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THE full terms of Yung Filly's bail includes a ban from social media and reporting to police daily.
His tight restrictions come after the famous comedy YouTuber was charged with rape and strangulation by Western Australia police following a performance last month.
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Filly, real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was arrested by cops after allegedly attacking the woman in her 20s in his Perth hotel.
The 29-year-old appeared in a Perth court for the first time today after he was arrested in Brisbane Tuesday.
Filly was bailed following the hearing but only after Magistrate Tanya Watt rejected police's attempt to keep him in prison.
Watt bailed Filly, but has banned him from contacting the victim and posting on social media about the case.
He must also pay a $100,000 (£50,000) surety, report daily to Perth Police Station, and he must stay in WA.
Filly appeared in court after detectives from WA Police's sexual assault squad charged Filly with four counts of sexual penetration without consent.
They also arrested him on three counts of assault and one count of impeding a person's normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure to their neck.
Prosecutors said they had an "extremely strong" case supported by CCTV and photo evidence.
WA police prosecutor Julius Depetro said Filly should remain behind bars and not get bail: "This has already made headlines."
"Given nature of social media, nature of people jumping on bandwagons, given the nature of (the) power imbalance between the parties."
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Depetro also provided the magistrate with photos that raised the issue of consent and were not shown to the court, the ABC reported.
Filly's lawyer, Perth barrister Seamus Rafferty, argued that prison would be too onerous and his client would likely face 23-hour lockdowns for two years before a trial.
Rafferty also argued that banning social media for Filly was unrealistic in the modern age.
The defence questioned the strength of the prosecution's case saying she did not raise concerns about sexual assault during a call with a friend at 5.30am local time.
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He said the issue of intoxication would be a significant matter at trial.
Filly was in Australia at the time for a music tour - with the alleged rape happening after a performance at Bar1 Nightclub in northern Perth.
Footage of the rapper performing at Perth's Bar1 Nightclub just hours before the alleged rape was posted to TikTok by the venue.
The raucous show had a packed crowd rapping along with Filly's songs.
The alleged attack happened on September 28 after he had performed the show on the 27th.
Filly kicked off his Australia tour in Perth before heading to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast, where he played four shows.
He had performed at Havana Nightclub on the Gold Coast two days before his arrest.
Police arrested the rapper in Brisbane, on Australia's east coast, and flew him six hours back across the Outback to Perth.
Footage showed Filly being escorted through Perth airport with his hands cuffed in front of him on Wednesday flanked by two officials.
Further footage shows the influencer - who landed his own BBC show called Hot Property in 2019 - being placed in the back of a car.
Fans of Filly gathered outside the court and sat inside the public gallery during the hearing, while others commented on the bar's social media channels.
Filly has 1.8m subscribers on YouTube and 3.2m followers on Instagram.
Filly's lawyer revealed in court his client earns $700,000AUD (£360,000) a year from social media alone.
Barrientos began his online career in 2013 before breaking into the music industry in 2017.
He featured on Channel 4's The Great Celebrity Bake Off in 2022 and has previously presented on the BBC's Hot Property.
Who is Yung Filly?
By Joanne Kavanagh and Charlotte Everett
YUNG Filly’s rise to fame saw him start out as a social media star.
The influencer got his big break on YouTube before moving into mainstream TV.
Although he goes by Yung Filly, his real name is Andres Felipé Barrientos.
He was born on August 6, 1995, and moved to the UK from Colombia when he was two years old.
Filly then relocated to southeast London during his childhood.
When asked what it was like growing up in the capital, he told Indy100: “I come from the bottom of the barrel…and that’s why I’m so grateful for the position I’m in now.
“My mum definitely shaped me with the lessons she taught me.
“She’s a single mum with three kids, my dad was a s*** dad so she just had to make it happen.
"She did loads of cleaning jobs. My mum worked at Poundland at the time I had some mad BBC series…just getting my mum out of the position she was in was just the biggest motivation.”
Filly is best known for being a member of the comedy group known as The Wall of Comedy.
He is affiliated with fellow YouTuber Chunkz and the pair have collaborated on many videos and tracks.
Over the years, Filly has also taken part in The Sidemen's Charity Football Match, organised by members Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, KSI, Ethan Payne, Vikram Barn and Harry Lewis.
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