US EditionSeven-year term sought for Norway princess's son for alleged rapes
Prosecutors seek a 7-year, 7-month sentence for Marius Borg Høiby on 39 charges including four rapes, domestic abuse, and other crimes, 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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Crown Princess' Son: Rape Trial Has Portrayed Me as 'a Monster'
Lawyers for the eldest son of Norway's crown princess called on Thursday for his acquittal on charges of rape, as six weeks of high-profile court proceedings that have cast a shadow over the royal family drew to a close. Prosecutors this week sought a prison sentence of seven years and...
On Thursday in Oslo, the last curtain fell in the trial against Marius Borg Høiby. For his mother Mette-Marit, the great fear begins.
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der Standard DEThe prosecutor's office has proved without any reasonable doubt that the 29-year-old is guilty of 39 points, including fourfold rape.
For the Norwegian prosecutor's office, Marius Borg Høiby, son of the heir princess Mette-Marit, must serve seven years and seven months in prison for rape and assault against four women, including an ex-girlfriend. For her defense, they were consensual sexual relations and there is no evidence of such violations. The defendant himself, 29, recognizes some excesses, the result of his addiction to alcohol and drugs, but feels he is the victim of a…
In the trial against the son of the Norwegian Crown Princess, his defender in Oslo, according to consistent media reports, pleaded for acquittal of the rape charges. "There is no evidence that Marius can be convicted of rape," said defender Petar Sekulic of the newspaper "Verdens Gang" on Thursday. "In none of the four cases."The defense therefore does not consider it proven that Marius Borg Høiby raped four women under Norwegian law, while they…
Rape trial of Norway crown princess’s son closes with prosecutors seeking over 7 years in prison
Lawyers for the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess called on Thursday for his acquittal on charges of rape and a sentence of no more than 18 months for other offences, as six weeks of high-profile court proceedings that have cast a shadow over the royal family drew to a close.
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