{"id":52304,"date":"2026-05-01T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/52304\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:18:02","slug":"judge-warns-jurors-to-treat-barron-trumps-story-with-caution-after-he-called-u-k-police-to-report-assault-it-could-be-biased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/52304\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Warns Jurors to Treat Barron Trump&#8217;s Story with Caution After He Called U.K. Police to Report Assault: &#8216;It Could Be Biased&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A British High Court judge urged jurors to proceed with &#8220;caution&#8221; when considering Barron Trump&#8217;s account of an alleged 2025 assault<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two days before his father&#8217;s second inauguration, Barron allegedly witnessed an attack on FaceTime, prompting him to call City of London Police to say a woman was &#8220;getting beat up&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Because Barron didn&#8217;t testify under oath or undergo cross-examination as a witness, the judge warned the jury against convicting the alleged assailant solely based on the first son&#8217;s report<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A British judge has urged jurors in an assault case to treat <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/barron-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Barron Trump;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Barron Trump<\/a>\u2019s account of the incident with \u201ccaution\u201d as it may be \u201cbiased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Donald Trump;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s son Barron was previously credited with potentially <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/barron-trump-helped-save-womans-life-allegedly-witnessing-attack-ex-boyfriend-11890241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:saving a woman&#039;s life;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">saving a woman&#8217;s life<\/a> after allegedly witnessing her being attacked on a video call,\u00a0according to details laid out in a Jan. 21 hearing at the Snaresbrook Crown Court in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The prosecution has alleged that the woman was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, Russian citizen Matvei Rumiantsev, while Barron was on a FaceTime call with her, multiple U.K. outlets including\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/crime\/article\/barron-trump-son-saves-woman-facetime-call-court-xd6xhxxts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Times;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Times<\/a>,\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jan\/22\/barron-trump-saved-woman-police-call-london-court-matvei-rumiantsev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Guardian;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/barron-trump-matvei-rumiantsev-facetime-court-case-b2905515.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Independent;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Independent<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a transcript obtained by PEOPLE, Barron, 19, called the City of London Police in England on Jan. 18, 2025 \u2014 <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/barron-trump-returns-second-inauguration-eight-years-later-8775021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:days before his father&#039;s second inauguration;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">days before his father&#8217;s second inauguration<\/a> \u2014 to report a woman allegedly &#8220;getting beat up.&#8221; He had reportedly met the unidentified woman on social media and called police &#8220;about eight minutes&#8221; after the alleged assault occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s really an emergency, please,&#8221;\u00a0the American first son said on the call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During Rumiantsev&#8217;s cross-examination in court on Jan. 23, he was asked if he was jealous of the men who his ex-girlfriend speaks to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;What I was really unhappy about was that she was frankly leading [Barron] on,&#8221; he said, according to <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/01\/26\/judge-warns-jurors-treat-barron-trumps-account-alleged-attack-caution-26532745\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Metro;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Metro<\/a>. \u201cI am being portrayed as a jealous person who can lose his temper due to jealousy. I want to just make clear that her actions towards [Barron] were wrong, and it was not fair. I was jealous to some extent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When British High Court Justice Joel Bennathan gave direction to the jury about weighing the evidence on Monday, Jan. 26, jurors were warned that Barron&#8217;s account of the assault was hearsay evidence because he wasn&#8217;t under oath and had not &#8220;been tested in cross-examination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf 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,\u201d Bennathan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe might also have been asked whether his perception was biased because he was a close friend with [the woman],\u201d Bennathan added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The judge clarified that &#8220;the law allows you to receive and accept hearsay evidence,&#8221; but cautioned the jury &#8220;to be careful&#8221; when reaching a verdict and remember that Barron&#8217;s report has not been scrutinized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Therefore, you can rely on it, but you should be cautious in doing so, consider if it could be mistaken or biased by his friendship with [the woman], and not convict the defendant mainly in reliance on it,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Barron and Donald Trump at the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 KENNY HOLSTON\/THE NEW YORK TIMES\/AFP via Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dd4712941516c45f6d0bfcf82182013e.jpeg\"\/>Barron and Donald Trump at the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 <\/p>\n<p>KENNY HOLSTON\/THE NEW YORK TIMES\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rumiantsev denies two charges of rape, assault and actual bodily harm, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice during separate encounters between November 2024 and January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PEOPLE previously reached out to the White House for comment when Barron&#8217;s involvement in the case was made public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rainn.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:rainn.org;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">rainn.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/judge-warns-jury-barron-trump-assault-report-11892517\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW A British High Court judge urged jurors to proceed with &#8220;caution&#8221; 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