A sexual assault trial unfolding in Western Australia’s Perth District Court has heard key testimony from the owner of the nightclub where British rapper Yung Filly performed the night an alleged attack took place. The rapper, legally named Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, has entered not guilty pleas to five charges including multiple counts of rape, assault, and intentional choking.
Malcolm Pages, who owns Bar1 Nightclub, the venue that hosted the performer’s event, told the court the alleged victim repeatedly pestered him over several hours to gain entry to the restricted VIP section reserved for the celebrity and his entourage. Pages explained that venue protocols require strict approval for fan access to artist spaces, and he consistently told the woman she would need to wait for official authorization, which he calls getting “green lit.”
The 20-something accuser, who cannot be named for legal reasons, did not limit her requests to in-person asks: she also sent multiple direct messages to the nightclub’s official Instagram account pressing for access. Pages told the court the repeated asks eventually became overwhelming, noting he encountered the woman asking for entry four to five additional times as the night progressed.
Later in the evening, Pages observed the woman interacting socially with Yung Filly inside the VIP section, where roughly 30 to 40 other attendees were also gathered. While Pages noted that after-parties for performing artists are a common occurrence at his venue, he testified he had no knowledge of any planned after-party for Yung Filly on the night in question.
According to the accuser’s account, she left Bar1 in a van alongside the rapper and his team, under the impression she was heading to a scheduled after-party. Instead, the group traveled to Perth’s Intercontinental Hotel, where she accompanied Yung Filly back to his hotel room. The woman told the court she initially agreed to consensual sexual activity with the rapper, but the encounter turned violent without warning. She alleges Yung Filly began biting, hitting, and choking her, continuing the assault even after she explicitly told him to stop.
Prosecutors laid out their case that seven hours after the woman first met her celebrity crush, she fled the hotel with visible bruises and injuries across her face, neck, and entire body, sustained during what they argue was a prolonged sexual assault. Prosecutors summed up the accuser’s account to the court: “It was consensual until it wasn’t.” The trial is ongoing as additional witnesses and evidence are presented to the court.