Overview
- Taking the stand on day 14, Høiby grew emotional and said Nora Haukland lied about pleading with the crown couple to send him to rehab, insisting his mother and stepfather only tried to help.
- He acknowledged being jealous and unfaithful and said he “was no angel,” but he denied assaulting or strangling Haukland as prosecutors played an audio clip of him hurling insults.
- Haukland’s testimony described punches, choking and objects thrown in their home, as well as hostile messages followed by apologies, while the palace has declined to comment on her claims.
- Investigators say Høiby’s phone contained numerous intimate recordings that some women learned about only later, and his father Morten Borg attended court for the first time during Tuesday’s session.
- Høiby told the court he had just 13 kroner in his account, with local reporting citing low recent income and family support; he remains in pre-trial detention facing up to 16 years if convicted, with proceedings set to run into mid-March.