Son of Norway’s crown princess suspected of 23 offences together with rape

The son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and 23 different offences, police stated on Friday.

Marius Borg Høiby, who’s the stepson of Norway’s future king, was arrested three separate occasions final yr, in August, September and November.

After a 10-month investigation, Norwegian police have now handed the case over to prosecutors who will resolve whether or not to press costs, police legal professional Andreas Kruszewski stated.

Høiby’s lawyer Petar Sekulic stated his consumer was “taking the accusations very significantly, however does not acknowledge any wrongdoing in a lot of the circumstances – particularly the circumstances relating to sexual abuse and violence”.

The 28-year-old, who doesn’t have a royal title or official duties, had been beneath investigation since his arrest on 4 August 2024 on suspicion of assault.

In an announcement, Oslo Police District stated they carried out a “thorough investigation”, with a “massive variety of witness interviews, a number of searches and a evaluation of intensive digital materials”.

Høiby was questioned a number of occasions in the course of the autumn of 2024 and spring of 2025 and “cooperated with the police”, the assertion stated.

Amongst the offences police stated Høiby was suspected of had been 4 counts of sexually offensive behaviour, one depend of abuse in a detailed relationship and two counts of bodily hurt.

Police confirmed that some circumstances involving sexual offences had been dismissed resulting from “statute of limitations and evidentiary causes”.

“I can not go into additional element concerning the variety of victims within the case past confirming that it’s a double-digit quantity,” Mr Kruszewski stated.

The Royal Home of Norway famous in an announcement that the case was continuing by the authorized system and had nothing additional so as to add.