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Common UK rapper and YouTuber Yung Filly has been arrested on rape and assault costs in Australia.
The web persona born Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, 29, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court docket on Thursday (9 October) charged with three counts of assault occasioning bodily hurt and 4 counts of sexual penetration with out consent.
He has additionally been charged with one depend of impeding one other individual’s respiratory or circulation by making use of stress to the neck.
Mr Barrientos is presently on tour in Australia. The alleged assault of a lady in her twenties befell on 28 September in a Perth lodge room, after a efficiency on the nightclub Bar120 on 27 September.
He was arrested in Brisbane and extradited to Perth on Wednesday (8 October). He stays in custody.
ABC Australia studies that Mr Barrientos is being represented by Perth barrister Seamus Rafferty SC.
His utility for bail was opposed by police prosecutor Julius Depetro.
Pictures of the lady’s accidents allegedly brought on by Mr Barrientos have been supplied to the Justice of the Peace by the prosecution, who stated: “No strange individual can consent in these circumstances.
“Throughout her physique is a historical past of violent acts… We are saying these images and what’s alleged is past the pale, past what may very well be thought of to be a consensual act.”
The Impartial has contacted Mr Barrientos’s UK consultant for remark.
Born in Cali, Colombia, Mr Barrientos moved to the UK together with his household as a toddler, first to Orpington in Bromley after which to south-east London, the place he took an curiosity within the native grime scene.
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He rose to fame in 2017 after he started releasing songs on-line, on the similar time rising an enormous on-line fanbase by his YouTube channel, which has 1.4 million subscribers and a complete of round 120 million views since he joined in 2013.
Amongst his most notable releases are 2020’s “Confidence” that includes fellow rappers Chunkz and Geko, 2022’s “Day to Day” with grime veteran Chip, and his collaboration with Brit Award-winning star Aitch on “Gray”, which was launched earlier this yr.
Lately, he has additionally hosted numerous reveals together with Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock-in and Scorching Property on the BBC; he appeared on Channel 4’s The Nice Movie star Bake Off in 2022.
He’s a fan of Crystal Palace FC and took half within the charity recreation Soccer Support in 2020.
Rape Disaster affords assist for these affected by rape and sexual abuse. You may name them on 0808 802 9999 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, and 0800 0246 991 in Northern Eire, or go to their web site at www.rapecrisis.org.uk. If you’re within the US, you’ll be able to name Rainn on 800-656-HOPE (4673)
