UK rapper Yung Filly faces retrial over allegations he raped young fan after Perth show

A British musician and media personality accused of violently raping a fan in a hotel will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict on three charges.

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 the West Australian District Court .

Not guilty verdicts were also returned for one charge of impeding the woman’s breathing by applying pressure to her neck and one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.

Barrientos returned to court on Friday, where prosecutor Danielle Clarke said the influencer would be retried for the three charges.

No date has been set for the retrial, and the performer remains on bail.

The case will return to the same court next week for a bail variance hearing.

Judge Linda Black asked the opposing legal teams to consider whether they want a new judge to hear the retrial and whether the proceedings should be heard by a jury or a judge alone.

Clarke said the complainant in the case was willing to give her evidence again.

Barrientos’s trial heard that he was on his first tour of Australia when he met the woman in a nightclub VIP area.

Prosecutors alleged the performer got aggressive during consensual intercourse.

It was at this point that prosecutors said consensual sex stopped, triggering the six counts of sexual penetration without consent.

The trial has halted the career of the Colombia-born South London singer and comedian.

As Yung Filly, he has featured in the BBC’s celebrity version of Bake Off and presented light entertainment programs including dating show Hot Property.