A British YouTuber and musician accused of violently raping a fan after a gig never asked his alleged victim if she wanted sex, a court has been told.<\/p>\n
Rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andr\u00e9s Felipe Valencia Barrientos, is fighting six charges of sexually penetrating a 20-year-old woman without consent in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old also denies impeding the woman\u2019s breathing by applying pressure to her neck, and three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm.<\/p>\n
His trial on Monday heard the performer met the woman at a nightclub called Bar1 after his performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI fancied her and we got chatting,\u201d Barrientos told the West Australian district court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vibes were good, and she had a really good energy about her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The entertainer said he asked the woman if she wanted to come back to his hotel room while the pair were chatting in the VIP area of the nightclub. He said they later left in a minivan with his entourage and drove to the Intercontinental hotel in Perth\u2019s CBD and the pair had consensual sex.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sex was great,\u201d he said from the witness box.<\/p>\n
Asked to describe the sex by his barrister, the rapper said there was \u201cGrunting and moaning in a good way\u201d.<\/p>\n
He denied choking and slapping the woman, as has been alleged in the court. But he agreed he did bite her numerous times.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn England we would call it a love bite. My mouth on her skin; it involves sucking [and] my teeth were involved to some extent.\u201d<\/p>\n
The jury has been shown images of the woman\u2019s alleged injuries after the alleged assault. These include photos of deep bruising and bite marks on the woman\u2019s face and neck.<\/p>\n
Under cross-examination by prosecutor Danielle Clarke, Barrientos said he wasn\u2019t surprised the woman came back to his hotel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could just tell she was into me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He agreed that when he asked her to leave with him, he didn\u2019t mention having sex, but he believed they would do so. He said he initially grabbed the woman\u2019s hand as they were leaving the nightclub about 3.30am, but let go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI quickly realised I didn\u2019t want to be seen on socials,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The woman previously told the court Barrientos put his hands down her pants and touched her breast while they were in the club.<\/p>\n
But the rapper denied the acts.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn\u2019t happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI recall putting my hand on her waist.\u201d<\/p>\n
The entertainer also denied giving the woman tequila shots, contradicting the alleged victim\u2019s evidence. He said these were handed around by the bar manager.<\/p>\n
CCTV of the pair leaving the venue in Perth\u2019s northern suburbs was played to the court. It showed Barrientos and other people getting into a white minivan and the woman following a short time later.<\/p>\n
She paused at the door of the van before stepping in.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I remember is me leaving in front of her \u2026 and before I know it she was in the vehicle,\u201d Barrientos said under questioning from his barrister.<\/p>\n
The rapper didn\u2019t recall whether the pair chatted during the drive to the hotel.<\/p>\n
CCTV from the hotel showed him striding ahead of his entourage and the woman after they left the van. The group was then shown entering a lift.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vibes were good; we walked through the concierge and got into the lift \u2026 and I went into my room with [the woman],\u201d Barrientos said.<\/p>\n
The rapper agreed the woman\u2019s phone was taken from her, as she alleged.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is standard practice for someone in the limelight to protect privacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The trial continues.<\/p>\n
Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse is available from the following organisations. In Australia, support is available at Full Stop Australia<\/a> (1800 385 578). In the UK, Rape Crisis<\/a> offers support on 0808 500 2222. In the US, Rainn<\/a> offers support on 800-656-4673. Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org\/rcip\/internl.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A British YouTuber and musician accused of violently raping a fan after a gig never asked his alleged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-827468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}