Key Highlights
- When questioned by the operator about his relationship with the woman, Trump responded in frustration: “I don’t think these details matter, she’s getting beat up.”In a later email to Metropolitan Police officers, Trump provided further detail, writing: “I was told by the victim, who I am very close with, that this individual was giving her difficulty for a long time.” He described the video call as “very brief indeed but indeed prevalent,” recalling that a “shirtless man with darkish hair” briefly appeared on screen before the camera switched to the woman. Trump also told the court he asked two friends in the US to contact police as well.
- Officers later attended the address provided during the call. Who Is Matvei Rumiantsev?Matvei Rumiantsev, a Russian national, has been charged with assault, actual bodily harm, two counts of rape, intentional strangulation, and perverting the course of justice by allegedly pressuring the woman to withdraw her complaints.
- He denies all charges. During the trial, Rumiantsev told the court he became upset over the woman’s contact with Barron Trump, particularly after accusing her of calling Trump “sweetheart.” He denied being controlling, despite police body-camera footage from a separate November 2024 incident in which the woman described him as “controlling of who I can be friends with.”Rumiantsev said that remark referred to her friendship with Trump, adding: “I was never controlling.” He acknowledged that the woman showed him her conversations with Trump and said he felt “unwell” about their interaction. The woman later told officers, “I am friends with Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s son,” and gave evidence in court describing Trump’s intervention as life-saving.
- “He helped save my life,” she said, calling the emergency call “a sign from God.”The trial is ongoing. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from US News and around the World. Latest News worldDid ICE Arrest Five-Year-Old Preschool Boy In Minnesota?
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