British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly. Archive | Picture credit score: Instagram/@yungfilly
A British YouTuber and rapper often known as Yung Filly has been accused of raping and suffocating a lady in a lodge room after an Australian musical efficiency.
The 29-year-old man, whose actual title is Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was launched on bail when he appeared on Thursday (October 10) charged with a number of expenses in a court docket in Perth, the west coast metropolis the place police allege the place their crimes had been supposedly dedicated. on September 28.
His bail circumstances embody that he stay within the state of Western Australia, not contact his alleged sufferer and never put up concerning the case on social media.
He was ordered to give up his passport and report back to the police every day. His bail was set at 100,000 Australian {dollars} ($67,400).
Prosecutors had opposed bail due to the chance of him fleeing the state.
His lawyer, Seamus Rafferty, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Friday (Oct. 11).
“Barrientos is presently on tour in Australia and was arrested within the east coast metropolis of Brisbane on Tuesday,” a police assertion stated. The Colombian-born artist, who has 1.8 million followers on YouTube, was extradited to Perth on Wednesday.
Their Australian tour started in Perth and traveled to Melbourne and Sydney earlier than it led to Brisbane.
Police allege he assaulted a lady in her 20s in a lodge room after acting at a Perth nightclub.
“He’s charged with 4 counts of rape, three counts of assault inflicting bodily hurt and one rely of impeding the girl’s regular respiratory or circulation by making use of stress to her neck,” police stated.
Barrientos started his YouTube profession in 2013 and his music profession in 2017. He has additionally hosted or appeared on a number of tv reveals.
He gained a MOBO Award, an annual British music awards present that honors achievements in “music of black origins,” within the class of Finest Media Character in 2021.
Printed – October 11, 2024 09:17 am IST