British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has told a Perth court he never asked his alleged victim if she wanted sex, but said they had consensual sex after meeting at a nightclub.
Meeting at Bar1
Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, known as Yung Filly, is on trial for six charges of sexually penetrating a 20-year-old woman without consent in a Perth hotel room in September 2024. He also denies impeding the woman’s breathing by applying pressure to her neck and three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm.
Barrientos told the West Australian district court he met the woman at Bar1 nightclub after his performance. “I fancied her and we got chatting,” he said. “The vibes were good, and she had a really good energy about her.”
The night in question
He said he asked the woman to come back to his hotel while they were in the VIP area, and they later left in a minivan with his entourage to the Intercontinental hotel in Perth’s CBD. He described the sex as consensual. “The sex was great,” he said. Asked to describe it, he said there was “Grunting and moaning in a good way”.
Barrientos denied choking and slapping the woman as alleged, but admitted biting her numerous times. “In England we would call it a love bite. My mouth on her skin; it involves sucking [and] my teeth were involved to some extent.” The jury was shown images of deep bruising and bite marks on the woman’s face and neck.
Cross-examination
Under cross-examination, Barrientos said he wasn’t surprised the woman came back to his hotel. “I could just tell she was into me,” he said. He agreed he did not mention sex when asking her to leave, but believed they would have sex. He said he initially grabbed her hand as they left the nightclub about 3.30am but let go. “I quickly realised I didn’t want to be seen on socials,” he said.
The woman previously said Barrientos put his hands down her pants and touched her breast in the club, but he denied it. “It didn’t happen. I recall putting my hand on her waist.” He also denied giving her tequila shots, saying they were handed around by the bar manager.
CCTV evidence
CCTV showed the pair leaving the venue and the woman pausing at the door of a white minivan before stepping in. “All I remember is me leaving in front of her … and before I know it she was in the vehicle,” Barrientos said. He didn’t recall chatting during the drive. Hotel CCTV showed him striding ahead into the lift with the woman. He agreed the woman’s phone was taken from her, as she alleged. “It is standard practice for someone in the limelight to protect privacy.”
The trial continues.
