Overview
- The court on Monday convicted 29-year-old Marius Borg Høiby of two rapes, domestic violence and other offences, acquitted him on two other rape charges, and sentenced him to four years in prison while he remains in custody.
- Prosecutors brought roughly 38–40 charges stemming from alleged incidents from 2018 onward, including four rape allegations, drug offences, assaults and traffic violations.
- Høiby admitted guilt on some lesser charges but denied the rape and domestic-violence accusations and followed parts of the trial by videoconference for health reasons.
- Norwegian media reported that a video filmed by Høiby was shown in court and was treated as an important piece of evidence in at least one conviction.
- Høiby is the 29-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit but is not an official member of the royal household, and the high-profile trial has drawn sustained national media attention.