Overview
- In extended testimony, the 29-year-old said his life revolved around “much sex, much drugs and much alcohol” driven by a need for recognition, yet he rejected the rape allegations.
- Prosecutors outline assaults that allegedly followed initially consensual encounters after heavy drinking, while the defense says he believed all contact was consensual.
- Investigators say photos and videos recovered from his phone depict a woman violated while asleep; the woman told the court she remembers nothing and suspects she was drugged.
- The case comprises 38 counts, including four alleged rapes and domestic-abuse offenses, with the Oslo trial scheduled through March 19 and a potential sentence of up to 16 years.
- Høiby was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of bodily harm, a knife threat and breaching a restraining order and has been remanded for four weeks, as scrutiny of the royal household intensifies after Mette-Marit postponed foreign travel following Epstein-related revelations.