Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Oslo District Court announced this on Monday. The 29-year-old was found guilty by the judge of, among other things, two rapes. He was acquitted of two other rapes he was accused of.
Høiby was sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison for forty criminal offences. He was charged with four counts of rape, assault, transportation of drugs and lesser offenses such as vandalism and traffic violations.
Four women stated that they were raped by Høiby while they slept between 2018 and 2024. He is also said to have taken images of them without permission. Høiby denied the rapes, but he admitted guilt for some other crimes. He may have hit his ex-girlfriend “once,” he said during the trial, which lasted in February and March this year.
The Norwegian prosecutor said during the case that the Crown Princess’ son has “anger problems and a lack of respect,” and that would intensify if he is “jealous and under the influence.”
In addition to a prison sentence, Høiby has been sentenced to pay compensation to the four victims, totaling more than 58,000 euros.
Lung transplantation
Høiby is the son of Mette-Marit and the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus. Since the marriage of his mother and Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, he has been part of the Norwegian royal family, but he is not a member of the Royal House and has no claim to the throne. His mother Mette-Marit has been on the waiting list for a lung transplant since the beginning of June, due to the chronic lung disease pulmonary fibrosis that she was diagnosed with in 2018.
His lawyers tried to get Høiby released last week after more than four months in pre-trial detention, so he could be with his sick mother. But that request was rejected. The risk that Høiby would commit new crimes if released would be too great. Høiby has been in custody since early February, just before his trial started. He can still appeal against the ruling.
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