British rapper Yung Filly has denied putting his hands down the pants of a fan who accused him of rape following a performance on his 2024 Australian tour.<\/p>\n
The performer \u2013 whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos \u2013 pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of sexual assault, assault and choking in the Perth District Court over an alleged encounter with a woman in September 2024.<\/p>\n
Mr Barrientos told the court he remembered complimenting the 20-year-old woman when they first met a Perth nightclub following the gig.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fancied her, we got chatting, that was it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI put my hand on her waist.\u201d<\/p>\n
The YouTube star denied putting his hand down the woman\u2019s pants or touching her breast, which she testified happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not, that did not happen,\u201d Mr Barrientos said.<\/p>\n
The rapper told the court he could not remember specifically what they talked about.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut she had good vibes about her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he invited the woman to join her and she was the inside a minivan when they left the venue, but he did not recall how she ended up in the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked her to come back with me .. (I said) \u2018Do you want to come home with me?,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
At the hotel, Mr Barrientos said the vibes were good, and he went to his room with the young woman.<\/p>\n
\u201c(My bodyguard) always stays a couple of doors down from me, if not next door. <\/p>\n
\u201cI go straight to my room with (the woman), I believe (my bodyguard) followed me in … he probably did to get her phone if he didn\u2019t get it in the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is standard practice, for someone like me, to protect our privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the first week of the trial, a court was told how the Perth woman wore her lucky outfit hoping to meet her celebrity crush at Bar1 Nightclub in the city\u2019s north.<\/p>\n
She took several videos from the venue that were played in court in which she proclaimed: \u201cI am going to get married and have his baby\u201d, \u201cI got touched by Yung Filly in a good way\u201d, and \u201cI love Filly\u201d.<\/p>\n
The woman told the court she met the YouTube star inside the VIP area where she alleged he put his hands down her pants and said, \u201cYou\u2019re coming home with me tonight\u201d, but she removed them and said to him, \u201cI am not like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
She claimed he touched her breast and she said, \u201cYou can\u2019t do that\u201d, and he responded, \u201cReally shows your age.\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman told the court she thought she was going to an after-party with the rapper and his entourage when she hopped into a van with them later in the evening.<\/p>\n
The woman claimed she realised there was no after-party when they arrived at the Intercontinental Hotel in Perth, where the alleged offences took place.<\/p>\n
The woman alleged they started engaging in consensual sexual activity inside a hotel room, but it quickly became non-consensual and violent when Yung Filly bit, slapped and raped her.<\/p>\n
The trial continues.<\/p>\n