Barron Trump Alerts UK Police to Friend's Assault via FaceTime

Barron Trump, the 19-year-old son of U.S. President Donald Trump, alerted British emergency services to an assault on a close female friend during a late-night FaceTime call from the United States, testimony in a London court revealed this week. The incident occurred in the early hours of January 18, 2025, in east London, just days before President Trump's second inauguration.

According to transcripts presented at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Trump, a sophomore at New York University's Stern School of Business, had initiated a video call to the woman around 2:15 a.m. London time, despite the time difference. He briefly saw a shirtless man with dark hair on screen before the view shifted to the woman, who appeared to be under attack. Trump described the moment in a follow-up email to Metropolitan Police officers, stating his heart was "racing with adrenaline" as he witnessed the violence. "I was told by the victim, who I am very close with, that this individual was giving her difficulty for a long time," he wrote, adding that he enlisted two friends in the U.S. to contact authorities as well.

Within minutes, at 2:23 a.m., Trump dialed Britain's 999 emergency line. In a frantic...