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

The lad of Norway’s crown princess, Mette-Marit, has been arrested connected suspicion of rape, Norwegian constabulary confirmed Tuesday.

Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is the eldest lad of Mette-Marit and the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Prince Haakon. He was calved anterior to the princess’s 2001 matrimony to the crown prince, and truthful does not clasp a royal rubric oregon transportation retired authoritative duties.

He was arrested Monday evening and constabulary said successful a connection that helium is accused of carrying retired a “sexual enactment without intercourse” connected a unfortunate “said to person been incapable to defy the act.”

The alleged unfortunate is simply a pistillate successful her 20s who did not cognize Borg Høiby earlier she met him connected the time of the alleged incident, her lawyer Hege Salomon told CNN. She was not successful a narration with him.

The BBC reports that helium has denied the rape allegation but is facing a bid of charges for offences allegedly committed against 4 different victims — 3 different women and a man.

In the past 3 months helium has also been charged with 1 number of “abuse successful adjacent relationships,” violating a restraining bid and driving without a valid driver’s licence, constabulary said Tuesday successful a property release.

In details provided by police, they accidental Borg Høiby was taken into custody connected Aug. 4, aft an incidental astatine the Oslo flat of a pistillate helium was successful a narration with. Police accidental they recovered a weapon stuck into 1 of the walls of the woman’s chamber and helium was accused of causing her bodily harm.

He apologized for the events starring up to his August apprehension successful a statement to NRK astatine the time, blaming it connected “being intoxicated with intoxicant and cocaine aft an argument” and “several intelligence illnesses” for which helium planned to “resume treatment.”

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The pursuing period helium was arrested for violating a restraining order.

Police accidental that during Monday’s apprehension helium was successful a car with August’s alleged victim. They clarified that this latest complaint is an alleged unfortunate from a abstracted incident.

It’s the latest successful a agelong drawstring of ungraded and alleged mistreatment of women for Borg Høiby; helium has antecedently been charged with maltreatment against 2 ex-girlfriends, arsenic good arsenic with threatening the beingness of a man.

The Norwegian royal household is no alien to controversy. Mette-Marit was deemed by galore an inappropriate prime for aboriginal queen for her “wild past” that is reported to person included partying and drug-taking.

Before she joined Prince Haakon, she went connected tv to apologize for having “lived a dissolute life” and condemned drugs.

“My younker rebellion was overmuch stronger than galore others. That resulted successful maine surviving rather a chaotic life,” she said astatine the time.

Borg Høiby’s father, Morten Borg, was convicted successful the past of violence, drunk driving and cocaine possession, according to the Observer.