British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has been arrested over an alleged se*ual assault in Australia.
Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, 29, was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited interstate to Perth on Wednesday.
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He is accused of se*ually assaulting a woman in her 20s in his Perth hotel on September 28 after a performance at Bar1 Nightclub in Hillarys on the night of September 27.
The rapper, who boasts more than three-million followers on Instagram, had performed at Havana Nightclub on the Gold Coast two days prior to his arrest.
He has been charged with four counts of se*ual penetration without consent, three counts of assault, and one count of impede a person’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure to their neck.
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Mr Barrientos will face Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Mr Barrientos started his YouTube channel in 2013 and began sharing music in 2017.
He collaborated with fellow British rapper Aitch on the song Grey, which gained more than 2.5-million views on YouTube and 10-million streams on Spotify.
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The 29-year-old has since hosted several shows on the BBC – including Hot Property and Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock-In – and appeared on Channel 4’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off.Â
The event at Bar1, where Mr Barrientos performed prior to the alleged attack, marketed the UK rapper’s performance as the ‘ultimate evening escapade’.
‘The event promises to be a seamless blend of spontaneity, humour and music that’ll have you talking for weeks!’ MoshTix said.
