The son of the US President dialled 999 when he answered the phone to see his friend allegedly being attacked.
05:10, 22 Jan 2026Updated 05:11, 22 Jan 2026
Barron Trump arrives at the inauguration of his dad, US President Donald Trump(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
A British woman has told a court that Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron “saved her life” after he allegedly witnessed her being viciously attacked during a FaceTime call and dialled 999.
Barron Trump, 19, was speaking to the woman in January 2025 when he allegedly saw her ex-boyfriend beating her, an east London court has heard. Barron rang emergency services from the States, with the son of the US President alerting police to the attack allegedly unfolding across the Atlantic Ocean.
Her ex, 22-year-old former MMA fighter Matvei Rumiantsev, is currently on trial for alleged attacks on the woman. The Russian-born east London man has denied all charges against him, which are for assault, actual bodily harm, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice.
Prosecutors allege Rumiantsev flew into a jealous rage over the woman’s friendship with Barron on the night in question, with the call on January 18 last year is said to have sparked the violent outburst.
Barron Trump has been thrown into the spotlight since his dad Donald became a politician(Image: )
The court heard Rumiantsev allegedly grabbed her by the hair, shoved her to the floor, shouted “you are not worth anything”, kicked her in the stomach and called her several misogynsistic slurs.
Jurors were played Barron’s 999 call, in which he pleaded with the operator: “It’s really an emergency, please. I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.”
The emergency operator urged him to answer questions properly, telling him: “Can you stop being rude and actually answer my questions… If you want to help the person, you’ll answer my questions clearly and precisely.” Barron 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.” He later added: “So sorry for being rude.”
Police were dispatched to the address, with bodycam footage played to the court showing officers arriving and questioning the woman, the Daily Mail reports. They told her someone in the US had called but had not given his name. She then told officers: “I am friends with Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son.” One officer was heard telling a colleague: “So apparently this informant from America is likely to be Donald Trump’s son.”
With police present, the woman called Barron back. In footage played to jurors, he said: “She called me. I picked up the phone expecting a nice hello or something. I just saw a ceiling and could hear screaming. I could see a guy’s head on the phone, and then the camera turns to her crying and getting hit.”
Barron Trump at the 2025 inauguration of the US President, his dad, Donald Trump.(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
According to The Independent, Barron said the call lasted between 10 and 15 seconds before it disconnected, which led him to call 999. “I called you guys – that was the best thing I could do,” he told officers. “I wasn’t going to call back and threaten things to him because that would just make the situation worse.”
Speaking in court, the woman said: “He helped save my life. That call was like a sign from God at that moment.”
The court heard the couple had been in a relationship for around six months and that Rumiantsev had assaulted her, including by strangling, after they got into an argument. Months later, she made further complaints, alleging she had been raped twice – once in November 2024 and again just hours before police arrived at his apartment on January 18. He is also accused of trying to pressure her into withdrawing her allegations.
Rumiantsev’s barrister, Sasha Wass KC, challenged the woman’s account in court, Metro writes. Wass accused the woman of fabricating her claims and that the defendant had only restrained her after she behaved “in an angry and violent way” towards him. “You invented this wholly untrue and fabricated account that he raped you on those two occasions – you were never raped,” the barrister told her.
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.