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British Rapper and YouTube star Yung Filly has reportedly pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault.
He has been on bail since last October, following accusations of three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and four counts of sexual penetration without consent.
The alleged assault of a woman in her 20s took place in a Perth hotel room on September 28, following the rapper’s performance at the Bar 120 nightclub on September 27.
Now, according to various reports by BBC, The Independent and Sky News, new court documents have shown that the rapper – real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos – pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. He has also pleaded not guilty to one count of strangulation and four counts of sexual penetration without consent.
He is set to appear before the state’s higher district court on June 13.
The rapper and YouTuber was born in Cali, Colombia, and moved to the UK as a child with his family. He lived in Orpington in Bromley, and later took an interest in the south-east London grime scene.
Yung Filly arrives at the MOBO Awards 2022 at OVO Arena Wembley on November 30, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
Last year, he released a joint single with Aitch titled ‘Grey’. His other collaborators include Chunkz and Geko.
Barrientos, who has 1.84million YouTube subscribers, won a MOBO Award in 2021 for Best Media Personality.
In 2018, he hosted the TV show Hot Property on BBC Three, and later presented the game show Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock-In. Additionally, Barrientos has made guest appearances on The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer on Channel 4 and Would I Lie To You? on BBC One.
He also played for England in the charity football match Soccer Aid in 2020, joining the likes of James Bay and Olly Murs on the team.
Following him being released on bail for the aforementioned rape and assault charges last October, it was also reported that Yung Filly had been accused by police in Perth, Australia for reckless driving, after passing a speed camera at 158km/h (98mph) on a highway. He pleaded guilty to the driving charges in December.
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