The son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with rape and home violence, amongst different crimes, a prosecutor mentioned.
Marius Borg Hoiby, the oldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, might resist 10 years in jail if convicted of probably the most critical prices, based on Oslo state lawyer Sturla Henriksboe.
The 32 offences embrace one depend of rape with sexual activity and three counts of rape with out intercourse, a few of which he filmed on his telephone, the prosecutor mentioned.
The 28-year-old has additionally been charged with making demise threats, abuse in a detailed relationship in opposition to one former associate and acts of violence in opposition to one other.
Hoiby denies probably the most critical accusations in opposition to him however plans on pleading responsible to some lesser prices in court docket when the trial begins, his lawyer Petar Sekulic mentioned.
“He does not agree with the claims regarding rape and domestic violence,” Sekulic mentioned of his consumer.
The fees come following a year-long police investigation, as a part of which Hoiby was arrested in November 2024 and held in detention for every week.
His trial might begin as quickly as January and is about to take round six weeks, the prosecutors’ workplace instructed broadcaster NRK. Hoiby is at present free pending trial.
“It’s up to the judges to decide if he is guilty,” prosecutor Sturla Henriksboe mentioned.
This assertion was echoed by the royal palace, which mentioned that it was as much as the courts to deal with the case and attain a call, and it had nothing so as to add past that.
Hoiby is the son of Princess Mette-Marit from a earlier relationship and the stepson of the inheritor to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon.
Nevertheless, he’s outdoors the road of royal succession and has no title.
