The Football Association has axed a new online cooking series with M&S featuring Yung Filly and England stars after the British YouTuber and rapper was charged with rape allegations, Sky News can reveal.

The Greater Game campaign was launched just yesterday by the FA with English team sponsor M&S Food to promote healthy eating and “positively influence” children aged between 12 and 16.

England stars Bukayo Saka, Ezri Konsa and Jarrod Bowen were due to feature in the videos as part of the 'Freestyle Cooking' series on an FA YouTube channel.

In an announcement shared in marketing media yesterday, the FA said it had chosen Yung Filly for the series to “encourage young people across the country to experiment with healthy alternatives to cooking”.

But English football's governing body reacted quickly to the news that broke overnight Australia that Yung Filly – real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos – was arrested and taken into custody in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth on Wednesday.

Yung Filly was on tour in Australia, where he is staying accused of assaulting a woman in her 20s in his hotel room in Perth after performing at a venue in Hillarys, a northern coastal suburb of Western Australia's capital.

The 29-year-old appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday and was charged with four counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of obstructing the normal breathing or circulation of a person by applying pressure to their neck.

The case was adjourned and he was granted conditional bail, which included a ban on contacting his alleged victim or posting about the case to his millions of social media followers, ABC reported.

“This investigation is ongoing and investigators encourage anyone with information regarding this matter or similar incidents to contact Crime Stoppers,” Western said Australia The police said this in a statement.

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Yung Filly has participated in charity and legends football games over the years.

The FA confirmed the videos had been removed.

It is understood M&S does not have a direct advertising deal with Yung Filly.

Filly presents the BBC shows Hot Property and Yung Filly's Celeb Lock-In and also appeared on Channel 4's The Great Celebrity Bake Off in 2022.

He has 3.2 million followers Instagram3.2 million on TikTok and 1.8 million subscribers YouTube.

M&S and Yung Filly representatives have been contacted for comment.