BRITISH YouTuber Yung Filly will face a retrial over three rape charges in Australia weeks after he was cleared of several sexual assault offences.
The part-time rapper was accused of sexually assaulting a woman, then aged 20, in a Perth hotel room while he was on tour in September 2024.
Yung Filly is due to face a retrial on three rape charges Credit: Getty
The Brit YouTuber was recently found not guilty on three other rape charges Credit: PA
Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, denied all 10 charges, and was found not guilty on three counts of rape and two counts of assault by a jury last month.
But he was found guilty of two other assault counts occasioning bodily harm, relating to allegations that he bit the victim’s breast and neck.
Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter
Thank you!
The jury could not reach a decision on the remaining three charges of sexual penetration without consent.
Barrientos, 31, will now face a retrial on those counts, and is next due in court on August 27 for an application to vary his bail.
FILLY VERDICT
Brit rapper Yung Filly NOT GUILTY of raping fan 2 years after arrest
FILLY ON TRIAL
Yung Filly tells rape trial ‘the vibe was good’ as he denies attacking fan
He will be sentenced for the two guilty counts after the retrial.
The prosecution has said the complainant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is willing to testify again.
Prosecutor Danielle Clarke described Barrientos as an “entitled man” with a “moderate degree of fame” who subjected an impressionable young woman to sexual violence.
She said the victim “meant nothing to him” and “what could have been and should have been consensual sex quickly escalated into sexual violence and a non-consensual nightmare.”
Filly was arrested while her was on tour in Australia Credit: Instagram
He found guilty of two assault charges occasioning bodily harm Credit: EPA
Barrientos admitted biting the woman on her face, neck and breasts during the encounter.
“In England we would call it a love bite,” he told the court.
“There was kissing in between; I would give her a love bite and then kiss her. I don’t recall any blood.”
Jurors were shown photographs of the woman with bruising and bite marks on her face and neck.
A bite wound to her right breast reportedly ended up requiring a tetanus shot.
Barrientos denied the woman repeatedly told him to stop or that he forced her to continue having sex after she withdrew consent.
Defence barrister David Edwardson argued the complainant’s account was “riddled with inconsistencies, embellishments and outright lies”.
He rejected suggestions she had fallen victim to a powerful celebrity, telling the jury she went to the hotel “of her own free will”.
“She was an adult, and she was perfectly capable of making her own decisions about what she would and wouldn’t do,” he said.
Barrientos said he met the woman at a Perth nightclub following his performance.
“I was standing in the VIP (area) and she was standing in the general area and she leant over a barrier and said something to me,” he told the court.
“I fancied her and we got chatting.
“The vibes were good and she had a really good energy about her.”
Prosecutors alleged the woman initially consented to sex but withdrew that consent when she became fearful for her safety.
Barrientos also admitted his bodyguard took the woman’s phone before she entered the hotel room, but denied it was done to prevent her from leaving.
“It is standard practice for someone in the limelight to protect privacy,” he said.
The Colombian-born entertainer had been touring Australia, performing in Sydney and Melbourne before arriving in Perth.
He was arrested several days later in Brisbane, where the tour had been due to conclude.
