YouTuber Yung Filly podcast show cancelled amidst rape charges

The internet personality, real name Andres Felipe Barrientos, 29, was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth the following day to attend a court hearing.

He was then charged on Thursday and his bail application approved.

The full charges include four counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of impeding a person’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure on or to their neck.

The attack is alleged to have taken place against a woman in his hotel room after a performance in Perth.

The first live performance of his podcast with internet personality Chunkz was to take place on 18th October in East London.

 Venue Troxy, the musical that was to host the show, confirmed its cancellation.

“The event was removed from our website yesterday and all ticket holders have been informed – their tickets will be refunded automatically," a spokeswoman told the BBC.

“We are aware of serious allegations that have been made against Yung Filly and the legal proceedings that are now underway in Western Australia,” Upload Productions, the producer of the Chunkz and Filly Show podcast said in a statement.

An online cookery series that was announced by the Football Association (FA) that was to feature Barrientos and England footballers such as Ezri Konsa and Bukayo Saka was also cancelled following the charges.

Barrientos boasts a large social media following across various platforms and has also won a MOBO award for best media personality in 2021.