PERTH, Australia (AP) — Lawyers were making closing statements Tuesday in the Australian trial of a British entertainer 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.
Prosecutor Danielle Clarke told the court Barrientos was an “entitled man” with...
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