Prosecutors in Norway have detailed four charges of rape against the son of Norway’s crown princess in the biggest case to come to court here for years.
Marius Borg Hoiby’s trial has shaken Norway’s royal family, which has also been embarrassed by mentions of his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, in the Jeffrey Epstein files [File: AFP]
Marius Borg Høiby appeared in court to deny the most serious of the 38 offences he is accused of. The court also heard evidence from a woman he is alleged to have raped in 2018.
He is not a member of the royal family himself. His lawyer said he was a young man who deserved a fair trial and condemned press treatment of him.
The trial comes against a backdrop of almost daily revelations surrounding him and his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who is facing increasing criticism after it emerged she was cited in hundreds of emails showing extensive contacts with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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