A London court has heard how Barron Trump, the youngest son of United States President Donald Trump, alerted British police after witnessing a woman being attacked during a FaceTime call.

The woman told jurors that the call helped save her life after she was allegedly assaulted by her former boyfriend, Matvei Rumiantsev, at his apartment in east London.

According to evidence presented at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Barron Trump contacted emergency services after answering a late-night video call and seeing the woman being physically attacked.

Emergency Call From the United States

Jurors were played a recording of a 999 emergency call made at 2:23am on January 18 last year.

In the call, Barron Trump told the operator:

“I just got a call from a girl I know. She’s getting beaten up.”

After providing the woman’s address, he added:

“It’s really an emergency, please. I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.”

The court heard that Trump had answered the FaceTime call expecting a normal conversation but instead saw disturbing scenes.

He later told officers:

“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.”

He said the call lasted between 10 and 15 seconds before it ended.

Police Bodycam Footage Played in Court

Bodycam footage from responding officers was shown to the jury.

In the footage, police officers can be heard asking the woman whether her attacker had been streaming the assault.

They told her that someone in the United States had contacted the police but did not give his name.

The woman later told officers:

“I am friends with Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son.”

One officer was then heard telling a colleague:

“So apparently this informant from America is likely to be Donald Trump’s son.”

Another officer added:

“This female is friends with Donald Trump’s son. She was on a FaceTime with him when this assault happened and he’s called us.”

Barron Trump Confirms He Called Police

Officers asked the woman if she could call Barron Trump back to confirm what had happened.

In the bodycam recording, she can be heard saying:

“Hello, Barron – did you call the police or anything?”

Trump replied:

“I had someone call the police.”

He later explained to officers that calling emergency services was the best decision he could make at the time.

“I wasn’t going to call back and threaten things to him because that would just make the situation worse,” he said.

Woman Tells Court the Call Saved Her Life

Giving evidence, the woman told jurors she believes the call was a sign that saved her life.

She said she had missed a few calls from Barron Trump earlier in the evening before the call eventually connected during the alleged attack.

She described the moment as life-changing.

“He helped save my life. That call was like a sign from God at that moment,” she told the court.

She said she had been on her knees begging during the assault and that the call gave her the chance to get back up and seek help.

Allegations of Assault and Sexual Abuse

The court heard that the woman had been in a relationship with Rumiantsev for around six months.

She alleges that he assaulted her after an argument, including strangling her.

Months later, she made further complaints to police, alleging she had been sexually assaulted.

She told jurors that she had been raped twice — once in November 2024 and again hours before police arrived at his apartment on January 18.

Rumiantsev is also accused of attempting to pressure her into withdrawing her complaints.

Defence Denies All Allegations

Rumiantsev’s defence lawyer, Sasha Wass KC, challenged the woman’s account, suggesting the allegations were fabricated.

She put it to the woman that Rumiantsev had restrained her only after she had behaved in an angry and violent way towards him.

She also denied the sexual assault allegations on his behalf.

The woman rejected those claims, telling the court:

“I didn’t invent that. That would be completely evil and disgraceful toward people who have been in that situation.”

Defendant Denies Charges

Rumiantsev, 22, of New Providence Wharf in east London, denies all charges against him.

He is accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice.

The trial is ongoing.