the police statement

Marius Borg Hoiby (27 years old), the princess’s firstborn Mette-Marit from Norway (51 years old), will be released throughout this Wednesday, November 27, after having remained one week in preventive detention after being involved in a new rape case.

Oslo police, responsible for investigating the accusations against Marius, shared the information through a press release. “The police have decided not to seek a further prison sentence for Marius Borg Høiby. The police believe that there is no longer any risk that Høiby will destroy evidence or influence witnesses.”authorities wrote in a statement.

In the same text, the Nordic correspondents stressed that they were investigating another case linked to sexual crimes. At this moment, the son-in-law of Haakon of Norway (51 years old) now has the freedom to go out into the street, even if he does so with three restraining orders behind him.

Marius’ lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien – the only spokesperson for the Norwegian royal family since his first arrest – was the first to speak out on the freedom of Mette-Marit’s eldest son. Through an interview given to the country’s public channel, NRK, the lawyer assured that “he should never have been imprisoned, because the evidence is getting weaker and weaker”.

In addition, he confessed what his position will be in the coming weeks. “We look forward to calm and sober assessments from police in the future. We can’t have a police force that contributes to the circus“.

Statements that did not fit with what had initially been dictated by the judge, since she had correctly assessed the probability that Marius would eliminate evidence and influence witnesses. “The defendant has already demonstrated his ability and willingness to withdraw his evidence if given the opportunity,” the judge said.. It should be remembered that it emerged a few days ago that Mette-Marit’s son tried to delete content from his phone remotely and the police even said that the first time he was arrested they had a broken cell phone with them without a SIM card.

Despite the granting of freedom to Marius, the police continue to collect information, since the young man He remains charged with two counts of intimate relations without consent -and an investigation is underway to find out if there is a third-. Currently, the case of the most controversial member of the Norwegian royal family has six alleged victims (five women and one man).

Arrested up to three times

After being arrested twice following complaints from several of his ex-girlfriends for alleged cases of violence and abuse, Marius Borg was arrested again for the third time late last Monday, November 18, without informing the family. From that moment on, the young man remained in police custody awaiting the final decision of the judge, who decreed November 20 one-week preventive detention with visit ban.