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Yung Filly to face retrial on three rape charges in Australia

Australian prosecutors will retry the British entertainer after a jury deadlocked on three counts while convicting him of assault.

Updated Aug 24, 2026 · 00:32 UTC2 reports

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British rapper and social media personality Yung Filly, legally named Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, will be retried in Western Australia on three counts of rape.
A jury previously deadlocked on those charges while convicting Barrientos of two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and acquitting him of several other offenses.
Sentencing for the assault convictions is deferred until after the retrial, and no trial date has been formally scheduled.

Prosecutors in Perth confirmed that Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos will face a retrial on three rape charges after an earlier jury failed to reach a majority verdict.[BBC News · ABC News]
In the initial trial, the jury convicted Barrientos of two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm against a 20-year-old woman in a Perth hotel room following a 2024 performance.[BBC News · ABC News]
The jury acquitted Barrientos of choking or strangulation charges alongside several other rape accusations.[BBC News · ABC News]
Prosecutor Danielle Clarke informed the court that the complainant is prepared to testify again at the upcoming retrial.[BBC News · ABC News]
Barrientos denied all charges, maintaining the sexual encounter was consensual, while his defense argued the accuser's testimony lacked credibility.[BBC News]
Barrientos remains released on bail, with sentencing on his assault convictions scheduled to occur after the retrial concludes.[BBC News · ABC News]

A specific start date for the retrial has not yet been scheduled by the court.[BBC News · ABC News]
Reports vary on the exact number of rape acquittals from the first trial, with one source reporting four acquittals out of seven total rape charges and another reporting three acquittals.[BBC News · ABC News]