Overview
- Barron Trump, then 19, phoned UK emergency services from the United States after a FaceTime call on January 18, 2025, reporting a woman he knew was being beaten and providing her London address.
- Jurors were given a transcript of the 999 call in which Trump urged urgent help and was pressed by the operator for details, and they viewed body-worn camera video from officers who responded.
- Defendant Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is charged with assault, actual bodily harm, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice, and he denies all allegations.
- The woman, whose identity is legally protected, testified that Trump’s intervention “helped save my life,” and alleged rapes in November 2024 and hours before police arrived on January 18.
- Prosecutors say Rumiantsev sought to pressure her to withdraw her complaint via a call from custody and a letter relayed by a friend; the defense led by Sasha Wass KC argues her account is fabricated, and the trial continues with further evidence and cross-examination.