Updated
Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 21
Yung Filly Faces Retrial on 3 Rape Charges After Jury Splits on 10-Count Australia Case
Updated
Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 21

Yung Filly Faces Retrial on 3 Rape Charges After Jury Splits on 10-Count Australia Case

3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 21

Summary

  • Three rape charges against Yung Filly will be retried in Australia after a jury failed to reach verdicts on those counts.
  • Last month, the same jury cleared the British rapper and YouTuber of three sexual-penetration-without-consent charges, one assault charge and one strangulation charge in the 10-count Perth case.
  • Two assault occasioning bodily harm counts ended in guilty verdicts, and Barrientos will be sentenced on those charges after the retrial.
  • Prosecutors alleged Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, 30, repeatedly raped and assaulted a 20-year-old fan in a Perth hotel room after a 2024 nightclub performance; he denied all charges.
  • Barrientos is due back in court on Aug. 27 to seek a bail variation, while no retrial date has been set.

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