British Rapper Yung Filly To Face Retrial Over Australia Rape Charges

British rapper and popular social media personality, Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, professionally known as Yung Filly, is set to face a retrial in Australia on three counts of rape after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

A Western Australian court previously acquitted the 31-year-old YouTuber of three other rape charges, one count of assault, and one count of strangulation stemming from an alleged 2024 incident in a Perth hotel room.

However, the jury convicted Barrientos on two counts of common assault. The court confirmed that sentencing on the assault convictions will be delayed until the retrial on the remaining rape charges is concluded.

The allegations date back to 2024 when a 20-year-old fan accused the entertainer of sexually assaulting her following a nightclub performance in Hillarys, a suburb of Perth.

While Barrientos maintained that the sexual encounter was entirely consensual, state prosecutors alleged he became violent and ignored the woman’s requests to stop.

Prosecutor Danielle Clarke described the defendant during trial proceedings as an entitled individual who abused his position, while defence attorneys argued that the accuser’s testimony contained significant inconsistencies.

State prosecutors confirmed that the complainant is prepared to testify again during the upcoming retrial.

Barrientos, who remains on bail, is scheduled to appear in court on August 27, 2026, for a bail variation hearing, while an official date for the retrial is yet to be fixed.