❓WHAT HAPPENED: Barron Trump helped save a woman’s life after witnessing her being attacked during a FaceTime call.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Barron Trump, a woman who was attacked, and Matvei Rumiantsev, the alleged attacker.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred during a FaceTime call last year, with Barron Trump calling the British police.
💬KEY QUOTE: “He helped save my life. That call was like a sign from God at that moment.” – The woman who testified in court.
🎯IMPACT: The alleged attacker, Matvei Rumiantsev, faces multiple charges, including assault, rape, and intentional strangulation.
A woman told an English court that President Donald J. Trump‘s son Barron Trump “helped save my life” after he contacted police when he realized she was being assaulted, according to testimony heard this week in London. Jurors were told that Barron Trump was in the United States when he received a FaceTime call from the woman, with whom he is friends, and soon realized she was being attacked. Speaking to a police operator, Trump said, “I just got a call from a girl I know. She’s getting beaten up.”
Trump described what he saw on the video call: “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.” He made the report around 2:20 AM London time in January last year.
The court heard that the alleged attacker, Russian national Matvei Rumiantsev, had earlier become angry after attempting to contact the woman. According to reports, prosecutors said Rumiantsev later went to her home, punched her repeatedly, kicked her in the stomach, and shouted insults at her during the video call with Barron, calling her a “whore” and a “slut.”
During her testimony, the woman praised Barron’s actions. “He helped save my life,” she said. “That call was like a sign from God at that moment.”
Jurors also heard the recording of the emergency call, during which the operator asked Barron how he knew the woman. Trump appeared frustrated by the questioning and urged police to act quickly. He also told operators that it took him several minutes to find the correct phone number for British emergency services from abroad.
Rumiantsev is facing multiple charges, including assault, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation, and perverting the course of justice.
The case comes amid broader concerns about violent crime and public safety in the United Kingdom, particularly in London. Police have particularly struggled to contain violence at large public events, with mass arrests becoming increasingly common, including more than 140 arrests on the opening day of London’s annual Afro-Caribbean Notting Hill Carnival last year.
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