British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in AustraliaA jury last month cleared the YouTuber of several sexual assault offences, but it couldn't reach a decision on three others,3 hrs agoAustralia

British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia.

Key points

• Barrientos, who was born in Colombia and brought up in the UK, is known for his work with the YouTube collective Beta Squad.
• He has appeared in the celebrity version of Bake Off on Channel 4 and presented BBC Three demonstrates.
• Barrientos will next appear in court 27 August for an application to vary his bail.
• He denied all 10 charges, and last month a jury discovered him not guilty on three counts of rape.
• During the trial, Barrientos informed the court that he had "fancied" the woman when they met at the concert venue.

After a jury cleared him of a number of sexual assault offences but could not reach a decision on others, british rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia.

In practice, 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.

He was additionally acquitted of one assault charge and another of strangulation, but was identified guilty of two counts of assault, for which he'll be sentenced after his retrial.

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.

In practice, 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.

Barrientos will next appear in court 27 August for an application to vary his bail. A retrial date has not been set.

He will not be sentenced for the two guilty charges until after the re-trial.

For context, the prosecution has remarked the complainant is willing to provide evidence again.

He had been in the VIP area while she leaned over the barrier from the general area.

He remarked the "vibes were good" between him and the woman when they arrived at his hotel afterwards.

During the trial's closing arguments, prosecutor Danielle Clarke remarked Barrientos was an "entitled" man with a "moderate degree of fame" who had violated the fan "in the most intrusive way possible".

His defence lawyer argued that the accuser's evidence was full of "inconsistencies, embellishments and outright lies".

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