Judge Warns Jurors to Treat Barron Trump's Story with Caution After He Called U.K. Police to Report Assault: 'It Could Be Biased' By Paloma Chavez 12

A British judge has urged jurors in an assault case to treat Barron Trump’s account of the incident with “caution” as it may be “biased.”

President Donald Trump’s son Barron was previously credited with potentially saving a woman’s life after allegedly witnessing her being attacked on a video call, according to details laid out in a Jan. 21 hearing at the Snaresbrook Crown Court in London.

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 The Times, The Guardian and The Independent reported.

According to a transcript obtained by PEOPLE, Barron, 19, called the City of London Police in England on Jan. 18, 2025 — days before his father’s second inauguration — to report a woman allegedly “getting beat up.” He had reportedly met the unidentified woman on social media and called police “about eight minutes” after the alleged assault occurred.

“It’s really an emergency, please,” the American first son said on the call.

During Rumiantsev’s cross-examination in court on Jan. 23, he was asked if he was jealous of the men who his ex-girlfriend speaks to.

“What I was really unhappy about was that she was frankly leading [Barron] on,” he said, according to Metro. “I 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.”

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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’s account of the assault was hearsay evidence because he wasn’t under oath and had not “been tested in cross-examination.”

“If 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,” Bennathan said.

“He might also have been asked whether his perception was biased because he was a close friend with [the woman],” Bennathan added.

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The judge clarified that “the law allows you to receive and accept hearsay evidence,” but cautioned the jury “to be careful” when reaching a verdict and remember that Barron’s report has not been scrutinized.

“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,” he concluded.

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.

PEOPLE previously reached out to the White House for comment when Barron’s involvement in the case was made public.

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 rainn.org.