The alleged sufferer of rape and assault by the hands of a British YouTube star has had her model of occasions questioned on day two of a Perth District Courtroom trial.
Yung Filly, whose actual identify is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, is accused of biting, slapping, strangling and raping a 20-year-old fan after a gig at Hillarys nightclub, Bar1, in September 2024.
The 30-year-old denies the allegations and claims the pair engaged in consensual intercourse in a room on the Intercontinental Lodge on Hay Avenue the place he was staying.
On Tuesday, the complainant was cross-examined by Barrientos’ lawyer David Edwardson who accused the girl of being a liar.
He additionally accused her of “chasing” Barrientos to return to his lodge, realizing that she was going there for intercourse, which she denied.
In the course of the cross-examination, the girl admitted that she labored as a ‘promoter’ for Bar1 which concerned sharing photographs and movies of occasions on the membership together with her Instagram followers.
She admitted she hoped to fulfill the star in individual on the occasion and had requested a number of instances to enter the VIP space, which she did simply earlier than 2.30am after Barrientos’ efficiency.
Edwardson informed the girl she gave proof on Monday that Barrientos had put his fingers down her pants and that she pulled them out and informed him, “I’m not like that” earlier than he groped her breast and he or she informed him “no”.
She additionally claimed she informed him, “you possibly can’t try this”.
“That’s not what occurred in any respect, is it?” Edwardson requested the girl throughout cross-examination.
“Sure, it’s,” the girl responded whereas crying.
In a video performed to the jury, the girl may be seen recording herself contained in the VIP space saying “he touched me, not in a foul method, in a great way”.
Edwardson advised to the girl that Barrientos didn’t contact her “in an inappropriate method” earlier than telling her that within the video she went on to say, “I like Filly” and that he was her future husband.
In one other video performed to the jury, the girl stated, “I’m going to marry him”.
“At the moment, he was my idol and on the time I used to be naive,” the girl responded.
The girl was additionally accused of writing a diary entry the place she referred to herself as Victoria Beckham and Barrientos as David Beckham in reference to their marriage.
“He was your favorite movie star,” Edwardson requested her, that means Barrientos.
“Sure,” she replied.
“You noticed your self as doubtlessly a Victoria Beckham,” he stated.
“Yeh,” she replied.
The jury have been then proven CCTV footage of the girl leaving Bar1 and placing her thumbs up and down speaking in direction of Barrientos who was already in a automobile exterior the venue ready to go away.
She was then seen within the foyer of the lodge strolling a ways behind Barrientos who could possibly be heard speaking about what time he needed to go away the subsequent day.
The girl repeatedly claimed she thought she was going to an after social gathering however agreed she didn’t make clear what the plan was when acquired into the singer’s automobile along with his safety guard and one other three or 4 males.
“I used to be intimidated,” she stated.
“I used to be with seven guys I didn’t know. I didn’t wish to interrupt or be impolite or say one thing incorrect.”
The girl claims she and Barrientos began having consensual intercourse in his lodge room, earlier than he turned violent, biting, strangling and slapping her.
Requested about these accusations, Edwardson advised the girl was mendacity.
“I’m suggesting to you that that may be a pack of lies and didn’t occur,” he stated. “If that occurred you’d have been very distressed.”
“I used to be,” the girl tearfully replied.
“And in ache,” he stated.
“I used to be,” she responded. “I placed on a persona to be as calm as I may, so I wouldn’t get abused or raped once more.”
Edwardson then requested the girl a few meals order Barrientos comprised of the lodge room after the alleged assault. The girl beforehand gave proof that she had requested for “chip to go” however that Barrientos solely ended up ordering meals for himself.
“So after being slapped, having your respiration impeded, having been anally penetrated, and having been bitten on a number of events, you requested Yung Filly for chips to go?” he stated.
“Sure, I did,” she replied.
“You significantly requested for chips to go?” Edwardson responded.
“Sure, I stupidly requested that, sure,” the girl replied.
One other video performed to the jury reveals the girl smiling within the lodge room simply earlier than she leaves to go house.
“I wished to look calm,” she stated. “I had my high-pitched voice on. I didn’t wish to make any state of affairs extra worse than it may have been.”
Edwardson then reminded her of proof she gave about allegedly overhearing Barrientos inform his safety guard that the intercourse was not good.
“I counsel to you that no dialog ever occurred,” he stated.
“I disagree with you,” the girl responded.
“It’s one other lie you might have informed in the middle of this trial,” he stated.
“I’ve not lied one sentence in the middle of this trial,” the girl replied.
The trial continues.
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