PERTH, Australia — A British YouTuber and rapper generally known as Yung Filly has been charged with raping and choking a lady in a resort room following an Australian music efficiency.
The 29-year-old, whose actual title is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared Thursday on a number of fees in a courtroom in Perth, the west coast metropolis the place his crimes have been allegedly dedicated on Sept. 28, a police assertion mentioned.
He was launched on bail on circumstances together with that he stay in Western Australia state, doesn’t contact his alleged sufferer and doesn’t submit in regards to the case on social media, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
His lawyer, Seamus Rafferty, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Friday.
Barrientos is at present touring Australia and was arrested within the east coast metropolis of Brisbane on Tuesday, police mentioned. The Colombia-born entertainer, who has 1.8 million followers on YouTube, was extradited again to Perth on Wednesday.
Police allege he assaulted a lady aged in her 20s in a resort room after he had carried out in a Perth nightclub.
He’s charged with 4 counts of rape, three counts of assault inflicting bodily hurt and one depend of impeding the lady’s regular respiratory or circulation by making use of strain to her neck, police mentioned.
Barrientos began his YouTube profession in 2013 and music profession in 2017. He has additionally hosted or appeared in a number of tv packages.
He gained a MOBO Award, an annual British music award presentation honoring achievements in “music of black origin,” within the Greatest Media Persona class in 2021.
