{"id":219752,"date":"2025-06-27T22:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219752\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:42:11","slug":"norwegian-royal-family-prince-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-rape-and-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219752\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian royal family prince charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, the eldest son of Norway\u2019s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been charged with multiple rapes and sexual assaults by police in Oslo<\/p>\n

22:53, 27 Jun 2025Updated 23:07, 27 Jun 2025<\/p>\n

\"H\u00f8ibyH\u00f8iby has been charged over alleged rapes and sexual assaults(Image: NTB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A prince in the Norwegian royal family <\/a>has been charged with multiple rapes and sexual assaults after a months-long investigation with a \u201cdouble-digit\u201d number of alleged victims.<\/p>\n

Oslo police have announced charges against Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, the eldest son of Norway\u2019s Crown Princess Mette-Marit <\/a>and stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon. He has been under scrutiny since he was arrested in 2024 following allegations of rape.<\/p>\n

Oslo Police Attorney Andreas Kruszewski said H\u00f8iby was cooperative during police questioning, which is now complete. Evidence in the case was drawn from sources including text-messages, witness testimonies and police searches, the police attorney said.<\/p>\n

\"MariusMarius Borg H\u00f8iby is the eldest son of Norway\u2019s Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Image: NTB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The charges included one case of rape involving intercourse and two cases of rape without intercourse, four cases of sexual assault and two cases of bodily harm, Kruszewksi said at a news conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot go into further detail about the number of victims in the case beyond confirming that it is a double-digit number,\u201d he said. Defence attorney Petar Sekulic said H\u00f8iby was \u201cabsolutely taking the accusations very seriously, but doesn\u2019t acknowledge any wrongdoing in most of the cases \u2014 especially the cases regarding sexual abuse and violence\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"H\u00f8ibyH\u00f8iby pictured in Oslo(Image: NTB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

H\u00f8iby, 28, previously lived with the royal couple and their two children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, but now lives in a separate house nearby, according to Sekulic. H\u00f8iby remains free pending a possible trial and is entitled to a presumption of innocence until a court rules otherwise.<\/p>\n

Once known affectionately as \u201cLittle Marius,\u201d H\u00f8iby grew up in the public eye enjoying the same wealth and privilege as his royal siblings.<\/p>\n

\"QueenQueen Sonja and King Harald V of Norway(Image: Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Speaking last December, the Crown Princess Mette-Marit<\/a>, 51, said it had been a “challenging year” for the Norwegian royal house, so much so that the family has sought “professional help”, admitting that without that professional intervention, they would have been unable to fulfil their royal duties.<\/p>\n

Following the latest charges, the palace was quoted by the Norwegian newswire NTB saying it would not comment while the case winds its way through the \u201cnormal procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, the eldest son of Norway\u2019s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been charged with multiple rapes and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1115,2212,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-219752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-norway","9":"tag-rape","10":"tag-royal","11":"tag-royal-families","12":"tag-royal-family","13":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114757746855664002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}