Yung Filly: Retrial date announced for UK rapper accused of raping Australian fan
Rapper Yung Filly, who is legally known as Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, faced trial in July over his 2024 encounter with a 20-year-old woman after a Perth nightclub gig.
A new trial date has been set for a British musician and media personality accused of violently raping a fan in a hotel after a jury was unable to reach a verdict.
Rapper Yung Filly, who is legally known as Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, faced trial in July over his 2024 encounter with a 20-year-old woman after a Perth nightclub gig.
The 31-year-old was found guilty of two assault offences and acquitted of three sexual penetration charges following an eight-day trial in Western Australia’s District Court in July.
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The jury was hung on three other sexual penetration counts and Barrientos is set to be retried for the charges.
The rapper had pleaded not guilty to all 10 charges.
He was not required to appear when the case returned to court on Friday and a fresh trial was listed for 2027.
The trial, in the same court beginning June 15, is expected to run for eight days.
Judge Linda Black previously permitted Barrientos to vary his bail so he could travel home to the UK while he awaits retrial.
He is understood to have departed Perth in late August.
