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Marius Borg Hiby (E) and Norway’s heiress princess, Mette-Marit.
Mette-Marit’s eldest son is still suspected of another 20 crimes. Most accused are ex-girlfriends.
The eldest son of Norwegian princess Mette-Marit is suspected of three violations and 20 other crimesthe Norwegian police announced on Friday after the closure of an investigation started 10 months ago.
The investigation is now under the public prosecutor, which will decide whether or not to process Marius Borg Hoibyexplained police representative Andreas Kruszweski at a press conference.
Hoiby, the result of a relationship prior to his mother’s marriage, Mette-Marit, with heir prince Haakon, has been under investigation since its detention, on August 4, 2024, on suspicion of assaulting the mate. These events triggered a number of other revelations and complaints from various victims.
The 28 -year -old’s eldest son is specifically suspected of “a violation with penetration” and “two violations without penetration,” police said. According to Norwegian law, the concept of violation also covers sexual without penetration, committed when the victim cannot resist.
Haby lawyer, Ellen Holager Andenaes, said her client rejects accusations of violation, the Norsk Telegumbyrå news agency said.
Marius Hoiby is also suspected of criminal sexual conduct, abuse in intimate relationship e bodily injuryin addition to intentional damage, threats and traffic violations, police said.
The princess’s son spent a week arrested in November 2024 after a second suspicion of violation during the investigation has emerged. In 2017 he had already been arrested for consuming cocaine at a music festival.
HOBY, who was four years old when his mother married the prince heir of Norwaywas raised by the couple with the children of this, Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, 21 and 19, but does not occupy any official position.
“Technically, it’s not part of the royal house, but it grew in it,” said Sigrid Hvidsten, royalty commentator in the Dagbladet newspaper, quoted by. “He lived in a gray area, a kind of golden cage”I said first to AFP.
According to the media reports, the Norwegian has been living with bad company for several years.
A December poll from Norwegian NRK station showed that 45% of people inquired said their opinion of the royal family had deteriorated in the last year.
