The British YouTuber Yung Filly, the guy with the real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, has recently been charged with sexual assault while the man toured Australia.
Barrientos is specially charged with four counts of sexual assault, three counts of assault with intent to cause bodily harm, and one count of interference with the circulation of another person.
As a 29-year-old active Internet personality, he has been concerting in Australia by creating and producing his own songs and playing as a disk jockey in local clubs. The accusations stem from his show on the 27th of September at Bar1 Nightclub in Perth.
A woman in her twenties alleged sexual assault by Barrientos and was rushed to a police station in Western Australia shortly after the incident.
Bail for Barrientos
Due to the charges preferred against him, Barrientos has been extradited from Queensland to Perth to answer to the charges before the Perth Magistrates Court on October 10 when his lawyer applied for his bail.
Contrary to this, the police were against his release because of strong evidence from CCTV and photographic evidence as pointed out by the ABC news.
Western Australia police prosecutor Julius Depetro said Barrientos was aware of significant funds coming from his social media income, source of income from YouTube and TikTok is seven hundred thousand Australian dollars.
“No surety is offered [and] given that he is clearly a man of some means, that we will be able to guarantee his presence … to address these charges,” Mr. Depetro said.
The complainant, Magistrate Tanya Watt argued that the possibility of Barrientos absconding and tampering with the potential witness would be containable.
However, she allowed him a bond but set some stringent conditions such as not having any form of communication with the said accuser or ever referring the case on social media platforms before his loyal fan base of millions of followers.
He is also prohibited from traveling from Western Australia, obeying daily police attendance, and providing a cash surety of $100,000 as a personal one.
Barrientos was to perform seven shows on the Australia 2024 tour, and the Bar1 show was the first on September 27, 2014, in Perth.
To the best of my knowledge, this YouTuber has not posted anything about this particular situation. Investigators have asked those with further information to contact local officials at once. Barrientos is also free on bail while the legal process of the law goes on.
Stay tuned to Talkesport for more information involving this subject as the situation develops.
