OSLO, Norway — Norwegian prosecutors on Monday introduced that they’ve indicted the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess on a number of costs together with rape after a prolonged investigation.
Oslo state lawyer Sturla Henriksbø stated Marius Borg Høiby may resist 10 years in jail if convicted, broadcaster NRK reported.
The indictment filed in Oslo district court docket contains 32 counts, amongst them rape, abuse in a detailed relationship towards one former accomplice and acts of violence towards one other. Different costs embody making dying threats and visitors violations.
Høiby, the 28-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the inheritor to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, has no royal title or official duties. He has been underneath scrutiny since he was repeatedly arrested final yr on varied allegations of wrongdoing. He’s free pending trial, and Henriksbø stated there may be at present no motive to arrest and jail him.
Henriksbø estimates the trial may start in mid-January and take round six weeks, NRK reported.
Protection lawyer Petar Sekulic stated in an emailed response to the indictment that “our shopper denies all costs of sexual abuse, in addition to the vast majority of the costs concerning violence.” He added that Høiby “will current an in depth account of his model of occasions earlier than the court docket.”
The royal palace stated that it was as much as the courts to deal with the case and attain a call, and it had nothing so as to add past that.
