The son of the 28-year-old Norwegian crown princess was accused of rape four women and several actions of violence and the risk of up to 10 years in prison, the prosecutor said Monday.
Marius Borgas Hoiby, born in a relationship against the crown princess Mette-Marit, married the crown Prince Haakon, since August 4 last year. The arrest was investigated by suspecting the attack on the girl.
He is accused of rape four women while they were asleep. In at least three cases, he met women on the same day and had a consensus against suspected rape, prosecutor Sturla Henriksbo told reporters.
Hoiby is also accused of filming about their genitals without their knowledge.
Henriksbo said researchers have videos and photos as proof.
The alleged four rapes occurred in 2018, 2023 and 2024, the last after the police investigation.
Other accusations Hoiby include former partner’s violence in the family and several cases of violence that disturb peace, vandalism and violations of another former partner.
The only victim of prosecution was Hoiby’s former friend Nora Haukland, who is accused of being physically and psychologically abused in 2022 and 2023.
– “Compressed Fist” –
“The violence, among other things, had repeatedly struck her in the face, including with a compressed fist, squeezed her, kicked and grabbed her,” the prosecutor said.
He said the maximum punishment for the crimes of the indictment is up to 10 years.
“These are very serious actions that can leave long -term scars and destroy lives.”
After the announcement, the palace remained tense.
“The courts need to take into account this issue and make a decision,” said Sarah Svanemyr, a spokeswoman in an AFP email.
The prosecutor said Hoiby, as a member of the royal family, would not be treated “easier or stricter” than anyone else in similar circumstances.
Hoiby has already recognized the assault and vandalism in 2024. August
In a public statement 10 days after his arrest, he said he was “intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine” after the argument, which he suffered from “mental concerns” for a long time and “struggled with narcotic drugs.”
A tall blonde raising a “bad boy”, gaze with cut back hair, earrings, rings and tattoos, Hoiby has been in the eyes of the media storm since the arrest.
When November The rape of suspicions arose, and he spent a week detained – an unprecedented member of the Norwegian royal family.
After the release, he reportedly went to rehabilitation in London.
– “Gilded cage” – –
Hoiby is a child between his mother and Morten Borg, who was also convicted of violence and drug -related crimes. They were together at a time when the future princess was a part of the Norwegian home music scene, known because of the abundance of bag and ecstasy.
He was pushed into the horizon at the age of four, when his mother married a Norwegian crown prince with whom she had two other children.
Hoiby was raised by the royal couple, along with their siblings Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, now 21 and 19.
However, unlike them, he has no official public role.
“He was employed in a practically impossible position: one foot, one foot. He is not part of the technically royal home, but it grew up in it,” said Sigrid Hvidten, a commentator on Royals, a Dagbladet newspaper.
“He lived in a gray area, a kind of gilded cage,” she told AFP 2024. December
A cage that has not withstood it in recent years.
According to media reports, he was on vacation with gang members, members of the Hells Angels Bikers and Oslo Albanian mafia. 2023 Police contacted him to respond that he was seen in the same layers as “famous criminals”.
Last year it turned out that Hoiby had already been arrested in 2017. For using cocaine at the Music Festival.
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