British rapper Yung Filly convicted of two assaults in Perth

A British social media personality and rapper known as Yung Filly was convicted on two counts of assault but acquitted of more serious sexual assault charges by a jury in Perth, Australia, on Friday, July 31, 2026. The verdicts concluded an eight-day trial in the District Court of Western Australia centered on allegations stemming from an encounter with a 20-year-old female fan in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.

The entertainer, whose legal name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was found guilty of two assault charges related to biting the woman on her face, neck, and breast, with the latter bite causing an open wound. The jury found him not guilty of charges alleging he raped and choked the woman, and also cleared him of several other assault charges. The panel could not reach verdicts on three additional charges of sexual penetration without consent, leaving those matters unresolved.

Barrientos, 30, wept as the verdicts were delivered. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges, which included six counts of assault, three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, and one count of choking. Throughout the trial, his defense maintained the sexual encounter was...