A Russian man convicted of attacking a woman in London in an attack witnessed by Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son, during a video call, was sentenced to four years in prison by a London court on Friday.
Matvei Rumiantsev, 23, an MMA fighter, was convicted by a jury on January 28 of assault occasioning bodily harm but was acquitted of rape and asphyxiation. He was also convicted of perverting the course of justice, stemming from a letter in which he sent the woman from prison asking her to withdraw her charges.
After the assault, Rumiantsev admitted that he was jealous of his girlfriend’s friendship with President Donald Trump’s 19-year-old son.
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Barron Trump attends inauguration ceremonies at the US Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/Getty Images)
“Your lack of insight and empathy was clearly evident during the trial,” Judge Joel Bennathan said. “You keep trying to blame the complainant for everything that happened.”
Trump told investigators that he made a late-night FaceTime call to the woman, whom he met on social media, and was shocked when the call was briefly answered by a shirtless man on Jan. 18, 2025.
“That view lasted maybe a second and I was racing with adrenaline,” Barron Trump said. “The camera was then pointed at the victim who was hit while crying while something was said in Russian.”
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Barron Trump looks ahead to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Barron Trump called the police in London.
“It’s really an emergency… I’m calling from the US. I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up,” he told an operator.
Police responded to the address and arrested Rumiantsev, a London-based receptionist.
At his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Rumiantsev was acquitted of rape and suffocation in connection with the attack, as well as a separate charge of rape and assault from November 2024.
His attorney, Sasha Wass, said Trump did not know the woman had a boyfriend and wondered how much he could have seen in just a few seconds of video.
Barron Trump looks on as his father, President Donald Trump, attends an indoor presidential inauguration parade at the Capital One Arena in Washington, on January 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Trump never testified in the case. However, the judge praised him for his quick-thinking actions.
“Mr. Trump, despite being in the United States, appropriately and responsibly arranged for emergency services to be called here and told them what he had seen,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
