Overview
- In a broadcast conversation on NRK, she rejected claims of a sexual relationship and described Epstein as a friend.
- She voiced regret for not checking his past more carefully and said she wishes she had never met him.
- Media reports based on U.S. records detailed exchanges from 2011 to 2014 and a four-day stay at his Palm Beach home in January 2013.
- She said she ended the friendship after unspecified episodes, and Crown Prince Haakon noted she felt a little insecure after one of them.
- The appearance was her first in-depth response since the late-January disclosures, with commentators saying key questions remain as polls show declining public backing.