Overview
- The Norwegian crown princess said on NRK she was manipulated and deceived, wished she had never met Epstein, and maintained she never saw anything illegal and only met adults.
- She recalled feeling unsafe during a 2013 stay at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence, said she phoned Crown Prince Haakon at the time, and later cut off contact.
- Released investigative records from late January document sustained exchanges between 2011 and 2014, with her name appearing at least a thousand times and hundreds of emails and messages reported.
- The Norwegian Library Association has ended its collaboration with her, citing untruths and breaches of trust after promised further information did not materialize.
- The palace pointed to her worsening chronic lung disease and the recently concluded trial hearings of her son as reasons for earlier silence, while Haakon publicly affirmed his support during the interview.