Norwegian royal ‘raped TV presenter at social gathering within the basement of household fort & cops now have vid of assault’
THE son of Norway’s Crown Princess allegedly raped a TV presenter at a fort basement social gathering – and police are believed to have a video of the claimed assault.
The recent allegations in opposition to 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 keep in mind the alleged incident, and solely grew to become conscious she had apparently been abused when police advised her.
The presenter had been at a glam “social gathering amongst buddies” within the basement of royal pad Skaugum Fort in 2018 with Marius – who was simply 21 on the time.
Marius is thought to have invited legal buddies – together with member of the Hells Angels cling – to wild events he known as “Skaugum festivals”.
The social gathering is claimed to have gotten “fully 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 does not keep in mind it as she was unconscious.
Allegations in opposition to Marius got here to gentle when cops reportedly discovered three movies and greater than 10 images of an incident within the basement on his laptop computer.
Linni was known as into Oslo Police Station and offered with the fabric.
Police are actively investigating the allegations, based on Norwegian journal Se og Hør.
John Christian Elden, Linni’s lawyer, advised the journal: “In against the law of this type, that is extremely uncommon, and additionally it is uncommon {that a} suspect actually advantages from it. However in fact 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 allegation 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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Marius’s scandals
MARIUS Borg Høiby has been charged with varied crimes in opposition to quite a few folks.
He arrested thrice in 4 months in 2024.
In January, police mentioned they’re nearing the tip of their investigations. These are the allegations presently in opposition to him:
- Two incidents of violence in opposition to a former girlfriend, who he then contacted by cellphone – breaking a restraining order
- Violence in opposition to one other ex-girlfriend
- Violence in opposition to a 3rd ex-girlfriend over a four-year interval, 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 ofa girl in her 20s, in an incident of sexual assault with out intecourse. Alleged to have occurred on 26 September, 2024, at Skaugum
- Sending a dying risk by way of social media
- Sexually assaulting Linni Meister
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 in opposition to 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 at the very least two ladies, 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 choose dominated he should keep behind bars while the costs have been being investigated.
Quickly after he was launched, a stunning video of Marius surfaced that appeared to point out him appearing out how he would slap his ex.
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Within the brief clip, he could be seen enjoying round along with his buddies then staring down on the digicam earlier than throwing a slap in the direction of the cellphone as he laughs.
Norwegian journal Se og Hør revealed the clip and mentioned it got here from a personal Snapchat group that has round 50 members.
In addition 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 along 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 – in contrast to his half siblings Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 20, and Prince Sverre Magnus, 18.
HOW YOU CAN GET HELP:
Girls’s Assist has this recommendation for victims and their households:
- At all times maintain your cellphone close by.
- Get in contact with charities for assist, together with the Girls’s Assist reside chat helpline and companies comparable to SupportLine.
- In case you are in peril, name 999.
- Familiarise your self with the Silent Answer, reporting abuse with out talking down the cellphone, as a substitute dialing “55”.
- At all times maintain some cash on you, together with change for a pay cellphone or bus fare.
- When you suspect your accomplice is about to assault you, attempt to go to a lower-risk space of the home – for instance, the place there’s a manner 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 would possibly turn into trapped, comparable to the lavatory, or the place you is perhaps shut into a cabinet or different small area.
In case you are a sufferer of home abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s electronic mail assist service is open weekdays and weekends throughout the disaster – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.
Girls’s Assist supplies a reside chat service – accessible weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
You too can name the freephone 24-hour Nationwide Home Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
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