Son of Norway's crown princess arrested on suspicion of rape

The 27-year-old lad of Norway Crown Princess Mette-Marit is facing a preliminary rape complaint after his arrest successful the country’s capital, constabulary say. 

Marius Borg Høiby, who was taken into custody successful Oslo precocious Monday, is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, and the lad of Mette-Marit from a erstwhile relationship. He has nary royal rubric oregon authoritative duties. 

Borg Høiby is accused of having "sexual intercourse with idiosyncratic who is unconscious oregon for different reasons incapable to defy the act," according to Sky News, which besides cited section media arsenic saying that helium has denied the allegation. 

The Royal House of Norway did not instantly respond Tuesday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. It gave nary remark to quality bureau NTB.

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Norway's Marius Borg Høiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit are seen successful Oslo connected June 16, 2022. (Lise Aserud/NTB via AP/File)

It’s unclear erstwhile the alleged rape unfolded, but the victim’s lawyer says constabulary are the ones who brought distant the complaint and that his lawsuit "is having a hard time," Sky News reported. 

The apprehension is the 2nd clip Borg Høiby has been taken into custody successful the past fewer months. 

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Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandra, beforehand center, poses for a household photograph with, near to right, Norway's King Harald V and Norway's Queen Sonja and, backmost near to right, Marit Tjessem, Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, Norway's Prince Sverre Magnus and Marius Borg Hoiby connected the juncture of a gala meal for her 18th day successful Oslo connected June 17, 2022. (Lise Aserud/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

On Aug. 4, constabulary officers responded to a disturbance successful downtown Oslo and concisely detained him. Borg Høiby faced preliminary charges of bodily harm and transgression harm and was released. Details were unclear, according to the Associated Press, but police said determination was "a narration betwixt the fishy and the victim." 

Marius Borg Høiby, near center, and Prince Haakon of Norway be a foundation Christmas luncheon successful Oslo successful December 2017. (Nigel Waldron/WireImage/Getty Images)

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Borg Høiby lives with the royal mates and their 2 children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.