Barron Trump may have saved woman’s life with police call, London court hears

Barron Trump, the youngest son of the US president, alerted police in London after witnessing a woman allegedly being attacked by a former boyfriend, possibly saving her life, a court has heard.Trump was on a video call a year ago with the woman, who cannot be named, when he saw Matvei Rumiantsev, a Russian citizen, repeatedly punch her, Snaresbrook crown court was told on Wednesday, according to reports.Minutes later, Trump phoned the police in a call that was played to the court. “I just got a call from a girl I know. She’s getting beaten up,” he told the emergency operator at 2.23am on 18 January 2025.Trump, who was then 18, could be heard providing the woman’s address and then said: “It’s really an emergency, please. I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.”Rumiantsev, 22, of east London, is accused of two charges of rape, intentional strangulation, perverting the course of justice, assault and actual bodily harm. He denies all of the charges.Rumiantsev was allegedly jealous of Trump’s relationship with the woman and became angry when he tried to phone her earlier that evening, the court heard.In the call with the emergency operator, Trump apologised for being rude after he refused to answer some of the questions put to him. Asked how he knew the woman, he replied: “I met her on social media. She’s getting really badly beat up and the call was about eight minutes ago, I don’t know what could have happened by now.”When police arrived at the woman’s property, bodycam footage from the officers recorded her saying: “I am friends with Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son.”One of the officers is heard saying: “So apparently this informant from America is likely to be Donald Trump’s son.”In the presence of the officers, the woman called Trump, who explained to them that he had seen her crying and being attacked during the earlier call.During cross examination, the woman said: “He helped save my life. That call was like a sign from God at that moment.”After the alleged assault, the woman told the police she had been raped twice by Rumiantsev, the court heard.When Sasha Wass KC, for the defence, suggested that the account was fabricated, the woman replied: “I didn’t invent that. That would be completely evil and disgraceful toward people who have been in that situation.”The trial continues.