Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested on suspicion of rape
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Marius Borg Høiby is facing yet another charge after a slew of accusations in recent months.
The son of Norway’s crown princess, Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Norwegian police confirmed Tuesday.
Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is the eldest son of Mette-Marit and the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Prince Haakon. He was born prior to the princess’s 2001 marriage to the crown prince, and therefore does not hold a royal title or carry out official duties.
He was arrested Monday evening and police said in a statement that he is accused of carrying out a “sexual act without intercourse” on a victim “said to have been unable to resist the act.”
The alleged victim is a woman in her 20s who did not know Borg Høiby before she met him on the day of the alleged incident, her lawyer Hege Salomon told CNN. She was not in a relationship with him.
The BBC reports that he has denied the rape allegation but is facing a series of charges for offences allegedly committed against four other victims — three other women and a man.
In the past three months he has also been charged with one count of “abuse in close relationships,” violating a restraining order and driving without a valid driver’s licence, police said Tuesday in a press release.
In details provided by police, they say Borg Høiby was taken into custody on Aug. 4, after an incident at the Oslo apartment of a woman he was in a relationship with. Police say they found a knife stuck into one of the walls of the woman’s bedroom and he was accused of causing her bodily harm.
He apologized for the events leading up to his August arrest in a statement to NRK at the time, blaming it on “being intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine after an argument” and “several mental illnesses” for which he planned to “resume treatment.”
The incident took place more than a month ago, on October 13, but it wasn't reported until the British tabloids got wind of the story.
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