British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has been arrested and is currently sitting in jail. The British citizen is charged over an alleged s**µal assault in Australia, Media Take Out has learned. The victim is described in court documents as a “young blonde woman.”
Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, 29, was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited interstate to Perth on Wednesday.
The Youtuber – who frequently goes viral – is accused of s**µally assaulting a woman in her 20s in his Perth hotel on September 28 after a performance at a local nightclub.
The streamer, who boasts more than three-million followers on Instagram, had performed at Havana Nightclub on the Gold Coast two days prior to his arrest.
Yung Filly was charged with four counts of s**µal 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.
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in an Australian prison. And Australia is notorious for having some o the worst prisons in teh world, Media Take Out has confirmed.
Yung Filly 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.
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.
Yung Filly has also worked with several fashion brands, including recent collaborations with ASOS and Perplex, as well as many major companies, including McDonald’s, British fashion chain Primark and Captain Morgan rum.
His Australian tour had kicked off in Perth before he headed to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast, where he played four shows.
