{
  "id": 2298818,
  "title": "British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/british-rapper-yung-filly-to-face-retrial-on-rape-charges-in-australia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T04:17:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC News",
    "slug": "bbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7l1g8922jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, is set to face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, following a jury's decision to acquit him of several sexual assault offences. The charges stem from an alleged incident at a Perth nightclub in 2024 where Barrientos was accused of repeatedly raping and assaulting a fan. Despite denying all 10 charges, a jury found him not guilty of three counts of sexual penetration without consent, one assault charge, and one charge of strangulation. However, he was convicted of two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. Barrientos, a 31-year-old social media star, had reportedly consensual sex with a 20-year-old fan in his hotel room before allegedly turning violent and ignoring her pleas to cease. Barrientos will be sentenced for the two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm after his retrial, which has not yet been scheduled. The court will hear his application to vary his bail on 27 August.",
  "summary": "A jury last month cleared the YouTuber of several sexual assault offences, but it couldn't reach a decision on three others,",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/british-rapper-yung-filly-to-face-retrial-on-rape-charges-in-australia-2307536",
        "published": "2026-08-21T04:17:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "UK YouTuber Yung Filly facing retrial on allegations he raped young fan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/uk-youtuber-yung-filly-facing-retrial-on-allegations-he-raped-young",
        "published": "2026-08-21T04:24:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "British YouTuber to face retrial on rape charges in Australia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/british-youtuber-to-face-retrial-on-rape-charges-in-australia",
        "published": "2026-08-21T06:54:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}