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Oslo, Norway — The eldest lad of Norway's crown princess has been arrested, conscionable earlier his proceedings opens connected charges including rape successful a lawsuit that has been an embarrassment to the royal family, constabulary said Monday.
Marius Borg Høiby was arrested Sunday evening connected caller charges alleging assault, threats with a weapon and usurpation of a restraining order, constabulary said successful a statement. They requested 4 weeks' detention connected the grounds of hazard of reoffending. His lawyers couldn't instantly beryllium reached for comment.
Høiby was already owed to spell connected proceedings Tuesday astatine the Oslo territory court. The indictment includes 38 counts, including rape, maltreatment successful a adjacent narration against 1 erstwhile partner, acts of unit against different and transporting 7.7 pounds of marijuana. Other charges see making decease threats and postulation violations.
Høiby has been nether scrutiny since helium was repeatedly arrested successful 2024 connected assorted allegations of wrongdoing. He was indicted successful August but had been escaped pending proceedings until Sunday.
Høiby is the lad of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a erstwhile relationship. He is the stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, but has nary royal rubric oregon authoritative duties himself.
Marius Borg Høiby sits adjacent to his mother, Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, successful a photograph taken connected June 16, 2022, successful Oslo, Norway.
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The indictment centers connected 4 alleged rapes betwixt 2018 and November 2024; alleged unit and threats against a erstwhile spouse betwixt the summertime of 2022 and the autumn of 2023; and 2 alleged acts of unit against a consequent partner, on with violations of a restraining order.
Høiby's defence squad has said that helium "denies each charges of intersexual abuse, arsenic good arsenic the bulk of the charges regarding violence."
Haakon said past week that helium and Mette-Marit don't program to be tribunal and that the royal location doesn't mean to remark during the proceedings.
He emphasized that Høiby isn't portion of the royal location and that, arsenic a national of Norway, helium has the aforesaid responsibilities and rights arsenic each others. He said that he's assured that each acrophobic volition marque the proceedings arsenic orderly, due and just arsenic possible.
While the royals are mostly fashionable successful Norway, the Høiby lawsuit has formed a shadiness connected their image. And the proceedings is opening conscionable arsenic his parent faces renewed scrutiny implicit her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit mentioned successful Epstein files
Friday's release of the latest batch of documents from the Epstein files shone an unflattering spotlight connected Mette-Marit. They contained respective 100 mentions of the crown princess, who already said successful 2019 that she regretted having had interaction with Epstein, Norwegian media reported.
The recently released documents, which see email exchanges with Epstein, showed that Mette-Marit borrowed a spot of Epstein's successful Palm Beach, Florida, for respective days successful aboriginal 2013, and the royal location confirmed that she did truthful done a communal friend, broadcaster NRK reported.
Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit visits the Ulleval Hospital, March 5, 2025, successful Oslo, Norway.
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In a connection emailed by the royal house, Mette-Marit said she, "must instrumentality work for not having investigated Epstein's inheritance much thoroughly, and for not realizing sooner what benignant of idiosyncratic helium was."
"I profoundly regret this, and it is simply a work I indispensable bear. I showed mediocre judgement and regret having had immoderate interaction with Epstein astatine all," she said. "It is simply embarrassing."
She expressed her "deep sympathy and solidarity" with the victims of Epstein's abuse.
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