Oslo police announce rape and sexual assault charges against son of Norwegian crown princess

Oslol, Norvin (AP) -Oslo police on Friday, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Marius Borg Høiby’e, a month-lasted “double-digit” alleged victims of the alleged victims after the investigation of rape, sexual assault and physical damage, including the accusations on many numbers.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son Høiby, Crown Prince Haakon, the step-son of the throne, has been under investigation since he was repeatedly arrested in 2024. Rape claims And in preliminary charges Physical damage and criminal damage.

Oslo Police Lawyer Andreas Kruszewski said Høiby was a cooperative during the police interrogation. Police lawyer said the evidence in the case was taken from sources such as text messages, witness statements and police searches.

At a press conference, Kruszewksi said that it contained two cases of relationship in charges and two rape, four sexual assault cases and two physical damage cases.

Im I can’t go into more details beyond verifying that there is a double -digit number about the number of victims in the case, ”he said.

Defense lawyer, Petar Sekulic, said to Associated Press in an e -mail, Høiby said, “He absolutely took the charges very seriously, but he did not accept any mistakes in most cases – especially in sexual abuse and violence”.

The Royal Palace did not immediately respond to a request sent by e-mail from the AP comment.

The case was the best news in Norway, where Royals was popular.

28 -year -old Høiby lived with Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, the royal couple and two children, but now he lived in a separate house near Sekulic.

Høiby is released in a possible hearing, and a court is entitled to the assumption of innocence until it reigns otherwise.

When Norway’s future queen, when he married Haakon, he made headlines in 2001 because he became a single mother who lived a free life with a friend convicted of drug charges.