Man who assaulted Barron Trump’s friend after president’s son called 999 is jailed

Matvei Rumiantsev (right) 22, was jealous of her close friendship to US President Donald Trump’s youngest son when he launched the terrifying attack at his Canary Wharf apartment last January (Pictures: Getty)

A Russian man has been jailed for four years for assaulting a woman in an attack which was witnessed on a video call by Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron.

Matvei Rumiantsev, 23, drunkenly beat up the victim when he became jealous of her friendship with Mr Trump, 19, after she met him through social media.

Jurors at Snaresbrook Crown Court heard he ‘flew into a rage’ at his Canary Wharf apartment last January after noticing Barron calling the woman.

During the assault, he answered a FaceTime call on her phone from Mr Trump and turned the camera to show her crying on the floor.

Rumiantsev – a former MMA fighter – filmed himself shoving her calling her a ‘slut’ and a ‘whore’ and then kicking her in the stomach while she screamed.

In a 999 call to City of London Police on January 18 last year, the US president’s son pleaded for help for the woman, telling the operator: ‘It’s really an emergency.

‘I’m calling from the US, uh I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up.’

The woman herself managed to call 999 after enduring violence lasting an hour, telling the operator: ‘Please help me, I’m gonna get killed.’

At Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, Rumiantsev – described as a ‘trained fighter’ – was sentenced by Mr Justice Bennathan to four years in prison for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice.

‘You are a man given to jealousy and you have a temper’, said the judge, before criticising Rumiantsev for being ‘totally unrepentant’ and failing to accept blame for the attack.

‘Your lack of insight and empathy was apparent at trial. You continue to try to blame the complainant for everything that has happened.’

He pointed to a letter from Rumiantsev said his actions that night had been ‘inappropriate’, telling him: ‘That’s a very long way from you facing up to the simple truth of what happened that night.’

He said the evidence shows Rumiantsev had repeatedly struck the woman over the course of an hour, dragged her by her hair when she tried to seek help, and leaving her believing she ‘might die’.

After his arrest, Rumiantsev made ‘repeated efforts’ to try to avoid justice by convincing the woman to withdraw her allegations, with a phone call from the police station and a letter to a friend while he was in prison.

Rumiantsev denied but was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice.

He was found not guilty of one count of rape and intentional strangulation relating to the same date when Mr Trump made his report to police and another count of rape and assault alleged to have occurred in November 2024.

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