YouTuber charged over sexual assault in Australia

The British rapper and on-line persona Yung Filly has been charged over rape allegations in Australia.

Actual identify Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, he’s greatest recognized for his work with the YouTube collective Beta Squad and has introduced reveals on BBC Three.

He was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth the next day to attend a court docket listening to.

Barrientos, 29, was charged on Thursday and has had his bail software permitted. His representatives have been contacted for remark.

The complete costs embody 4 counts of sexual penetration with out consent, three counts of assault occasioning bodily hurt and one depend of impeding an individual’s regular respiratory or circulation by making use of stress on or to their neck.

It’s alleged he introduced a lady in her 20s again to his resort room after he had carried out on the nightclub Bar1 in Perth.

The assault is alleged to have taken place on 28 September.

He was represented in Perth Magistrates Court docket by barrister Seamus Rafferty SC, who utilized for bail on Barrientos’ behalf.

The 29-year-old, who was in Australia touring his music, has additionally appeared within the UK on Soccer Help on ITV and The Nice Movie star Bake Off for Stand Up To Most cancers on Channel 4.

Barrientos additionally received a MOBO Award for greatest media persona in 2021.