British rapper and online personality Yung Filly has been accused of rape in Australia.
Yung Filly PHOTO: facebook
Real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, he is best known for his collaboration with the YouTube collective Beta Squad and has presented shows on BBC Three.
He was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth the next day to attend a court hearing, writes bbc.com.
Barrientos, 29, was arraigned Thursday and granted bail.
The full charges include four counts of non-consensual sexual penetration, three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of obstructing a person’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure to or on the person’s neck.
He allegedly took a 20-year-old woman to his hotel room after performing at Perth’s Bar1 nightclub. The attack allegedly took place on September 28.
He was represented at Perth Magistrates Court by barrister Seamus Rafferty SC, who applied for bail on behalf of Barrientos.
The 29-year-old, who was in Australia for a concert, has also appeared in the UK on ITV’s Soccer Aid and Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off.
Barrientos also won a MOBO Award for Best Media Personality in 2021.
