Son of Norway’s Crown Princess Is Arrested on Suspicion of Rape, Police Say

COPENHAGEN: eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested again, this time on suspicion of rape, police said Tuesday.

Marius Borg Høiby is stepson of heir to Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, and son of Mette-Marit from a previous relationship. He has no royal title or official duties.

Borg Høiby was arrested late Monday in Oslo on a preliminary charge of having h “sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for or reasons unable to resist act.” A preliminary charge comes before a formal charge and allows authorities to detain suspects during an investigation.

Police did not say when alleged rape occurred, but only that “ victim must have been unable to resist act.” Norwegian media said Borg Høiby denied accusation.

Hege Salomon, lawyer for woman who was allegedly raped, said “she is having a hard time.” She told Norwegian brocaster NRK that police, not woman, h brought case. woman was not identified.

royal palace h no comment, news agency NTB said.

On Aug. 4, police officers responded to a disturbance in downtown Oslo and briefly detained Borg Høiby. He faced preliminary charges of bodily harm and criminal damage and was released. Details were unclear but police said re was “a relationship between suspect and victim.”

More preliminary charges have since been filed against Borg Høiby, including violating several restraining orders and driving without a valid driver’s license. In all, cases involve four women and one man.

case was top news in Norway, where royals are popular.

Borg Høiby, 27, lives with royal couple and ir two children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.

Norway’s future queen me helines in 2001 when she married Haakon because she was a single mor who h lived a freewheeling life with a companion who h been convicted on drug charges.

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