Rapper and BBC and YouTube star Yung Filly arrested in Australia ...

Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos (29) was detained in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth on Wednesday.

There, he appeared before Perth Magistrates Court charged with three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, four counts of sexual penetration without consent and one count of impeding another person’s normal breathing or blood circulation by applying pressure to the neck.

Mr Barrientos is currently touring Australia and is accused of sexually assaulting the woman in his hotel on September 28 after a performance at Bar1 Nightclub in Hillarys, Perth.

The Western Australia Police Force has released a statement that Sex Assault Squad detectives will allege on Saturday, September 28, “the man sexually assaulted a woman in her 20s, in his Perth hotel room after he had performed at a venue in Hillarys”.

“This investigation is ongoing and Sex Assault Squad detectives urge anyone with information relating to this matter, or any similar incidents, to call Crime Stoppers.”

Mr Barrientos was granted bail with strict conditions, at the Thursday hearing, with a personal undertaking of $100,000 and a surety of $100,000.

He will next appear at Perth Magistrates Court on December 19 for a committal mention.

The London performer boasts 1.8 million followers on YouTube, 3.2 million on TikTok and has racked up three million streams on Spotify.

He also hosts TV shows on the BBC, including Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock-In and Hot Property.

Mr Barrientos, who was born in Colombia but moved to the UK as a refugee when he was a child, enjoyed a rapid rise to fame that saw him land his own BBC show called Hot Property in 2019.

He had performed at Havana Nightclub on the Gold Coast two days prior to his arrest.

The event at Bar1, where Mr Barrientos performed prior to the alleged attack, marketed the UK rapper's performance as the “ultimate evening escapade”.

“The event promises to be a seamless blend of spontaneity, humour and music that'll have you talking for weeks!” MoshTix stated.

As Yung Filly he is often pictured with major celebrities, started his YouTube channel in 2013.

He first shot to fame in collaboration with Beta Squad, a group which included his best friend Chunkz. In 2022, he teamed up with Chunkz again to host the MOBO Awards.

Filly has also appeared in videos with the Sidemen, which YouTube sensation KSI is part of, and later delved into the music industry.

He recently collaborated with fellow British rapper Aitch on the song Grey, which gained more than 2.5-million views on YouTube and 10-million streams on Spotify.

The 29-year-old has also hosted several shows on the BBC - including Hot Property and Yung Filly's Celeb Lock-In - and appeared on Channel 4's The Great Celebrity Bake Off.

Mr Barrientos has also worked with several fashion brands, including recent collaborations with ASOS and Perplex, as well as many major companies, including McDonald's, Heinz, British fashion chain Primark and Captain Morgan rum.

His Australian tour had kicked off in Perth before he headed to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast, where he played four shows.

Yung Filly has racked up more than three-million followers on Instagram and 1.84million subscribers on YouTube.

Earlier this year, Yung Filly appeared on the Jonathan Ross show where he spoke about being able to retire his mother

On the show, he told the audience about how he knew he had made it when he retired his mother from working at Poundland.

He said: “She used to work in Poundland and it got to the point where people would see the resemblance between me and her and go, ‘Are you Filly's mum?’ And some people would ask for pictures and she got really embarrassed.

“I remember I gave her a call once and I told her 'Mum you can quit your job, I've got you now.”

He told Amazon Prime in 2020 of his pride about being a refugee, saying, “it makes you appreciate all the little stuff a lot more. I don't think I really took in how poor we were”.

He added: “I was born in Colombia and sadly enough I don't know a lot about Colombia. But from what I do know, it's a happy place... when I think about my culture, I'm proud of the vibe that the country gives off, the people and the food.”

However, he once revealed how working on social media had both a positive and negative impact on his mental health.

“I suffer with anxiety,” he said. “I recently experienced panic attacks. It's made me known and being known is what gives me anxiety. But then social media has changed my life.”