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Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos

British entertainer known as Yung Filly in a Western Australia hotel-room rape and assault case.

Convicted
last updated 28 September 2026 · 10 sources
Confirmed facts
16
Open questions
2
Convictions
2
Next date
15 Jun 2027
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Case file Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, reference D C zero one one eight. The Associated Press reported that on twenty eight September twenty twenty four, police alleged Barrientos assaulted a woman in her twenties in a Perth hotel room after he performed at a Perth nightclub. AP reported that on ten October twenty twenty four, Barrientos appeared in a Perth court on charges linked to that allegation and was freed on bail. ABC News Australia reported that his trial began on twenty July twenty twenty six in the District Court of Western Australia, where he was charged with six counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault causing bodily harm, and one count of impeding someone’s normal breathing. ABC News Australia reported that Barrientos gave evidence, denied all ten charges, and described giving the complainant love bites. AP reported that on thirty one July, a jury convicted him of two assault charges relating to biting, and did not find him guilty of allegations that he raped and choked her. AP reported prosecutors intend to retry him on three rape allegations. The Guardian, citing AAP, reported a fresh trial is listed for fifteen June twenty twenty seven. The file’s open questions include what sentence, if any, will be imposed, and what procedural change, if any, explains differing count reporting. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one one eight at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed16 entries
28 September 2024
Police alleged Barrientos assaulted a woman aged in her 20s in a Perth hotel room after he performed at a Perth nightclub.
AP
10 October 2024
Barrientos appeared in a Perth court on charges linked to the 28 September allegation and was freed on bail.
AP
19 December 2024
At a Perth court appearance, Barrientos had not yet entered pleas on the sexual assault charges, and the sex charges were adjourned to 30 January.
ABC News (Australia)
12 September 2025
District Court Judge Gary William Massey amended Barrientos's bail conditions to allow him to travel to the UK before trial, with a required return to Western Australia by 7 January 2026.
ABC News (Australia)
20 July 2026
Barrientos's trial began in the District Court of Western Australia, where ABC News reported he was charged with six counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of impeding someone's normal breathing.
ABC News (Australia)
27 July 2026
Barrientos gave evidence in his defence, denied all 10 charges, and told the court he had given the complainant what he described as love bites.
ABC News (Australia)
31 July 2026
A jury convicted Barrientos of two assault charges relating to biting the woman; AP reported the jury did not find him guilty of allegations that he raped and choked her.
AP
21 August 2026
The case is scheduled to return to court to discuss next steps, and AP reported Barrientos remained free on bail despite the assault convictions.
AP
21 August 2026
Barrientos learned that prosecutors intend to retry him on three charges alleging rape after the July jury could not reach majority verdicts on those counts.
AP · added 26 Aug 2026
21 August 2026
Prosecutor Danielle Clarke told Judge Linda Black that the complainant, who cannot be identified, was willing to testify again at a retrial.
AP · added 26 Aug 2026
21 August 2026
AP reported that Barrientos will be sentenced for the assault convictions after the retrial and that no retrial date had been set.
AP · added 26 Aug 2026
27 August 2026
Judge Linda Black agreed to vary Barrientos's bail so he could return to London while awaiting a second trial on three rape charges; the remaining charges are unproven allegations.
AP · added 28 Sep 2026
27 August 2026
The revised bail conditions required Barrientos to return to Britain by 31 August 2026, stay there until flying back to Perth for trial, return to Australia 10 days before the retrial and surrender his passport within 24 hours of returning.
AP · added 28 Sep 2026
27 August 2026
AP reported that the revised bail conditions barred Barrientos from contacting the complainant or a key prosecution witness, both of whom cannot be named, and from publicly commenting on the case.
AP · added 28 Sep 2026
25 September 2026
The case returned to court, and The Guardian, citing AAP, reported Barrientos was not required to appear.
The Guardian (AAP) · added 28 Sep 2026
15 June 2027
A fresh District Court trial on the three remaining sexual-penetration charges was listed to begin, with The Guardian, citing AAP, reporting it was expected to run for eight days; the charges remain unproven allegations.
The Guardian (AAP) · added 28 Sep 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What sentence, if any, will be imposed for the two assault convictions?pending court outcome · unconfirmed
What procedural change, if any, explains earlier reporting of four rape counts and later trial reporting of six sexual-penetration counts?source discrepancy · unconfirmed
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