US EditionSeven-year term sought for Norway princess's son for alleged rapes
Prosecutors seek a 7 years 7 months sentence for Marius Borg Høiby on 39 charges including rape, domestic abuse, and breaches of restraining orders, amid a high-profile Oslo trial.
- On March 18, prosecutors asked Oslo court for seven years and seven months for Marius Borg Hoiby over alleged rapes and other crimes.
- After a 2024 arrest, investigators say the probe widened after the August 4, 2024 arrest and allegations from four alleged victims, focusing on consent conditions.
- Prosecutors introduced 40 charges total, police-recovered photos and videos from Hoiby's phone, a five-second video clip and fitness-watch data, more than 800 electronic messages, and around 70 witnesses.
- The three judges will retire to consider verdicts, with a decision expected in several weeks or months, and Hoiby has spent 63 days in pretrial detention.
- Defense lawyers argued no evidence supports the rape charges and questioned victim credibility, while Prosecutor Sturla Henriksbø urged Hoiby be judged equally; the trial and scrutiny of Crown Princess Mette-Marit have hurt the Norwegian monarchy and public opinion.
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Request for a heavy conviction for the 29-year-old accused of numerous crimes including four rapes. The sentence is expected in the next few days by the court in Oslo
The lawyers of the eldest son of the heir princess of Norway asked on Thursday for her acquittal of the rape charges, while six weeks of a trial that has cast a shadow over the royal family came to an end. The prosecution this week requested a seven-year and seven-month prison sentence for Marius Borg Høiby, who denies the rape charges. A verdict is expected at a later date. Høiby, 29, is the son of the heir princess Mette-Marit of an earlier re…
The trial of Marius Borg Høiby, the son of the Norwegian Crown Princess, has ended. His lawyers had urged the court to acquit him of rape charges, while the prosecution had asked for a seven-year and seven-month prison sentence. The 29-year-old denies the charges.
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