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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31
Yung Filly Cleared of 3 Rape Counts, Convicted on 2 Assault Charges in Australia
Updated
Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31

Yung Filly Cleared of 3 Rape Counts, Convicted on 2 Assault Charges in Australia

3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31

Summary

  • A Perth jury found Yung Filly not guilty on three counts of sexual penetration without consent, but convicted him on two assault charges over an alleged 2024 attack after a nightclub performance.
  • Three other rape counts remain unresolved because jurors could not reach verdicts, leaving the most serious part of the case only partly settled.
  • Barrientos was also acquitted of one count of assault occasioning bodily harm and of strangulation linked to allegations that he assaulted a 20-year-old woman in his hotel room.
  • Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, a UK rapper and YouTuber known for Beta Squad and BBC and Channel 4 appearances, was accused after performing in Hillarys, a coastal suburb of Perth.

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Despite dodging the severe rape charges, how will Yung Filly's two assault convictions permanently alter his massive YouTube career?
Will Australian prosecutors pursue a dramatic retrial for the three sexual penetration charges that left the jury completely deadlocked?
Does a celebrity bodyguard confiscating a fan's phone protect privacy, or does it dangerously isolate vulnerable individuals behind closed doors?