British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly charged with rape in Australia | World News

British YouTuber Yung Filly appeared in court accused of raping and choking a woman in his Perth hotel room after a show, according to Australian media reports.

The 29-year-old, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was arrested and taken into custody in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth on Wednesday.

It is alleged the rapper and BBC presenter sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s in his Perth hotel room after performing at a venue in Hillarys, a northern coastal suburb of Western Australia's capital, on September 28.

“This investigation is ongoing and Sex Assault Squad investigators urge anyone with information regarding this matter or similar incidents to call Crime Stoppers,” Western said Australia The police said this in a statement.

Filly appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday and was charged with four counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of obstructing the normal breathing or circulation of a person by applying pressure to or on the neck.

The case was adjourned and he was granted conditional bail, which included a ban on contacting his alleged victim or posting about the case to his millions of social media followers, ABC reported.

According to the Australian broadcaster, Filly, who is touring Australia, appeared in court dressed casually in a gray sweater and spoke only to confirm his name.

Fans of the star were reportedly in court during the hearing.

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Filly presents the BBC shows Hot Property and Yung Filly's Celeb Lock-In and also appeared on Channel 4's The Great Celebrity Bake Off in 2022.

He regularly collaborates with fellow YouTuber Chunkz and his Beta Squad collective and has 3.2 million followers Instagram3.2 million on TikTok and 1.8 million subscribers YouTube.

Sky News has contacted Yung Filly's representatives for comment.