{"id":77309,"date":"2026-08-21T09:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/77309\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:07:36","slug":"uk-youtuber-yung-filly-facing-retrial-on-allegations-he-raped-young-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/77309\/","title":{"rendered":"UK YouTuber Yung Filly facing retrial on allegations he raped young fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">UK YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three counts of rape, after being acquitted three weeks ago of raping a young woman after a nightclub performance in Perth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">After a trial spanning eight days, a jury found the entertainer, whose real name is Andres Barrientos, guilty of two counts of assaulting the woman in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 30-year-old was found not guilty of two other charges of assault, and three counts of sexual penetration without consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">But the jury could not reach verdicts on three further charges of sexual penetration, and it is those charges the prosecution is seeking to proceed to a retrial.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A close-up, side-on shot of Yung Filly wearing a grey suit, getting out of a van by the rear side door.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/da5e81936076385409ce19a1455a72fb.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Yung Filly was found not guilty of rape charges after an eight day trial in July.\u00a0 (ABC News: David Weber)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In court on Friday, prosecutor Danielle Clarke said the complainant was &#8220;more than willing to give evidence&#8221; in a retrial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The alleged victim, who was 20 at the time, told the court during last month&#8217;s trial she had consensual sex with Mr Barrientos after the club night at Bar 120 in Hillarys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">But she said the encounter at a hotel in Perth&#8217;s CBD became non-consensual when the rapper did things to her she did not want to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Barrientos testified he did not hit the woman or hold her by the throat, and while admitting to giving her &#8220;love bites&#8221;, he believed the sexual acts were all consensual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">There was no discussion on whether the retrial would be before a judge or jury.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yung Filly in a grey suit and tie walking down stairs looking into distance \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9d14a04139e77828a885616d8f547839.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Yung Filly is currently on bail.\u00a0 (ABC News: Andrew O&#8217;Connor\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Barrientos, who is on bail, will appear in court again next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He had nothing to say to media as he left the court building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Sentencing on the two assault convictions would happen after the retrial, the court heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three counts of rape, after being acquitted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[47523,335,466,463,465,464,47519,47525,47524,47520,47521,47522],"class_list":["post-77309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-andres-felipe-valencia-barrientos","tag-perth","tag-perth-courts","tag-perth-news","tag-wa-courts","tag-wa-news","tag-yung-filly","tag-yung-filly-court","tag-yung-filly-perth","tag-yung-filly-rape","tag-yung-filly-sexual-assault","tag-yung-filly-youtuber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}