{"id":351496,"date":"2026-06-16T01:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=351496"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:05:01","slug":"son-of-norways-crown-princess-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-for-rape-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/son-of-norways-crown-princess-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-for-rape-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of Norway\u2019s crown princess sentenced to 4 years in prison for rape – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Oslo court sentenced Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, the stepson of Norway\u2019s Crown Prince Haakon, to 4 years in prison on Monday after he was found guilty on two counts of rape and one count of domestic violence.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who married into the Norwegian royal family in 2001, was acquitted on two other rape charges. He faced 40 charges in total, starting from drug-related offences, assault and violating a restraining order.<\/p>\n

He denied the rape allegations but admitted to several of the lesser offences.<\/p>\n

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He was also convicted of assault and abuse in a detailed relationship. Along with a jail sentence, H\u00f8iby was ordered to pay compensation to the victims.<\/p>\n

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He was not present in court on Monday due to health reasons, but watched the decision reading via a video link from prison, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

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H\u00f8iby\u2019s lawyers told Norwegian media on Monday they intend to hunt his temporary release and file an appeal.<\/p>\n

H\u00f8iby is \u201csatisfied\u201d with the relatively extensive acquittals, his defence lawyer Petar Sekulic said in an email to Swedish news agency TT, but would challenge the parts of the decision in regards to the two rapes and the abuse in a detailed relationship.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors were searching for a sentence of seven years and 7 months in prison, while defence lawyers had argued that he ought to be acquitted of the rape allegations and receive not more than 18 months for offences he had admitted to.<\/p>\n

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During his trial, H\u00f8iby complained in regards to the media coverage and the way he had change into \u201can object of hatred,\u201d the BBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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