A British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly has been charged with raping and choking a woman in a hotel room following an Australian music performance.
The 29-year-old, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared Thursday (Oct 10) on several charges in a court in Perth, the west coast city where his crimes were allegedly committed on Sep 28, a police statement said.
He was released on bail on conditions including that he remain in the Western Australia state, doesn’t contact his alleged victim and doesn’t post about the case on social media, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.
His lawyer, Seamus Rafferty, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
Barrientos is currently touring Australia and was arrested in the east coast city of Brisbane on Tuesday, police said. The Colombia-born entertainer, who has 1.8 million followers on YouTube, was extradited back to Perth on Wednesday.
Police allege he assaulted a woman aged in her 20s in a hotel room after he had performed in a Perth nightclub.
He is charged with four counts of rape, three counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of impeding the woman’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure to her neck, police said.
Barrientos started his YouTube career in 2013 and music career in 2017. He has also hosted or appeared in several television programmes.
He won a MOBO Award, an annual British music award presentation honoring achievements in “music of black origin”, in the Best Media Personality category in 2021.
