2 months ago
PERTH, Australia (AP) — British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly can return to Britain before he stands trial in Australia next year on charges of raping a fan, a judge ruled on Thursday.
The 31-year-old Columbian-born entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was convicted by a District Court of Western Australia jury last month of ******* aulting a woman in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.
The jury acquitted him on three counts of raping her. But prosecutors said last week they would retry him on another three rape charges on which jurors could not agree.
Barrientos returned Thursday to the court, where Judge Linda Black agreed to change his bail conditions so he can return to London while he waits for his second trial.
Black said although the retrial would be expedited and likely happen in 2027, there could be a delay.
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The 31-year-old Columbian-born entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was convicted by a District Court of Western Australia jury last month of ******* aulting a woman in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.
The jury acquitted him on three counts of raping her. But prosecutors said last week they would retry him on another three rape charges on which jurors could not agree.
Barrientos returned Thursday to the court, where Judge Linda Black agreed to change his bail conditions so he can return to London while he waits for his second trial.
Black said although the retrial would be expedited and likely happen in 2027, there could be a delay.
#judge
2 months ago
British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several ****** ual ****** ault offences but could not reach a decision on others.
The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was charged with repeatedly raping and ****** aulting a fan after performing at a nightclub in Perth in 2024.
He denied all 10 charges, and last month a jury found him not guilty on three counts of rape.
He was also acquitted of one ****** ault charge and another of strangulation, but was found guilty of two counts of ****** ault, for which he'll be sentenced after his retrial.
Barrientos had been on tour in Australia when he was accused of ****** ually ****** aulting the woman, then 20 years old, in his hotel room after he performed in Hillarys, a coastal suburb of Perth.
#assault #barrientos #rape #jury
The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was charged with repeatedly raping and ****** aulting a fan after performing at a nightclub in Perth in 2024.
He denied all 10 charges, and last month a jury found him not guilty on three counts of rape.
He was also acquitted of one ****** ault charge and another of strangulation, but was found guilty of two counts of ****** ault, for which he'll be sentenced after his retrial.
Barrientos had been on tour in Australia when he was accused of ****** ually ****** aulting the woman, then 20 years old, in his hotel room after he performed in Hillarys, a coastal suburb of Perth.
#assault #barrientos #rape #jury
