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Donald Trump\u2019s youngest son said he was \u201cvery close\u201d to an alleged rape victim after raising the alarm about a suspected assault against her, a court has heard.<\/p>\n
Barron Trump was on a FaceTime video call a year ago with the woman, who cannot be named, when he saw a man repeatedly punch her, Snaresbrook crown court was told on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is on trial on charges including assault and two counts of rape against the alleged victim, who jurors have heard is friends with the US president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n
Rumiantsev, who denies the charges, told the court he got upset when he accused the woman of calling Trump \u201csweetheart\u201d but denied he was in a controlling relationship with her.<\/p>\n
A transcript of an emergency call released by the Crown Prosecution Service on Thursday shows Trump telling the operator that he met the alleged victim on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s getting beat up,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Asked by the operator whether he had seen the alleged assault on social media, Trump said: \u201cNo, no \u2026 a video call.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thursday the court heard that in a later email to Metropolitan police officers investigating the allegations, Trump relayed what the alleged victim had told him. He wrote: \u201cI was told by the victim, who I am very close with, that this individual was giving her difficulty for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing what he witnessed on the video call, he said it was \u201cvery brief indeed but indeed prevalent\u201d, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Trump said he video-called the woman in the early hours of 18 January last year, after previously suggesting to the emergency operator that she had called him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t expect her to pick up due to the time difference,\u201d Trump said in his email to police, the court heard.<\/p>\n
It added: \u201cThe phone was picked up. The individual who answered was a shirtless man with darkish hair. This view lasted maybe one second \u2026 then the view flipped to the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as raising the alarm, Trump said he also asked two friends in the US to call the police, the court heard.<\/p>\n
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 putting pressure on the woman to withdraw her complaints.<\/p>\n
Rumiantsev was asked about an incident on 3 November 2024 when the woman called the police alleging that the defendant had broken her air fryer. According to a video recorded by a police officer on a body-worn camera, she told officers Rumiantsev was jealous and \u201ccontrolling of who I can be friends with,\u201d the court heard.<\/p>\n
Sasha Wass, KC for the defence, asked what the woman meant. Rumiantsev replied: \u201cThat was a reference to her relationship with Barron Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI was never controlling\u201d.<\/p>\n
The defendant confirmed they had discussed Trump that evening. He told the court: \u201cShe raised it. She just started showing me her conversations with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI tried to explain to her that I felt upset by her talking to Barron Trump.\u201d He told the court that the woman was texting Trump during their argument.<\/p>\n
Returning home after the row, Rumiantsev sent text messages to the woman, the court heard. He confirmed that one message could be translated as: \u201cYou started calling him sweetheart, I felt so unwell.\u201d He added: \u201cI was referring to Barron Trump.<\/p>\n
In the transcript of the call to the emergency operator on 18 January 2025 in which he alleged an assault, Trump said: \u201cThis was happening about eight minutes ago. I just figured out how to call someone \u2026 it\u2019s really an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the call Trump appeared to be frustrated by questions about how he knew the alleged victim. He said: \u201cI mean these details don\u2019t matter, she\u2019s getting beat up.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was then asked by the operator: \u201cI need to take information from you so how have you come by this information?\u201d<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cUh I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The operator said: \u201cHow do you know her?\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump replied: \u201cI don\u2019t think these details matter, she\u2019s getting beat up but OK fine, also I met her on social media, I don\u2019t think that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The operator said: \u201cCan you stop being rude and actually answer my questions. If you want to help the person, you\u2019ll answer my questions clearly and precisely.\u201d<\/p>\n
After saying he did not know the name of the man allegedly carrying out the assault, Trump said: \u201cSorry for being rude.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trial continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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