YOUTUBER Yung Filly’s former collaborator Danny Aarons has spoken out about the embattled star’s rape case in Australia.
Aarons, a fellow Internet personality, told fans “I’m as shocked as you” in a video posted to social media.
He said: “This whole situation I don’t know what I can… What do I do?
“I’m as shocked as you lot are, hand on my heart, I’m as shocked as you lot are.
“I found out the same time as you lot, probably later.”
The pair collaborated together on projects for Footasylum, one of several major brands to drop Filly as a client since news of his arrest broke.
Known best for his videos on FIFA gaming, Aarons added: “I’m just going to play FIFA man, let’s just chill.”
Filly, whose real name is Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was arrested in Melbourne on suspicion of raping a woman at his hotel.
He had been performing at a nightclub before allegedly assaulting the woman, in her 20s.
Filly, 29, was moved to Perth after the arrest, where he now has to report to a police station daily after stumping up $100,000 AUD (£51,000) for bail.
On Tuesday he appeared at the WA station only 20 minutes before his mandatory deadline, The Western Australian reports.
The embattled rapper faces four counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault and one count of impeding a person’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure to their neck.
Police investigating him say they have an “extremely strong” case that includes CCTV footage of the social media star on the night of the alleged offences.
Aarons is not the first of Filly’s former collaborators or friends to speak out on the ongoing probe.
On Sunday his longtime pal Chunkz, real name Amin Mohamed, posted a clip to Instagram where he said: “Like everyone I’ve heard the reports coming out of Australia.
“While I understand many of you want my reaction on it, as this is an ongoing court case I hope you guys understand that I can’t and won’t be commenting on it publicly, so yeah I’ve just come on here to basically let you know the reasons as to why I can’t. Love.”
And fellow creator AngryGinge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, said: “I’m not going to pretend nothing has happened. I’m going to be open and honest as I always am. Where do you start?
“Four o’clock in the morning I’m laying in bed, I see what’s going down on Twitter. First of all I’m the exact same as you. I’m shocked. Um, yeah. You know, mental. Mental.
“But he’s now obviously involved in legal proceedings and I can’t comment on legal proceedings. You know how it is. Mad.”
And influencer LV General has also broken his silence on the shocking news.
He wrote on Instagram: “Everyone please stop messaging me about what’s happened to Young Filly.
“He’s a grown man and he has to take responsibility for his own actions.
“I’ll be praying for man because Australian prison ain’t a joke – bare snakes and spiders and s***.
“I just hope this don’t backfire on his family.”
Who is Yung Filly?
YUNG Filly’s rise to fame saw him start out as a social media star.
The influencer got his big break on YouTube before moving into mainstream TV.
Although he goes by Yung Filly, his real name is Andres Felipé Barrientos.
He was born on August 6, 1995, and moved to the UK from Colombia when he was two years old.
Filly then relocated to southeast London during his childhood.
When asked what it was like growing up in the capital, he told Indy100: “I come from the bottom of the barrel…and that’s why I’m so grateful for the position I’m in now.
“My mum definitely shaped me with the lessons she taught me.
“She’s a single mum with three kids, my dad was a s*** dad so she just had to make it happen.
“She did loads of cleaning jobs. My mum worked at Poundland at the time I had some mad BBC series…just getting my mum out of the position she was in was just the biggest motivation.”
Filly is best known for being a member of the comedy group known as The Wall of Comedy.
He is affiliated with fellow YouTuber Chunkz and the pair have collaborated on many videos and tracks.
Over the years, Filly has also taken part in The Sidemen‘s Charity Football Match, organised by members Josh Bradley, Simon Minter, Tobi Brown, KSI, Ethan Payne, Vikram Barn and Harry Lewis.
