Oslo, Norway (Agencies): Marius Borg Høiby, the 27-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Norwegian police announced on Tuesday. Høiby was born before his mother married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001.
Høiby was arrested for violating the criminal code concerning “sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act.” Police specified that he is accused of carrying out a “sexual act without intercourse” on a victim who was unable to resist.
The alleged victim, a woman in her 20s, did not know Høiby before meeting him on the day of the incident, her lawyer Hege Salomon told media. Høiby was arrested late Monday night and is currently being held in a detention center. His lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien, stated that Høiby denies the allegation.
NRK reported that Høiby has now been charged with various offenses against five different people—four women and a man. Three of the women had been in a relationship with Høiby, and he has been accused of abuse in close relationships against all three.
In August, police charged Høiby with assault and criminal damage after a violent incident at an apartment in Oslo involving one of the three women. This woman was in a car with Høiby when he was arrested on Monday. Høiby has also been charged with threatening to kill a man in his 20s