Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son Marius Borg Hoiby charged with rape

Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Hoiby, has formally been charged with “rape, sexual attack and physically hurt” towards a “double-digit” choice of other folks.

The fees consist of 1 case of rape involving sex, and two circumstances of rape with out sex, 4 circumstances of sexual attack and two circumstances of physically hurt. The inside track used to be showed via Oslo Police Lawyer Andreas Kruszewski on Friday, who showed that police wondering of Marius had now been finished.

Andreas stated: “I will not cross into additional element in regards to the choice of sufferers within the case past confirming that this is a double-digit quantity.”

Proof towards the 28-year-old comes from textual content messages, witness testimonies and police searches.

Marius’ defence lawyer, Petar Sekulic, stated that his shopper used to be “completely taking the accusations very critically, however does not recognize any wrongdoing in many of the circumstances, particularly the circumstances relating to sexual abuse and violence”.

In spite of the fees, Marius stays unfastened pending a imaginable trial.

Marius isn’t a member of the royal circle of relatives and isn’t incorporated within the line of succession. His mom, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is a long run queen consort, whilst his stepfather, Crown Prince Haakon, will at some point be king.

The case thus far

In February, it emerged that Marius used to be underneath investigation for allegedly raping TV presenter Linni Meister whilst she used to be subconscious at Skaugum Fort after a basement celebration on the royal place of dwelling in Oslo.

Police have sought after to query Marius after reportedly discovering 3 movies and greater than ten footage of an incident within the basement on his pc.

Even supposing a newsletter to begin with reported that Marius wasn’t co-operating with the police in regard to the allegation, on Friday, Andreas showed that the 28-year-old had co-operated all over police wondering.

Again in August 2024, he used to be taken into police custody after allegedly attacking a lady in her 20s “psychologically and bodily”. A month later, he used to be re-arrested for allegedly violating a restraining order following “an incident in an condo”.

In keeping with the Spanish information company EFE, the Oslo Police showed that Marius used to be detained and launched with extra fees after he allegedly contacted probably the most sufferers from a hidden telephone quantity, in spite of the imposed restraining order.

On the time of his first arrest, Marius stated: “Remaining weekend one thing took place that are meant to by no means have took place. I dedicated physically hurt and destroyed items in an condo within the intoxication of alcohol and cocaine after a controversy.

“The drug use and my diagnoses don’t excuse what took place within the condo at Frogner at the night time of Sunday final weekend. I need to be chargeable for what I’ve finished, and can provide an explanation for myself in truth to the police.”

“For me, an important factor is to ask for forgiveness to my female friend. She deserved neither what took place that night time, nor the intense power from each the Norwegian and international press afterwards. Being pursued via photographers and reporters at a time like this I do know has been difficult to face in.”