Norwegian royal scandal: Princess Mette-Marit’s son suspected of three rapes

Norwegian police announced on Friday to suspect the eldest son of the princess of Norway Mette-Marit of three rapes and twenty other offenses after almost a year of an investigation that shakes the royal family.

The case was sent to the Norwegian prosecutor’s office which will have to decide whether. Moreover, not to prosecute Marius Borg Hoiby in court, police said.

The 28-year-old young man. In addition, born from a relationship before the marriage of his mother Mette-Marit with Crown Prince Haakon, has been targeted by an investigation since his arrest on August 4, 2024, suspected of having attacked his partner.

His arrest had then sparked a series of revelations and complaints by several victims.

The eldest son of the princess is in particular suspected of “rape with penetration”. Consequently, “two rapes without penetration,” said a police official Andreas norwegian royal scandal: princess mette-marit’s Kruszweski, at a press conference.

In Norwegian law, the concept of rape also covers sexual acts without penetration, committed while the victim cannot oppose resistance.

Hoiby’s lawyer, Ellen Holager Andaes, told the NTB Norwegian news agency that her client rejected rape charges.

Shortly after his arrest in August 2024, the son of the princess recognized being guilty of violence.

“I committed bodily damage. However, destroyed objects in an apartment under the influence of alcohol and cocaine after an argument,” he wrote in a statement.

He had confided in “mental disorders” and fight “for a long time against drug addiction”.

Pre -trial detention

Marius Hoiby is also suspected of criminal sexual behavior. mistreatment in the context of a close relationship, damage to physical integrity, but also of voluntary damage, threats and traffic offenses, police said.

The police officer said there were more than 10 alleged victims, without further detail. Several of norwegian royal scandal: princess mette-marit’s his ex-partner are among the complainants.

The princess’s son spent a week in detention in November 2024 – an unprecedented fact for the royal family. – after two suspicions of rape appeared during the investigation.

This large blonde with a quickdraw spicy by tattoos. rings and earring had then spent a week in a detoxification treatment in London, according to the Norwegian press.

Marius was born on January 13. 1997 of a fleeting idyll between Mette-Marit, at the end of a period when she revolved in the world of the “house” marked by the abundance of alcohol and drugs, and Morten Borg, himself condemned for violence and infractions relating to drugs.

At four years old. he was propelled under the fire of the ramp when his mother convolated with the heir to the crown, Prince Haakon, with whom she will have two other children.

Bad frequentations

Adopted by the royal norwegian royal scandal: princess mette-marit’s family. he is not called upon to take on official functions, but the blonde attracts the media despite the attempts by Mette-Marit to protect him.

“It was put in an almost impossible position: one foot in it, one foot outside. Additionally, He is not technically part of the royal house. but grew up in it, ”notes Sigrid Hvidsten, commentator of the Dagbladet newspaper.

“He lived in a gray area, a kind of golden cage,” she said to AFP in December 2024.

A cage that does not prevent it from accumulating bad frequentations.

According to the media, he drags with gang members, Hells Angels or the Albanian mafia. In 2023, the police approach the approach for a prevention interview after having observed it with “notorious criminals”.

Once the scandal has become reality. it will appear that Høiby had been taken in 2017 for cocaine during a music festival, fines it with norwegian royal scandal: princess mette-marit’s a fine.

Her excesses brought a blow to the monarchy. at least temporarily, even if she remains popular, in particular King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon.

According to a survey published in December by NRK public television. 45% of those questioned said that their opinion on the royal house had deteriorated during the past year.