According to a jaw-dropping account from a court in London, Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, saved a woman’s life when she was allegedly attacked in a life-threatening assault by her ex-boyfriend when on a FaceTime call with the president’s son.
Reports out of the court, particularly a report in the UK’s tabloid newspaper Metro, the woman, who cannot be named, was attacked by 22-year-old Matvei Rumianstev. Rumianstev had been her boyfriend, and was reportedly jealous of her relationship with Barron Trump.
When attacked, the unnamed young woman called Barron via FaceTime, the video calling app. Barron was apparently able to pick up the call, and when he answered it, he allegedly saw the young woman being horribly assaulted by Rumianstev. He then, acting quite quickly and thoughtfully, contacted the United Kingdom’s police.
That call had been recorded, and, Metro reports, was played in the court. In his call to the emergency service, Barron could be heard saying, “I just got a call from a girl I know. She’s getting beaten up.” Then, after relaying her address to the emergency service, he could be heard saying, “It’s really an emergency, please. I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.”
Further, the court played footage of the police speaking to the woman after rescuing her from the assault, and they ask her why someone in the United States would have contacted them about the matter. Eventually, the young woman admitted to the officers, “I am friends with Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son.”
Then, after she explained the FaceTime call, the officers could be heard saying, “So apparently this informant from America is likely to be Donald Trump’s son.” That 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.”
Confirming what had happened for the officers, the young woman called Barron back, and asked, “Hello, Barron – did you call the police or anything?” Barron, replying, said, “I had someone call the police.” He added, directing his comments to the officers, “She called me. 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.”
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Then, explaining what happened next to the police, the president’s son said the FaceTime call lasted for only a few seconds, at which point he decided to call the police. He said: “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.”
The young woman testified about the president’s son in court, saying the call to Barron was “a sign from God,” as she had missed a call from him and the call back was connecting when the attack happened. When pressed on it, she said, “He helped save my life. That call was like a sign from God at that moment.”
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