Son of Norwegian princess arrested on suspicion of rape
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The police said they had searched the home of Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
FILE PHOTO: AFP
OSLO – The Norwegian police said on Nov 19 that the 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit had been arrested on suspicion of rape.
The police said Marius Borg Hoiby, who was born from a relationship prior to Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, had been arrested on the evening of Nov 18.
“What police can say about the rape is that it concerns a sexual act without intercourse. The victim is said to have been unable to resist the act,” the police said.
In a later statement, the police added that they had searched the suspect’s home and made “seizures”.
Borg Hoiby was raised by the royal couple alongside his step-siblings – Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 20, and Prince Sverre Magnus, 18 – but has no official public role.
The rape arrest comes only months after he was accused of bodily harm after a night-time row on Aug 4 at the Oslo apartment of a woman he was having a relationship with, the police said.
Norwegian media reports said the police found a knife stuck into one of the walls of the woman’s bedroom at the time.
He was arrested again in September for violating a restraining order.
The police said he was in a car with the alleged victim of the August incident when he was arrested on Nov 18.
On Nov 19, the police also said the suspicions relating to the August incident now include domestic abuse.
The police added that they had yet to decide if he would be remanded in custody. AFP
