Norwegian royal ‘abused TV presenter at get together within the basement of household fortress & cops now have vid of assault’
THE son of Norway’s Crown Princess allegedly abused a TV presenter at a fortress basement get together – and police are believed to have a video of the claimed assault.
The recent allegations towards Marius Borg Høiby, 28, son to Princess Mette-Marit, are the newest in a scandalous saga involving the royal.
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Linni Meister, 39, who additionally sings and fashions, cannot bear in mind the alleged incident, and solely turned conscious she had apparently been abused when police instructed her.
The presenter had been at a glam “get together amongst pals” within the basement of royal pad Skaugum Fort in 2018 with Marius – who was simply 21 on the time.
Marius is understood to have invited felony pals – together with members of the Hells Angels gang – to wild events he known as “Skaugum festivals”.
The get together is claimed to have gotten “utterly out of hand” and continued within the basement, while Marius’s stepfather Crown Prince Haakon and his two siblings slept upstairs.
That is when the assault is alleged to have occurred – though Linni would not bear in mind it as she was unconscious.
Allegations towards Marius got here to mild when cops reportedly discovered three movies and greater than 10 pictures of an incident within the basement on his laptop computer.
Linni was known as into Oslo Police Station and introduced with the fabric.
Police are actively investigating the allegations, based on the Norwegian journal Se og Hør.
John Christian Elden, Linni’s lawyer, instructed the journal: “In a criminal offense of this sort, that is extremely uncommon, and it’s also uncommon {that a} suspect actually advantages from it. However after all it’s his proper. He can refuse to testify.”
Marius is but to touch upon the brand new claims.
Marius has confronted a string of allegations for varied crimes, together with rape, and was arrested a number of occasions final 12 months.
He was detained in August after allegedly attacking his former girlfriend however was later launched.
The alleged sufferer was discharged from hospital the next day with a recognized concussion.
Native media claimed a knife was caught into one of many partitions of the alleged sufferer’s bed room.
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He was detained once more in September for violating a restraining order by allegedly contacting his ex.
And he had beforehand been charged with abuse towards ex-girlfriends Julianne Snekkestad and Nora Haukland, in addition to with threatening a person.
Then, in November, he was arrested on suspicion of rape of not less than two girls, with police detailing he was charged with having intercourse with “somebody who’s unconscious or for different causes is unable to withstand the act”.
Police specified he was being investigated over allegations of three intercourse crimes.
A decide dominated he should keep behind bars while the costs had been being investigated.
Quickly after he was launched, a surprising video of Marius surfaced that appeared to indicate him performing out how he would slap his ex.
Marius’s scandals
MARIUS Borg Høiby has been charged with varied crimes towards quite a few individuals.
He was arrested thrice in 4 months in 2024.
In January, police mentioned they had been nearing the top of their investigations. These are the allegations presently towards the royal:
- Two incidents of violence towards a former girlfriend, who he then contacted by telephone – breaking a restraining order
- Violence towards one other ex-girlfriend
- Violence towards a 3rd ex-girlfriend over 4 years, together with pulling her hair, pushing her and hitting her
- Sexual assault or rape of a girl who was unable to withstand. She is in her 20s and Marius didn’t know her beforehand
- One other cost of rape of a girl in her 20s, in an incident of sexual assault with out intercourse. Alleged to have occurred on 26 September 2024, at Skaugum
- Sending a dying risk by way of social media
- Abusing Linni Meister
Within the quick clip, he might be seen taking part in round together with his pals then staring down on the digital camera earlier than throwing a slap in the direction of the telephone as he laughs.
Norwegian journal Se og Hør revealed the clip and mentioned it got here from a non-public Snapchat group that has round 50 members.
Additionally they claimed the video was made in response to a query by one of many different group members who requested: “How did you break up together with your final girlfriend?”
Hoiby was born in 1997 and raised by the Norwegian royals after his mom married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001.
Regardless of this, Marius has no official public function – not like his half siblings Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 20, and Prince Sverre Magnus, 18.
HOW YOU CAN GET HELP:
Ladies’s Support has this recommendation for victims and their households:
- At all times preserve your telephone close by.
- Get in contact with charities for assist, together with the Ladies’s Support stay chat helpline and providers reminiscent of SupportLine.
- If you’re at risk, name 999.
- Familiarise your self with the Silent Answer, reporting abuse with out talking down the telephone, as a substitute dialing “55”.
- At all times preserve some cash on you, together with change for a pay telephone or bus fare.
- When you suspect your associate is about to assault you, attempt to go to a lower-risk space of the home – for instance, the place there’s a method out and entry to a phone.
- Keep away from the kitchen and storage, the place there are more likely to be knives or different weapons. Keep away from rooms the place you may grow to be trapped, reminiscent of the lavatory, or the place you may be shut into a cabinet or different small house.
If you’re a sufferer of home abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s electronic mail help service is open weekdays and weekends in the course of the disaster – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.
Ladies’s Support offers a stay chat service – accessible weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
You can even name the freephone 24-hour Nationwide Home Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
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