UK YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has been acquitted of raping a young fan after a concert in Perth, but could face a retrial after a jury was unable to agree on three further counts of rape.
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But the entertainer, real name Andres Barrientos, 30, was found guilty of two counts of assault causing bodily harm.
He has not been able to leave Australia without court permission since being charged with the violent sexual assault of the 20-year-old woman in a hotel after a nightclub concert in 2024.
After a trial spanning eight days, a jury has found him not guilty of three counts of sexual penetration without consent, but failed to reach a verdict on three additional counts.
It will be up to state prosecutors to decide whether to try Barrientos again on those specific charges.
Yung Filly has not been able to leave Australia without the court’s permission since being charged. (ABC News: Andrew O’Connor )
He was also found not guilty of another two charges alleging he slapped and choked the woman.
Barrientos wept after the verdict was handed down.
He is due to return to court next month ahead of sentencing for the assault charges.
The woman, who cannot be identified, testified she had consensual sex with Barrientos, someone she described as her favourite celebrity and “future husband”.
But the court heard the encounter in the Perth CBD hotel room then turned violent, and Barrientos anally raped her, without her consent — an accusation for which he has been acquitted.
Barrientos was in the midst of an Australian tour when he was arrested.
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