British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several sexual assault offences but could not reach a decision on others.<\/b><\/p>\n
The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was charged with repeatedly raping and assaulting a fan after performing at a nightclub in Perth in 2024.<\/p>\n
He denied all 10 charges, and last month a jury found him not guilty on three counts of rape.<\/p>\n
He was also acquitted of one assault charge and another of strangulation, but was found guilty of two counts of assault, for which he’ll be sentenced after his retrial.<\/p>\n
Barrientos had been on tour in Australia when he was accused of sexually assaulting the woman, then 20 years old, in his hotel room after he performed in Hillarys, a coastal suburb of Perth.<\/p>\n
The West Australian court heard that the 31-year-old social media star had consensual sex with the fan in his hotel room, before she alleged he turned violent and ignored her pleas to stop.<\/p>\n
Barrientos will next appear in court 27 August for an application to vary his bail. A retrial date has not been set.<\/p>\n
He will not be sentenced for the two guilty charges until after the re-trial.<\/p>\n
The prosecution has said the complainant is willing to give evidence again.<\/p>\n
During the trial, Barrientos told the court that he had “fancied” the woman when they met at the concert venue.<\/p>\n
He had been in the VIP area while she leaned over the barrier from the general area.<\/p>\n
He said the “vibes were good” between him and the woman when they arrived at his hotel later.<\/p>\n
During the trial’s closing arguments, prosecutor Danielle Clarke said Barrientos was an “entitled” man with a “moderate degree of fame” who had violated the fan “in the most intrusive way possible”.<\/p>\n
His defence lawyer argued that the accuser’s evidence was full of “inconsistencies, embellishments and outright lies”.<\/p>\n
Barrientos, who was born in Colombia and brought up in the UK, is known for his work with the YouTube collective Beta Squad.<\/p>\n
He has appeared in the celebrity version of Bake Off on Channel 4 and presented BBC Three shows.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"