London YouTube star Yung Filly charged with rape after allegedly “attacking and strangling” woman in Australia

London YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has been charged with rape aft helium allegedly “attacked and strangled” a pistillate during his Australian tour.

The net star, 29, calved Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, is accused of assaulting a pistillate successful her 20s astatine his edifice country successful Perth aft helium performed astatine a nightclub successful the city.

He appeared astatine Perth Magistrates Court charged with 3 counts of battle occasioning bodily harm and 4 counts of intersexual penetration without consent.

He has besides been charged with 1 number of impeding different person’s breathing oregon circulation by applying unit to the neck.

Barrientos is presently connected circuit successful Australia and helium was arrested successful Brisbane successful Queensland, earlier being flown 2,600 miles to Perth successful Western Australia for the tribunal appearance. At the city’s magistrates tribunal connected Thursday, an exertion for bail was adjourned until aboriginal successful the day. Channel 9 News broadcast footage of the musician, who boasts much than 3 cardinal followers connected Instagram, being escorted successful handcuffs done Brisbane airport.

Fans gathered extracurricular the gathering and sat wrong the nationalist assemblage during the hearing.

His Australian circuit had kicked disconnected successful Perth earlier helium headed to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast.

Born successful Colombia, helium moved to the UK arsenic a two-year-old exile with his parent and sister.

The household relocated during his puerility to Catford, Kidbrooke, Deptford and New Cross, earlier settling successful Orpington, Bromley.

Best known arsenic a subordinate of the YouTube radical Beta Squad, helium started his YouTube transmission successful 2013 and has 1.8 cardinal subscribers.

Barrientos began sharing euphony successful 2017 and collaborated with chap British rapper Aitch connected the opus Grey, which has much than 2.5m views connected YouTube and 10m streams connected Spotify.

He has hosted respective shows connected the BBC - including Hot Property and Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock-In.

In 2022, helium made his primetime TV debut connected Channel 4’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off and presented the Mobo Awards with champion person Chunkz, different rapper. He took portion successful 2020’s variation of Soccer Aid and besides appeared successful an occurrence of The Jonathan Ross Show successful March 2024.

When asked what it was similar increasing up, helium told Indy100: “I travel from the bottommost of the barrel… and that’s wherefore I’m truthful grateful for the presumption I’m successful now.

“My mum decidedly shaped maine with the lessons she taught me.

“She’s a azygous mum with 3 kids, my dada was a s*** dada truthful she conscionable had to marque it happen.

“She did loads of cleaning jobs. My mum worked astatine Poundland astatine the clip I had immoderate huffy BBC series… conscionable getting my mum retired of the presumption she was successful was conscionable the biggest motivation.”

The prima has besides worked with respective manner and user brands including ASOS, Perplex, McDonald’s, Primark and Captain Morgan rum.

A typical for Barrientos was approached by the Standard for comment.