.”
According to those documents, Peters arranged for the minor to come to Cape Cod home to participate in a videostream for his 437,000 followers on Kick, 1.2 million followers on TikTok, and more than 1 million followers on Instagram.
At his home, Peters allegedly instructed Mendoza to say she was 18 on his videostream and to claim the alcohol on camera was water instead of vodka. Mendoza said she felt peer-pressured to drink the spirit and that she became noticeably intoxicated after a couple of drinks.
The allegations go on to state that after stopping the stream, Peters and Mendoza kissed on a couch and then had sex in his bed without her consent. Mendoza said she did not receive a sexual assault forensic exam after the incident. NPR does not name alleged victims of sexual assault.
The charges come months after Mendoza sued Peters in Miami, accusing him of sexual battery in connection with the events of May 2025. The civil lawsuit also separately alleges that he injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance during a November livestream in Florida.
Peters is known for his “looksmaxxing” concept of vanity, which is at the core of his online presence. The “looksmaxxing” culture he has helped cultivate combines elements of incel culture and heterosexuality, with the stated goal of attracting the opposite sex. He has gone as far as to say he has undergone “bonesmashing,” or hitting his own face with a hammer; taken anabolic steroids to more rapidly grow muscle; and used crystal meth as an appetite suppressant.
At the same time, looksmaxxing has been described as having elements of homoeroticism, with “looksmaxxers” appearing more concerned with impressing other men than women. Peters has multiple times pointed to openly gay actor Matt Bomer as the gold standard for male facial aesthetics.
Peters’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14.
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