Barron Trump instructed police he is ‘very shut’ to alleged rape sufferer after he known as 999 from the US when he noticed her ‘getting beat up’ by her boyfriend throughout Facetime name, court docket hears

Barron Trump told British police that he is ‘very close’ to an alleged rape victim after he saved her life by calling 999 from the US when he saw her ‘getting beat up’ in a Facetime video call to London, a court heard today.

Donald Trump‘s youngest son, 19, called the UK emergency services and spoke directly with a 999 operator when he heard what he thought was Russian national Matvei Rumiantsev repeatedly punching his friend.

Barron reached UK police from the US after he video-called the alleged victim, a woman in London he met on social media, and said he saw her being attacked.

He later told the police that he is ‘very close’ to an alleged rape victim, a court in east London heard today. 

‘This individual was giving her difficulty for a long time’, he also said.

Rumiantsev, 22, is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court accused of assault and two counts of rape, among other charges, against the alleged victim, who jurors have heard is friends with Mr Trump.

Barron Trump phoned the City of London Police from the US and told a call handler: ‘I just got a call from a girl I know. She’s getting beaten up’ – he later apologised for being ‘rude’ 

Russian national Matvei Rumiantsev is accused of assault, actual bodily harm, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice

The court heard Mr Trump called the alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, last January 18.

Shortly afterwards he spoke to police in London after he believed she was being assaulted, the court heard, and a transcript of the call was released by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

‘Oh I’m calling from the US, uh I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up,’ the transcript said Mr Trump told City of London Police in the call.

‘This was happening about eight minutes ago. I just figured out how to, how to call someone. Uh, uh it’s really an emergency.’

In the call, Mr Trump said he met the alleged victim on social media.

The transcript said Mr Trump said ‘I don’t think these details matter, she’s getting hurt’, when the City of London operator questioned him about how he came by the information.

‘Can you stop being rude and actually answer my questions,’ the operator said. ‘If you want to help the person, you’ll answer my questions clearly and precisely, thank you.’

The court heard that police in London investigating the allegations asked if Mr Trump would be willing to provide a witness statement.

In a reply email the US president’s son wrote that what he saw was ‘very brief indeed but indeed prevalent’.

‘I didn’t expect her to pick up due to the time difference,’ the email from May 2 said, jurors heard.

‘The phone was picked up.

‘The individual who answered was a shirtless man with darkish hair. This view lasted maybe one second… then the view flipped to the victim.’

The court heard the email continued: ‘I made two of my friends call the Met Police in the UK, even though they are in the US.

‘As per evidence I do not have any, I was told by the victim who I am very close with, that this individual was giving her difficulty for a long time.’

Barron’s father Donald at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos today

Jurors heard that police replied to the email from Mr Trump and did not receive a response to that or to a follow-up email sent on July 1. 

Barron has been credited as having raised the alarm, during Rumiantsev’s ongoing trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court. 

The call was made at 2.23am on January 18 last year. The six-foot-seven college student is Trump’s fifth child, and the President’s only child with his wife, Melania.

Bodycam footage from police at the scene showed the woman telling officers: ‘I am friends with Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son.’ 

One of the officers can then be heard telling a colleague: ‘So apparently this informant from America is likely to be Donald Trump’s son.’

The woman is then asked to call Barron back, and the American explains to officers that he could see her crying and being struck during the FaceTime call.

‘I called you guys – that was the best thing I could do. I wasn’t going to call back and threaten things to him because that would just make the situation worse,’ he told the officers.

Giving evidence, the woman said: ‘He [Barron Trump] helped save my life. That call was like a sign from God at that moment.’

Rumiantsev, who wore a blue suit and white shirt in the dock, denies assault, actual bodily harm, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice by pressuring the woman to withdraw her complaints.

The trial continues.