Yung Filly Allowed to Return to Britain Ahead of Australian Retrial

British rapper Yung Filly can return to Britain following a judge’s ruling in Australia adjusting his bail conditions as he awaits a retrial on three rape charges.

Bail Ruling and Return to London

The 31-year-old entertainer, born in Colombia and officially named Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was at the District Court of Western Australia where Judge Linda Black consented to modifying his bail terms so he can head back to London while awaiting his upcoming second trial.

While the upcoming retrial will be expedited and likely happen in 2027, Black acknowledged that potential delays could occur. It seems to me it is appropriate to return to his home country until he is needed for his retrial, Black said.

Travel Restrictions and Court Conditions

Under the revised bail conditions, Barrientos must return to Britain by Aug. 31 and stay there until he flies back to Perth for the trial. Per the court’s directives, he must make his way back to Australia 10 days before the retrial begins and hand over his passport within 24 hours of arrival.

Additional restrictions prohibit Barrientos from contacting the alleged victim or a key prosecution witness, who both cannot be named. Barrientos also cannot publicly comment on the case in any way.

Trial Outcomes and Outstanding Charges

The legal proceedings stem from a tour of Australia in September 2024, during which Barrientos had already performed in Sydney and Melbourne before he encountered his alleged victim in Perth. Concluding an eight-day proceeding last month in the District Court of Western Australia, a jury convicted Barrientos of two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm stemming from bites inflicted on a woman’s neck and breast.

The panel of jurors cleared him of three separate allegations involving sexual penetration without consent involving the same woman inside a Perth hotel room in Australia. Nevertheless, because the jury failed to reach a consensus regarding the remaining three counts of sexual penetration without consent, prosecutors announced last week that they plan to prosecute him anew on those three unresolved rape counts. The assault convictions each carry a potential maximum sentence of five years in prison, while rape convictions would each carry a potential maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Prosecution and Defense Arguments

During the initial trial, prosecutors alleged that the woman had initially consented to have sex with Barrientos after he had gone to a nightclub following the show, but had withdrawn her consent after she started to fear for her safety. Barrientos denies all charges. He told the court that the ‘vibes were good’ between them when they arrived at his hotel. Following the tour’s conclusion, he was taken into custody a few days afterward in Brisbane, located on the eastern seaboard. Having been released on bail ever since his initial arrest, Barrientos was previously permitted to travel back to Britain for several months leading up to his initial court case. During closing arguments, prosecutor Danielle Clarke branded Barrientos as ‘entitled’ and had violated the woman ‘in the most intrusive way possible’. Meanwhile, his defence said the evidence was full of ‘inconsistencies, embellishments and outright lies’.

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An upcoming court appearance is scheduled for Barrientos on 27 August to address a request for altering his bail terms. Sentencing for his two guilty verdicts of assault occasioning bodily harm will take place once the second jury delivers its decisions concerning the remaining rape allegations.