TikTok, a judge and a take-down order after footage was leaked from inside a Perth court

August 1, 2026 — 1:00am

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A British YouTuber accused of raping a fan nearly had his trial aborted after he was filmed sitting inside the dock of a Perth court.

It can now be revealed that District Court judge Linda Black had to order the take-down of a TikTok video after she was made aware it was circulating online showing Andres Barrientos sitting in the dock during his trial last week.

Barrientos, whose stage name is Yung Filly, was found not guilty of raping the 20-year-old fan after a Hillarys gig in September 2024.

However, he was also found guilty of two counts of assaulting her - but not of strangling her and not of raping her.

The jury could not come to a decision on three of the 10 charges he was facing. Whether he faces a retrial on those charges will be decided at a later date.

Earlier during his trial, his bid for freedom almost came to a grinding halt when Black called an urgent hearing of the start of day six of the trial to issue a stern warning to social media sleuths who were reporting on the case online.

“I will not have any hesitation in jailing anyone who breaches my orders,” she barked to everyone sitting in the gallery, issuing a court order that the footage be deleted........

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