Brit YouTuber & rapper Yung Filly released on £50k bail & banned from flying after being charged with raping woman
BRIT YouTuber Yung Filly has been released on bail and banned from travelling after he was charged with raping a woman.
Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, 29, was arrested by Western Australian cops after allegedly attacking the woman in her 20s in his Perth hotel.
Filly appeared in a Perth court for the first time today and was bailed for $100,000AUD (£51,000) and banned from leaving the state.
The rapper must also report to Perth Police Station in Northbridge every day.
The prosecution told the court “across her body is a history of violent acts” and “the allegation is a consensual issue”.
Filly’s defence lawyer argued the victim was drunk, Channel 9 reported.
The alleged attack happened on September 28 after he had performed a show on the 27th.
Filly was then arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and sent across the country to Perth on Wednesday for the hearing.
Footage showed Filly being escorted through Perth airport with his hands cuffed in front of him on Wednesday flanked by two officials.
Further footage shows the influencer – who landed his own BBC show called Hot Property in 2019 – being placed in the back of a car.
He was in Australia for a music tour – with the alleged rape happening after a performance at Bar1 Nightclub in northern Perth.
Filly kicked off his Australia tour in Perth before heading to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast, where he played four shows.
He had performed at Havana Nightclub on the Gold Coast two days before his arrest.
Detectives from Western Australia Police’s sexual assault squad charged Filly with four counts of sexual penetration without consent.
They also arrested him on three counts of assault and one count of impede a person’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure to their neck.
Footage of the rapper performing at Perth’s Bar1 Nightclub was posted to TikTok by the venue.
The raucous show had a packed crowd rapping along with Filly’s songs.
Fans of Filly gathered outside the court and sat inside the public gallery during the hearing, while others commented on the bar’s social media channels.
Filly has 1.8m subscribers on YouTube and 3.2m followers on Instagram.
Filly’s lawyer revealed in court his client earns $700,000AUD (£360,000) a year from social media alone.
Barrientos began his online career in 2013 before breaking into the music industry in 2017.
He featured on Channel 4’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off in 2022 and has previously presented on the BBC’s Hot Property.
Who is Yung Filly?
By Joanne Kavanagh and Charlotte Everett
YUNG Filly’s rise to fame saw him start out as a social media star.
The influencer got his big break on YouTube before moving into mainstream TV.
Although he goes by Yung Filly, his real name is Andres Felipé Barrientos.
He was born on August 6, 1995, and moved to the UK from Colombia when he was two years old.
Filly then relocated to southeast London during his childhood.
When asked what it was like growing up in the capital, he told Indy100: “I come from the bottom of the barrel…and that’s why I’m so grateful for the position I’m in now.
“My mum definitely shaped me with the lessons she taught me.
“She’s a single mum with three kids, my dad was a s*** dad so she just had to make it happen.
“She did loads of cleaning jobs. My mum worked at Poundland at the time I had some mad BBC series…just getting my mum out of the position she was in was just the biggest motivation.”
Filly is best known for being a member of the comedy group known as The Wall of Comedy.
He is affiliated with fellow YouTuber Chunkz and the pair have collaborated on many videos and tracks.
Over the years, Filly has also taken part in The Sidemen‘s Charity Football Match, organised by members Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, KSI, Ethan Payne, Vikram Barn and Harry Lewis.