Son of Norway’s crown princess charged with rape, domestic violence

Marius Borg Hoiby faces up to 10 years successful situation aft being charged with 32 transgression offences, including rape.

The lad of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with raping 4 women, home violence, battle and different crimes pursuing a yearlong constabulary investigation, according to prosecutors.

Marius Borg Hoiby, 28, lad of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, is expected to basal proceedings aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth and could look up to 10 years successful situation if recovered blameworthy of the astir superior charges, Oslo authorities lawyer Sturla Henriksbo said connected Monday.

Hoiby denies the astir superior accusations against him but plans to plead blameworthy to immoderate lesser charges successful tribunal erstwhile the proceedings starts, his lawyer Petar Sekulic told the Reuters quality agency.

“He does not hold with the claims regarding rape and home violence,” Sekulic said of his client.

Hoiby was charged connected Monday with 32 transgression offences, including 1 number of rape with intersexual intercourse and 3 counts of rape without intercourse, immoderate of which helium filmed connected his telephone, the prosecution said.

Henriksbo estimates the proceedings could statesman successful mid-January and instrumentality astir six weeks.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Marius Borg Hoiby, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit be the celebrations of Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Official Day astatine Deichman Museum connected June 16, 2022, successful Oslo, Norway [File: Rune Hellestad/Getty Images]

Hoiby does not person a royal rubric and is extracurricular the enactment of royal succession.

“It is up to the courts to perceive this lawsuit and to scope a decision,” the royal palace said successful a statement.

The authoritative said Hoiby, arsenic a subordinate of the royal family, would not beryllium treated “more lightly oregon much severely” than anyone other successful akin circumstances.

Domestic abuse

Police successful November past twelvemonth held Hoiby successful detention for 1 week arsenic portion of the investigation.

In August of past year, Hoiby was named arsenic a fishy of carnal battle against a pistillate with whom helium had been successful a narration – the lone unfortunate identified by the prosecution, Nora Haukland.

“The unit consisted, among different things, of him repeatedly hitting her successful the face, including with a clenched fist, choking her, kicking her and grabbing her hard,” the authoritative said.

Hoiby, successful a connection to the media astatine the time, admitted to causing bodily harm to the pistillate portion helium was nether the power of cocaine and intoxicant and of damaging her apartment. He had stated past that helium regretted his actions.

According to media reports, helium spent clip with pack members, Hells Angels bikers and members of Oslo’s Albanian mafia. In 2023, constabulary contacted him to sermon his hangouts with “notorious criminals”.

It emerged past twelvemonth that Hoiby had already been arrested successful 2017 for utilizing cocaine astatine a euphony festival.