PERTH, Australia (AP) — Lawyers were making closing statements Tuesday in the Australian trial of a British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly on charges that he raped and choked a fan following a music performance two years ago.The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, had pleaded not guilty in the District Court of Western Australia state to six charges of rape, three charges of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of choking in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.The accuser cannot legally be named. She was 20 at the time.The jury is expected to begin considering their verdicts Wednesday after defense and prosecution lawyers finish their closing statements.Barrientos testified Monday that he did not slap or choke the woman, but he agreed to the allegation that he bit her multiple times.
“In England we would call it a love bite,” Barrientos told the court.The performer denied the woman repeatedly told him to stop and told him he was hurting her.“There was kissing in between; I would give her a love bite and then kiss her,” Barrientos said from the witness box. “I don’t recall any blood.”Photos of the woman with bruising and bite marks on her face and neck were shown to the court.
