A Perth court (Australia) accused this Thursday the British rapper Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, born in Colombia, of the crime of rape and better known by his nickname ‘Yung Filly’, according to local authorities.
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The rapper, who was a presenter on a BBC channel and is also known for a popular YouTube channel, He was arrested on Tuesday in the city of Brisbane and sent the next day to the city of Perth, in Western Australia, The Western Australian Police say in a statement.
During this Thursday’s hearing, The magistrate accused Barriento, 29, of four crimes of sexual penetration without consent, three of assault causing bodily harm and one of preventing a person from breathing. by applying pressure to the neck.
The alleged rape happened on September 28 at a hotel in Perth where ‘Yung Filly’ stayed after a performance. There, according to the police report, he sexually abused a woman in her 20s.
The court granted bail to the rapper, with millions of followers on social networks and part of the YouTuber group Beta Squad, reports the public channel ABC.
Among the conditions established by the judge is the prohibition of contacting his alleged victim. or to publish information about the case on social networks, as well as deposit 100,000 Australian dollars (more than 67,000 US dollars or almost 61,500 euros)
The rapper, born in the Colombian city of Cali in 1995 and who moved with his family to the United Kingdom when he was only two years oldwas on a musical tour in the oceanic country.
According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the rapper’s career began on YouTube until his comedy shorts caught the attention of the BBC. In 2019 he began hosting the dating show Hot Property and in 2020 he hosted the reality show Don’t Scream.
The aforementioned media summarizes its audience as follows: 3.2 million followers on the TikTok platform, to which are added 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube.
Her singing career, for its part, began in 2017. In 2020, The Guardian quotes, she had a hit with Chunkz Hold that entered the Top 30 in the United Kingdom. He also managed to enter the British top this year with his song Grey.
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