The police won't even ask if Crown Princess Mette-Marit wants to explain herself about her son.

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    Snekkestad’s legal counsel Petter Grødem tells TV 2 on Monday morning.

    – The prosecution has assessed it as not necessary. What I can say about it is that I am surprised by it. Usually, when we ask for a witness to be questioned, it happens. I don’t remember receiving feedback where the police have assessed it as not necessary. Of course, they have the opportunity to do so, says Grødem.

    – It is not certain that she would have taken advantage of such an opportunity, but that opportunity is not available to her at all now. There is little doubt that she has been close to the accused, he says.

    On Monday afternoon, police attorney Andreas Kruszewski confirmed this to TV 2.

    “We can confirm that the request for questioning of the Crown Princess has been denied. It is the prosecution’s view, based on the investigation so far, that the need is not present at this time. Beyond that, we have no comments,” he writes via the Oslo Police’s communications department.

    Høiby’s defense attorney did not respond to TV 2.

    Grødem will not appeal the decision, although he and Snekkestad still believe the Crown Princess may have relevant information in the case, he says.

    – We received a written justification from the prosecution on Friday, says Grødem.

    The Crown Princess’s son is charged with physical and psychological violence against three ex-girlfriends, including Juliane Snekkestad, with whom he was cohabiting for several years.

    The police have previously confirmed that Snekkestad, during questioning, has handed over a text message that she sent to Crown Princess Mette-Marit , in which she is said to have written about Marius Borg Høiby’s problems with aggression and violence.

    According to Grødem, the text message was never followed up.

    Høiby denies criminal charges of domestic violence. He also denies criminal charges of the two rapes he was later charged with, in which two other women were assaulted.

    TV 2 has contacted all the defense attorneys in the case.

    Lawyer Lill Vassbotn, who represents an injured party in one of the rape cases, does not wish to comment on the case. The same applies to lawyer Hege Salomon, who represents the woman in the other rape case.

    Lawyer Mette Yvonne Larsen, who represents Høiby’s last ex-girlfriend, also does not want to comment on the case.

    The others have not responded to TV 2’s inquiries.

    The accused 27-year-old has himself been inside and explained himself to the police on at least nine occasions. According to information from TV 2, he has been asked questions about his personal finances.

    TV 2 is familiar with parts of the content of one of the interviews.

    Høiby has told the police that he has no income, but that he still has money. The reason is that he receives support from home, he has explained.

    According to TV 2’s information, Høiby explains that he receives a fixed amount from his mother and father every month. He says it is about 20,000 kroner.

    TV 2 is not aware of whether he is referring to Crown Prince Haakon or his biological father Morten Borg. Borg has not responded to TV 2’s inquiries.

    To avoid the bills going to debt collection, his mother and Crown Prince Haakon are taking care of the bills, he explains.

    Høiby estimates that he is left with around 10,000 kroner a month after deducting bills, according to TV 2’s information.

  4. I used to think people were being awful snobs about M-M, but my opinion of her has lowered recently. And not being questioned by the police is probably to nobody’s surprise.

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