PERTH, Australia (AP) — A British YouTuber and rapper referred to as Yung Filly admitted in an Australian court docket on Thursday to reckless driving whereas he was awaiting trial on fees of raping a girl three months in the past.
The 29-year-old, whose actual identify is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared briefly within the Perth Magistrates Courtroom charged with rushing at 158 kilometers (98 miles) per hour in a 100 kph (62 mph) zone within the Western Australia state capital final month. Rushing turns into reckless driving at 45 kph (28 mph) above the pace restrict.
His lawyer Joanne Oliver instructed the court docket he would plead responsible to a reckless driving cost at his subsequent court docket look on Jan. 30.
Barrientos faces potential penalties of 9 months in jail, a 6,000 Australian greenback ($3,750) positive and a disqualification from driving for no less than six months.
Wearing a white T-shirt and denims, Barrientos didn’t converse to information media as he walked from the court docket to a ready van.
Barrientos first appeared in the identical court docket in October when he was charged with raping and choking a girl in a lodge room after a efficiency throughout a nationwide tour.
The Colombia-born entertainer, who has 1.8 million followers on YouTube, had been arrested within the east coast metropolis of Brisbane and extradited throughout the nation.
He’s accused of assaulting a girl in her 20s in a lodge room on Sept. 28 after he had carried out in a Perth nightclub on the outset of the Australian tour that included Melbourne and Sydney earlier than it was to finish in Brisbane. He was arrested earlier than the Brisbane efficiency.
He’s charged with 4 counts of rape, three counts of assault inflicting bodily hurt and one rely of impeding the lady’s regular respiration or circulation by making use of strain to her neck.
His bail situations embrace that he doesn’t go away Western Australia.
Barrientos began his YouTube profession in 2013 and music profession in 2017. He has additionally hosted or appeared in a number of tv applications.
He gained a MOBO Award, an annual British music award presentation honoring achievements in “music of Black origin,” within the Finest Media Character class in 2021.
