Overview
- Høiby’s defense has filed a new request for release to electronic monitoring, with Oslo District Court set to hear the bid Wednesday.
- Høiby has been held in isolated pretrial custody since early February on multiple sexual-offense charges, with reports citing four alleged rapes and about 40 counts.
- A previous release attempt was denied in March due to the case’s seriousness and a stated risk of reoffending, which the court must now reassess in light of a monitor and fixed address.
- The proposal names a house at Skaugum as the residence under a recently signed rental agreement, and Norway’s enforcement authority would oversee compliance via an ankle tag.
- If approved, he could regain phone and computer access, receive visitors at home, and move within the local area as the main trial verdict is expected in early June.