{"id":2560689,"date":"2026-02-01T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assailant-convicted-thanks-to-barron-trumps-phone-call-to-london-police\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:40:44","slug":"assailant-convicted-thanks-to-barron-trumps-phone-call-to-london-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assailant-convicted-thanks-to-barron-trumps-phone-call-to-london-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Assailant Convicted Thanks to Barron Trump&#8217;s Phone Call to London Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassailant-convicted-thanks-to-barron-trumps-phone-call-to-london-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2560689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Barron Trump,then 19,alerted London police after a late-night FaceTime call with a woman he knew online showed her being assaulted by her boyfriend,Matvei Rumiantsev. Trump said the video briefly showed the woman being struck, prompting him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-offers-adventure-watch-satellite-sos-iphone-and-steady-prices\/\" title=\"Apple offers adventure watch, satellite SOS iPhone \u2014 and steady prices\">call emergency services<\/a>; a recorded call captures his urgent pleas and a dispatcher pressing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-gov-gretchen-whitmer-allegedly-traveled-to-florida-before-expressing-concern-about-traveling-to-fl\/\" title=\"Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Allegedly Traveled To Florida Before Expressing \u2018Concern\u2019 About Traveling To FL\">basic details<\/a>. Police arrested 22-year-old Rumiantsev at a London address on Jan. 18.In Snaresbrook crown Court he was convicted of assault and of perverting the course of justice for sending the victim a letter from jail asking her to retract allegations; he was acquitted of rape and choking related to that night and of an additional rape and assault alleged in November 2024. Rumiantsev told the court he was jealous of the victim\u2019s friendship with Trump, while his defense questioned how much Barron could have seen in the few seconds of video. Justice Bennathan warned jurors to treat Barron Trump\u2019s recorded statements with caution because he was not cross-examined. Rumiantsev is due to be sentenced on March 27.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>LONDON (AP) &mdash; The crime was in London, the suspect was Russian, and the witness who saw the beating on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President ..., &#039;... is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">video call<\/a> was in the United States and happened to be the youngest son of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Barron Trump called police in the British capital and his intervention more than a year ago led Wednesday to the assault conviction of Matvei Rumiantsev, who admitted he was jealous of his girlfriend&rsquo;s friendship with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he placed a late night FaceTime call to the victim, a woman he met on social media, and was startled when it was answered by a bare-chested man.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This view lasted maybe one second and I was racing with adrenaline,&rdquo; Trump told police. &ldquo;The camera was then flipped to the victim getting hit while crying, stating something in Russian.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The call was hung up after a few seconds and Trump then phoned London police in a recording in which Trump desperately pleaded for help as the dispatcher insisted he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-attorney-general-nominee-pleads-ignorance-on-gun-control-limits\/\" title=\"Biden Attorney General Nominee Pleads Ignorance on Gun Control Limits\">answer basic questions<\/a> about the victim.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How do you know her?&rdquo; the operator asked after a back-and-forth dialog.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think these details matter, she&rsquo;s getting beat up,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can you stop being rude and actually answer my questions?&rdquo; the dispatcher said. &ldquo;If you want to help the person, you&rsquo;ll answer my questions clearly and precisely, thank you. So how do you know her?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Police went to the address on Jan. 18 and arrested Rumiantsev, 22, a receptionist who lived in London.<\/p>\n<p>He was acquitted in Snaresbrook Crown Court of rape and choking the woman on the night Trump called police, and an additional rape and assault alleged in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Rumiantsev testified that he was jealous of Trump but that he also felt badly for him because he thought that his girlfriend was leading him on.<\/p>\n<p>Defense lawyer Sasha Wass said that Trump didn&rsquo;t know the woman had a boyfriend and questioned how much he could have seen in five or seven seconds of video.<\/p>\n<p>Wass said that the woman exploited her ties to Trump to make her boyfriend envious in a &ldquo;relationship full of dramas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 19, the only child of Donald and Melania Trump, didn&rsquo;t testify in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Bennathan advised jurors before they began deliberating to treat Barron Trump&rsquo;s accounts &mdash; on the recording of his call to police and his follow-up  to investigators &mdash; with caution because he hadn&rsquo;t been subjected to cross-examination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he had done so, no doubt, he could have been asked about things such as whether he ever got a good view of what happened, whether he actually saw (the woman) being assaulted, or jumped to this conclusion on the basis of her screams,&rdquo; Bennathan said. &ldquo;He might also have been asked whether his perception was biased because he was close friends with (her).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rumiantsev was also convicted of perverting the course of justice, because he sent the woman a letter from jail asking her to retract her allegations. 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