What's Next in Yung Filly's Rape Case After the Verdict?

Current status as of Aug. 1, 2026

Current as of Aug. 1, 2026 UTC, this is a live criminal matter, not legal advice, and the complainant’s anonymity should be preserved. The next known milestone is a Perth court return on Aug. 21, 2026, after a mixed July 31 verdict in the Western Australia prosecution of Yung Filly, whose legal name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos. [1]

For readers looking for yung filly rape charges case details after the verdict, the short answer is not “case over.” The accurate status separates into three tracks: three hung rape counts that may still be retried, two assault-occasioning-bodily-harm convictions that still need sentencing, and a separate Spain/Magaluf allegation that should not be blended into the Western Australia verdict.

The existing Yung Filly verdict-status record captures the July 31 outcome. This record tracks what remains to be decided.

What the July 31 verdict actually decided

The record needs to stay count-specific. Reports describe a 10-count prosecution: the original October 2024 charges included four sexual-penetration counts, three assault-occasioning-bodily-harm counts, and one count of impeding breathing; two further sexual-penetration counts were added on June 13, 2025. [2][3]

On July 31, the reported verdict was mixed: not guilty on three rape counts, not guilty on one assault count, not guilty on the choking or impeding-breathing count, guilty on two assault-occasioning-bodily-harm counts tied to biting injuries, and hung on three rape counts. [1][4]

That is the part most likely to be lost in casual shorthand. A not-guilty verdict resolves a count in the defendant’s favor. A guilty verdict moves that count toward sentencing. A hung count means the jury did not return a verdict on that count; it is neither an acquittal nor a conviction.

Trial-length reporting also needs a small caution. The Guardian described the proceeding as an eight-day trial before Judge Linda Black, with prosecutor Danielle Clarke and defense counsel David Edwardson KC; BBC coverage had referred to a 10-day listing. The safer archival wording is that the trial was reported as lasting eight days, while earlier listing/reporting language used a 10-day frame. [1][5]

Why the hung rape counts remain live

The three hung rape counts are the main reason the Western Australia matter cannot be described as closed. Guardian coverage reported that Barrientos could face a retrial after the jury was unable to agree on those three charges. [1]

The next procedural question is not whether the public thinks the verdict was “mostly” one thing or another. It is whether the prosecution pursues the unresolved counts, what position is put to the court, and what directions follow.

This is also why the matter should be tracked in separate lanes, much as procedural records separate detention, charging, and merits issues in the Sean Combs procedural-track article. One verdict day produced several legal statuses.

The Aug. 21 return is the first live checkpoint

Aug. 21 matters because it is the next known point at which the record may change. The court may receive or set up a prosecution indication on the hung rape counts, address future listings, deal with bail posture, or move the assault convictions closer to sentence. The date itself should be verified the way any live-court date is verified, not treated as a final hearing label.

A comparable date-tracking approach appears in the Eugene Henley trial-date record: the date is useful because it narrows what to watch next, not because it tells readers the result.

• For the hung rape counts: look for a prosecution retrial indication, a court direction, or a listing that confirms the next step.
• For the two assault convictions: look for a sentencing date, sentencing submissions, or an actual sentence.
• For bail: look for whether existing conditions continue, change, or lapse because of a new order.

The assault convictions move toward sentencing, not sentence speculation

The two convictions are for assault occasioning bodily harm. The relevant Western Australia offence framework is s.317 of the Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913. Armstrong Legal’s statutory summary gives the maximum penalty as five years’ imprisonment on indictment, or seven years if the offence is aggravated. [6]

Those maximums are ceilings, not a sentence prediction. They do not identify the facts the sentencing court will accept, the submissions that will be made, any mitigation, any aggravating findings, or the actual outcome for these two convictions. As of this status point, no sentence has been set in the materials reviewed.

The clean sentence-status entry is therefore narrow: convicted on two s.317 assault-occasioning-bodily-harm counts; sentencing pending; statutory maximums noted only as maximums; no case-specific sentence forecast.

Bail is a procedural status, not a verdict substitute

Barrientos had been on conditional bail since October 2024. Reporting included an A$100,000 cash surety, daily reporting, restrictions on social media, and no-contact conditions; later reporting also described permission for him to return to the UK while on bail. [3][7]

There is a surety-figure problem in the secondary record. ABC and The Sun reported A$100,000, while some secondary summaries have carried A$122,000. Without a primary bail order being quoted, the responsible treatment is to flag the discrepancy rather than force a reconciliation. [3][7][8]

Bail says where and under what restrictions a defendant waits. It does not erase convictions, decide hung counts, or forecast sentence. That same distinction is the point of a bail-posture record such as Is Sant Rampal Out on Bail? The order’s content matters, but its existence is not a merits finding.

The Spain/Magaluf allegation belongs in a separate file

The Spain matter is not part of the Western Australia verdict. NME reported on March 24, 2025, that Yung Filly had been accused by a British tourist in Magaluf and that the matter was under investigation. As of Aug. 1, 2026, no formal Spanish charge was confirmed in the sources cited here. [9]

That makes the correct wording deliberately limited: a reported Spain allegation, said to be under investigation, with no confirmed formal charge. It should not be used to expand the WA verdict, and it should not be converted into a UK-charge claim without a primary or otherwise reliable source.

What to watch next

• Aug. 21, 2026 Perth return: confirm whether the hearing produces a retrial indication, a sentencing listing, a bail variation, or only directions.
• Three hung rape counts: track any prosecution decision to retry, discontinue, or otherwise address those counts through the court.
• Two s.317 assault convictions: track any sentencing date and the actual sentence, if and when imposed.
• Bail: record conditions from the order or reliable court reporting, and keep the surety discrepancy visible until resolved.
• Spain/Magaluf: update only on a confirmed formal development, not on repetition of the original allegation.

References

1. British YouTuber Yung Filly acquitted of raping fan in Perth but could face retrial with jury hung on three charges, The Guardian, July 31, 2026
2. Yung Filly faces two new sexual assault charges in Australia, BBC News
3. UK YouTuber Yung Filly charged with reckless driving while on bail over alleged Perth rape, ABC News, Dec. 12, 2024
4. An Australian jury convicts British entertainer Yung Filly of assault, AP News
5. UK rapper Yung Filly found not guilty of raping woman after Australian show, BBC News
6. Assault Occasioning Bodily Harm (WA) — s.317 Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913, maximum penalties, Armstrong Legal
7. Yung Filly bail-hearing specifics, The Sun
8. Yung Filly, Wikipedia
9. Yung Filly accused of raping tourist in Magaluf after denying previous rape charges in Australia, NME, March 24, 2025