Norwegian Crown Princess’s Son Sentenced to Four Years for Rape Convictions

Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison after being convicted of two rape charges. The ruling came after a six-week trial that exposed allegations of violence, drug use, and sexual misconduct. An Oslo court also convicted Høiby of assaulting his former partner, Nora Haukland, making threats, and traffic offenses, while acquitting him of two other rape counts.

Judge Jørn Sverdrup Efstad said the sentence followed evidence tied to about 40 separate allegations, including four alleged rapes, assaults, violations of restraining orders, drug offenses, and traffic violations. One charge involving breach of a restraining order was dropped. Prosecutors presented more than 800 messages and videos Høiby had recorded himself, documenting sexual encounters.

According to the indictment, Høiby sexually assaulted four women between 2018 and 2024 while they were asleep or otherwise unable to resist. The court heard that one alleged rape took place in the basement of the Norwegian Crown Prince’s family home. Høiby denied the most serious accusations but admitted to some lesser offenses. He did not appear in court for the verdict and joined by video link.

The case comes as his mother faces a serious health crisis. Mette-Marit, who has advanced lung disease, was placed on Norway’s national lung-transplant waiting list earlier this month after her condition worsened. Last week, the Oslo district court briefly allowed Høiby to leave custody so he could be with her while she awaited a transplant, but prosecutors appealed and the court reversed that decision, keeping him detained until sentencing. The royal family is also under renewed scrutiny over Mette-Marit's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and ahead of a new reality show involving Princess Märtha Louise and her husband, Durek Verrett.