Prosecutors to retry Yung Filly on 3 rape charges in Australia

British social media personality and rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, will face a retrial on three rape charges following a music performance in Australia two years ago. The 30-year-old entertainer learned on Friday that prosecutors will attempt to convict him for a second time of the same alleged attack.

Barrientos was found guilty in an eight-day trial last month in Western Australia's District Court in Perth, where a jury concluded he had assaulted a woman, then aged 20, causing her bodily harm in a hotel room in September 2024. However, they acquitted him of choking her and four of seven rape charges, unable to reach a majority verdict on the remaining three rape accusations.

Prosecutor Danielle Clarke informed Judge Linda Black that the alleged victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, is prepared to testify again during the retrial. Barrientos, born in Colombia, is set to be sentenced for the assault convictions following his retrial, with no trial date announced yet. He has been released on bail since his arrest and was allowed to travel to Britain for several months.

Barrientos had been on tour in Australia, having already performed in Sydney and Melbourne before encountering his alleged victim in Perth. He was arrested days later in Brisbane, the final stop on the tour. Prosecutors contend the woman initially consented to sexual activity but withdrew her consent due to a fear for her safety.