{"id":61888,"date":"2026-07-28T07:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61888\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T07:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:59:19","slug":"rape-and-assault-case-against-british-entertainer-yung-filly-heading-to-jury-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61888\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape and assault case against British entertainer Yung Filly heading to jury in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

PERTH \u2013 Lawyers were making closing statements Tuesday in the Australian trial of a British entertainer known as Yung Filly<\/a> on charges that he raped and choked a fan following a music performance two years ago.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos<\/a>, had pleaded not guilty in the District Court of Western Australia state to six charges of rape, three charges of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of choking in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.<\/p>\n

The accuser cannot legally be named. She was 20 at the time.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Danielle Clarke told the court Barrientos was an \u201centitled man\u201d with a \u201cmoderate degree of fame” who had been sexually violent toward an \u201cimpressionable” young woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe meant nothing to him,\u201d Clarke told the court in her closing arguments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat could have been and should have been consensual sex quickly escalated into sexual violence and a non-consensual nightmare,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The jury is expected to begin considering their verdicts Wednesday after defense lawyers finish their closing statements.<\/p>\n

Barrientos testified Monday that he did not slap or choke the woman, but he agreed to the allegation that he bit her multiple times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn England we would call it a love bite,\u201d Barrientos told the court.<\/p>\n

The performer denied the woman repeatedly told him to stop and told him he was hurting her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was kissing in between; I would give her a love bite and then kiss her,\u201d Barrientos said from the witness box. \u201cI don\u2019t recall any blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos of the woman with bruising and bite marks on her face and neck were shown to the court.<\/p>\n

Barrientos met the woman at a Perth nightclub after his performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vibes were good and she had a really good energy about her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors previously said the woman initially agreed to have sex with Barrientos, but withdrew her consent when she started to fear for her safety.<\/p>\n

Barrientos agreed that his bodyguard took the woman\u2019s phone before she entered the hotel room.<\/p>\n

But he denied the prosecutor\u2019s accusation that the phone was removed to trap the woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is standard practice for someone in the limelight to protect privacy,\u201d Barrientos said.<\/p>\n

The Colombian-born entertainer had been touring Australia and had performed in Sydney and Melbourne before he encountered the woman. He was in the east coast city of Brisbane where the tour was to end when he was arrested several days later.<\/p>\n

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