Marius Borg Høiby, eldest son of Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, was arrested on suspicion of rape. He had already made the headlines last September for having disobeyed a restraining order.
New legal scandal for the Norwegian royal family. Local authorities announced that Marius Borg Høiby, eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of rape.
He is suspected of having had “sexual intercourse with a person who was unconscious or otherwise incapable of resisting the act,” Norwegian police said in a statement.
The arrest stems from facts dating back to last August. In fact, the police were contacted at the beginning of the month for an incident that occurred at the accused's home. The alleged victim, whose identity has not been revealed, is not one of the three women who already accused him of violence.
Substances such as cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis were found in the blood of Marius Borg Høiby. According to the authorities' press release, an investigation was opened by the Oslo public prosecutor's office on November 6, leading to the arrest of the 27-year-old young man.
under license suspension
For her part, the young woman's lawyer spoke to the Norwegian media NRK. The victim “is going through a difficult time. It was not she who filed a complaint, it was the police who opened a file,” she declared. For his part, the prince's lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien, did not react to the affair, just like the palace.
Marius Borg Høiby was arrested while he was in a car. The victim who accuses him of violence on August 4 was also in the vehicle according to Oslo prosecutor Andreas Kruszewski. The prince was already subject to a license suspension, the NRK channel indicated; the authorities have not yet communicated the date of his hearing.
Born from a relationship prior to his mother's marriage in 2001 to Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, Marius Borg Høiby, now being prosecuted for rape, had already been arrested last September for having disobeyed a restraining order . The prince is now incarcerated at the Grønland detention center in Oslo.
