Barron Trump’s phone call with UK police over ‘girl being beat up’ released to the public

Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault and violence which some readers may find distressing.

A court has heard that Barron Trump contacted UK police saying he witnessed a friend in London being 'beat up' during a video call.

Now, the transcript of the call to emergency services has been released.

For those not up to date with the case, the 19-year-old youngest son of US President Donald Trump, 79, and First Lady Melania, 55, attempted to video call a female friend of his in London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on January 18, 2025.

Shortly afterwards, he contacted the police by ringing 999 after he believed she was being assaulted.

A man called Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is now 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 Barron.

Barron Trump's phone call with UK police has been revealed amid the ongoing court case (Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images)

Rumiantsev 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.

It's since been revealed in court that Rumiantsev was the one who answered the call and pointed the camera towards Barron's friend, who was allegedly 'hysterical crying, screaming, shouting'.

A transcript of the 999 call from Barron was released by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on Thursday (22 January).

Barron told the City of London Police handler: "Oh I'm calling from the US, uh I just got a call from a girl, you know, she's getting beat up."

He added: "This was happening about eight minutes ago. I just figured out how to, how to call someone. Uh, uh, it's really an emergency."

When asked by the operator how he knows the woman, he said: "I don't think these details matter, she's getting beat up but OK fine, also I met her on social media, I don't think that matters."

The operator then responded: "Can you stop being rude and actually answer my questions?"

They added: "If you want to help the person, you’ll answer my questions clearly and precisely, thank you."

The son of the US President called 999 after video calling his friend last January and believing she was being 'beat up' (Getty Stock Image)

Jurors heard on Thursday that Rumiantsev and the woman had been drinking together on the evening of January 17 2025 and into the early hours of the next day. Rumiantsev said they had consensual sex twice in that time.

Giving evidence, the defendant told jurors that before he answered a call from the US president’s son on the alleged victim’s phone, the woman had been 'in a stage of complete breakdown', partly because she had been drinking.

Rumiantsev said: "She was just completely hysterical crying, screaming, shouting at me. I noticed her phone next to me on the sofa and it was ringing with a Barron Trump face call."

He added: "I don’t know what went through my head but I answered, yes. At that point I was standing up, I stepped away from her maybe for a couple metres… I answered the call and I immediately put the camera towards her. I don’t know why I did that.

"Maybe I thought she would realise that her behaviour was unreasonable, that she wouldn’t behave like this in front of someone else."

Prosecutors allege Rumiantsev strangled the woman that evening, and later she called the police The Russian national was arrested on the morning of January 18 and taken into custody.

Barron also gave evidence to the investigating police in May 2025 (Pool/Getty Images)

Barron also replied to investigating police in May 2025 in an email which said 'what I saw was very brief indeed but indeed prevalent', the court heard.

He wrote: “I didn’t expect her to pick up due to the difference in the time zone to the fact I am in the USA, the phone was answered but not by her, to my dismay.

“The individual who picked up the phone was a shirtless man with darkish hair, although I didn’t get a good look, this view lasted maybe one second and I was racing with adrenaline."

Barron continued: “The camera was then flipped to the victim getting hit while crying, stating something in Russian. The guy had hung up. This whole interaction had lasted 5 to 7 seconds.

"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."

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this article and wish to speak to someone in confidence, contact the Rape Crisis England and Wales helpline on 0808 500 222, available 24/7. If you are currently in danger or need urgent medical attention, you should call 999.

If you are experiencing domestic violence, please know that you are not alone. You can talk in confidence to the national domestic violence helpline Refuge on 0808 2000 247, available 24/7, or via live chat, available 10am-10pm, Monday to Friday.