Overview
- Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, known as Yung Filly, faces 10 charges including six counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of choking after an alleged September 2024 hotel encounter.
- The defendant took the stand this week and denied the allegations, saying he 'fancied' the woman, describing the sexual activity as consensual and calling bite marks 'love bites'.
- Prosecutors presented CCTV of the pair leaving a nightclub and entering a van and hotel, graphic photos of bruising and bite marks, and testimony from a forensic dentist who said some injuries were consistent with human biting.
- Courtroom security was tightened after a reported social‑media breach, a juror was discharged on medical grounds, and the complainant remains legally anonymous under Australian law.
- With closing submissions finished on Tuesday, the jury is expected to begin deliberations soon and any conviction would carry substantial prison terms under Western Australian law.