Marius Borg Høiby News & Current Events Part 1: December 2023 -


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Marius has more money to spend than an ordinary working couple his age. - after, taxes, insurance, transport, union, heating, food and other necessities.
A very comfortable life, indeed. but also a very empty and useless life with no work ethics and no ambitions. That definitely has to change too after rehab or prison.
 
A very comfortable life, indeed. but also a very empty and useless life with no work ethics and no ambitions. That definitely has to change too after rehab or prison.
It looks like he is a serial rapist, in addition to being an abuser to all his girlfriends. At this point, I think jail is the only option.
 
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It looks like he is a serial rapist, in addition to being an abuser to all his girlfriends. At this point, I think jail is the only option.
Yes, prison in any case, but he also needs therapy so that he becomes aware of his misogynistic, brutal and criminal behavior and realizes how much harm he is doing to other people, not only to the girlfriends or other women but also to his family. I have my doubts if that will happen, he is so deeply in the mud, has no conscience and no feelings, seems to be hard and cruel. If he only gets a prison sentence which I hope he will, but nothing else he might come out of prison being the same dangerous person as before.
 
Yes, prison in any case, but he also needs therapy so that he becomes aware of his misogynistic, brutal and criminal behavior and realizes how much harm he is doing to other people, not only to the girlfriends or other women but also to his family. I have my doubts if that will happen, he is so deeply in the mud, has no conscience and no feelings, seems to be hard and cruel. If he only gets a prison sentence which I hope he will, but nothing else he might come out of prison being the same dangerous person as before.
Marius has had therapy , it seems to be fairly obvious that neither he or his birth/step parents, felt that he truly needed it , since he was allowed to walk away from it with no consequences . Indeed his subsequent behaviour shows that he was indulged even more . From what I have read , prison in Norway does focus on rehabilitation in addition to punishment . No one wants repeat offenders , especially in sexual crimes . I'm afraid that unless Marius has a ' road to Damascus ' , epiphany the NRF especially IA & SM are in for decades of drama . I'm afraid that apart from his maternal grandmother , they are the only ones in the NRF I have full sympathy for .
 
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According to the police, Marius is alleged to have raped a young woman just hours after he had a pleasant family dinner with his then-girlfriend and her family on Palm Saturday March 23.
After the dinner was over, Marius and his girlfriend took a taxi home to Skaugum, where they lived together. But at some point Marius decided he didn't want to go home. He wanted to party instead, and his girlfriend therefore let him drop off in the city centre. She herself took the taxi to Skaugum.
Marius returned home to Skaugum only in the morning. In the meantime, Marius is said to have been at home with a woman in her 20s whom he didn't knew before. He allegedly assaulted her in the woman's home in Oslo.
According to TV 2, the rape has happened at 08.10 in the morning on Palm Sunday. The reason why the time is so precise is that the police has found several videos of the incident on Marius' mobile phone.
Marius is clearly a dangerous person.
 
I am so tired of waking up every day to learn that Marius still hasn't been brought to justice. What a train wreck of a situation. How can anyone accused of multiple rapes still be walking free? How can anyone with such enormous substance abuse and anger issues not be receiving treatment? This is an atrocity of justice and a huge failure on the part of Haakon and MM not to be more proactive. I'm almost at the point of agreeing that the throne should jump a generation to Ingrid Alexandra.
 
He has no sense of responsibility. I doubt he has ever learned responsibility.
As he has no idea of his financial situation it's safe to say he just spends money on whatever fancies him - knowing MM and Haakon will bail him out.
It is obvious that he has a serious history of totally mismanaging his economy, why else would Haakon and MM pay his bills? Well, of course also in an attempt to hide the problems with Marius.
It seems more than obvious to me that MM and Haakon have totally caved in to Marius. And not only that, they have shielded Marius way beyond what can possibly be considered reasonable, even beyond the point where it hurts other people.
I don't know what psychology is behind MM and Haakon - and ultimately King Harald himself - closing their eyes for Marius antics and presumably hoping it will somehow be resolved by itself. But at the same time Marius seems genuinely to be a very treasured member of the family - funny Marius, cool Marius, crazy Marius. I don't know if they are in a sense of collective denial about Marius or they really believe they are a happy little family regardless of warnings they surely must have received over the years.

To me it's not only Marius who need therapy, it's the whole bloody NRF!

Because there is a similar story of collective denial or burying their heads in the sand or playing happy family or whatever in regards to ML and her antics. Now culminating in her marrying a reptile ex-pharaoh!

It's totally baffling! Incomprehensible in fact! Can't they see it?!? Are they all living in some sort of happy-bubble?

As is, it's not Marius, not ML and her Durek who are the biggest threats to the Norwegian monarchy, they can be dealt with. Very firmly if need be. No, it's all the so-called normal members of the NRF who are the biggest threat to the monarchy.

Whatever is happening the NRF is in serious need of a reality check. Otherwise they will look at each other in an X number of years in honest bewilderment, having been reduced to commoners and been replaced by a president, asking each other: What happened?!?

The time for make-believe is over! Alas, I'm far from convinced the gravity of the situation has dawned on the NRF.
 
Again it gets worse...yet another rape victim. I've lost count of the number of victims at this point. I honestly hope these women are getting the support and therapy that they need. It's bad enough that they have to cope with the trauma of the rape but now there is the added media attention that they must cope with.

The Court's response is pretty pathetic. Marius has admitted that he is receiving financial support from Haakon and Mette-Marit. If Marius is/was doing drugs for years and has ties to the criminal underworld... the CP couple receives an appanage- then by extension Norwegian tax dollars are being and were being to used to fund Marius' drug habits and his criminal activities. That is NOT good!

I feel that the King must do something at this point and make some tough decisions. Haakon and Mette-Marit have failed. Ultimately it is King Harald's reign and this is the last leg of it unfortunately. I'm sure he doesn't want his reign to be marred by this scandal which seems to get worse each day.
 
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Dagbladet's political editor is responsible for the editorial, in which is written among other things:
We must realize that Marius' money lending and criminal circle of friends constitute a significant security risk for the Royal House.
TV 2 published a story about Marius explaining his personal finances. He has no personal income, but receives financial support from home. To avoid bills going to debt collection, Haakon and Mette-Marit ensure that they are paid. He has no control over his finances and is in a stressful financial situation, he has explained. He borrows money from his friends. "He thinks he has debt, but has no control over this" the case states.
The Royal House comments to TV 2: "The Royal Court has no knowledge of the private finances of Marius Borg Høiby". But they should have. If Marius owes money to people with criminal contacts, it potentially poses a significant security risk for the Royal House.

Marius certainly makes the decisions in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands over the years to create some distance between the throne and those who aren't working full-time for the royal house seem very wise.
 
Again it gets worse...yet another rape victim. I've lost count of the number of victims at this point. I honestly hope these women are getting the support and therapy that they need. It's bad enough that they have to cope with the trauma of the rape but now there is the added media attention that they must cope with.

The Court's response is pretty pathetic. Marius has admitted that he is receiving financial support from Haakon and Mette-Marit. If Marius is/was doing drugs for years and has ties to the criminal underworld... the CP couple receives an appanage- then by extension Norwegian tax dollars are being and were being to used to fund Marius' drug habits and his criminal activities. That is NOT good!

I feel that the King must do something at this point and make some tough decisions. Haakon and Mette-Marit have failed. Ultimately it is King Harald's reign and this is the last leg of it unfortunately. I'm sure he doesn't want his reign to be marred by this scandal which seems to get worse each day.
I agree. But IIRC the rape which was committed on Palm Sunday, March 23, was mentioned before, just the details when and under which circumstances this happened (being with his then girlfriend who went to the house in Skaugum and him spending the night partying and raping a woman in the morning) were published now. It just makes me speechless again.
 
"The Royal Court has no knowledge of the private finances of Marius Borg Høiby"

This is just pathetic. Haakon as the Crown Prince and head of his household has failed.
He is financially supporting a 27 year old with criminal connections and they have no idea.
A gas card goes missing for a year and he has no idea.
Does he care about taxpayer money?
Does he not know his responsibilities?
 
I start to get the distinct impression that the NRF doesn't take their responsibility as a royal family seriously. Atleast Haakon and MM don't seem to get that they have a wider duty towards their country, people and institution of monarchy. They don't seem to grasp that all these scandals are not just private matters, but have a wider impact on the monarchy and it's standing. The BRF is hardly perfect, but you can tell they are comitted to the institution and are willing to make harsh, but necessary decisions. Meanwhile the NRF is going through disaster after disaster and pretend that none of it is anyone's business but their own (that's what it looks like from the outside). This is not a mindset that will make the monarchy survive in the long term.
 
"The Royal Court has no knowledge of the private finances of Marius Borg Høiby"

This is just pathetic. Haakon as the Crown Prince and head of his household has failed.
He is financially supporting a 27 year old with criminal connections and they have no idea.
A gas card goes missing for a year and he has no idea.
Does he care about taxpayer money?
Does he not know his responsibilities?
Unfortunately Haakon has only one dominant thought in his mind , that thought is MM . Regardless of any public or private consequences , to the country , the people , his other children , or his parents . MM's happiness dominates all his actions , and has done since they met . He has consistently demonstrated that fact , I doubt his behaviour is going to change soon , if ever .

This strikes me as very much a case of "we don't know because we don't want to know" exactly for the reason of stonewalling any questions from the press about it.
To be honest I think they have known for many years , else why the attempt to get M into therapy , a previous girlfriend directly contacted MM about his troubling behaviour . They were surely informed about his publicly posted dangerous driving in Skaagum , about the attempted sale of silverware from their home etc . They are now hiding behind the , " must let the police process reach its conclusion", we cannot comment further . They have created this mess , IA is the one who sadly now faces an uphill battle to regain respect for the crown . IMHO
 
I imagine that Marius would have found it difficult to find a job in Norway where he wouldn’t be written about/scrutinised in the media or reported on. He is too well known as the son of MM.
He should have been encouraged to find a life for himself abroad where he could have enjoyed anonymity. We know who he is because we all share a similar interest in royalty. You would find it difficult to locate an average Joe who could tell you who he is.
 
Unfortunately Haakon has only one dominant thought in his mind , that thought is MM . Regardless of any public or private consequences , to the country , the people , his other children , or his parents . MM's happiness dominates all his actions , and has done since they met .

Well, we do not really know, what was going on in the Royal Halls!

Did Haakon and Mette-Marit know, what was going on with their "Bonus-Prince"? Were they even enabling it?

All that is, are rumours until now: The destroyed phone - Was it Mette-Marit? What was going on with the Hells Angels? Parts of them are close to Mette-Marit too. This can't have been totally unknown to Haakon imho... And then there is this drug story not going away- not only using drugs, but selling it.

Haakon has the benefit of being a part of the constitution of Norway, a future Monarch. But that does not necessarily mean, he is completely innocent or even only a victim of his love for Mette-Marit!

Sure is, the Norwegian press is on the hunt, making good for years of silence. There is more to come...
 
Has Marius Borg Høiby ever had a job?

But it is likely that Haakon and Mette-Marit did not know everything that Marius was doing.
His job is to be an unemployed royal adjacent spoiled brat. Before he made his account private, I checked it out when the first scandal happened right before the wedding of Martha with one of the shaman's reincarnations.

All he had to show is parties and the last pictures I saw were him on a boat with his princess/heir to Haakon sister tagging along in water skies. (..)

 
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His job is to be an unemployed royal adjacent spoiled brat. Before he made his account private, I checked it out when the first scandal happened right before the wedding of Martha with one of the shaman's reincarnations.

All he had to show is parties and the last pictures I saw were him on a boat with his princess/heir to Haakon sister tagging along in water skies. (..)

Jet sking with your sister dknt mean anything 2 years ago he posted and that could very well be from long before then
 
On Wednesday last week, Marius was released after a week in custody.
During the week that has passed, Marius is said to have traveled to start a planned drug treatment program, Dagbladet is informed.
Neither lawyer Øyvind Bratlien nor police prosecutor Andreas Kruszewski want to comment this information.
Dagbladet is not aware of where Marius will receive treatment, but has previously been informed that he planned to travel to the UK but was arrested. Dagbladet has asked the Palace whether Marius has started drug treatment, but the inquiry has not yet been answered.


Analysis company Verian made a survey on behalf of TV 2. Participants were asked how they think Mette-Marit has handled the criminal case against her son, and how Haakon has handled it. They were also asked whether they think the monarchy's position has been strengthened, weakened or unchanged recently.
Half of those who have an opinion say that Mette-Marit has handled the matter very well or fairly well. The other half believe that she has handled it very poorly or fairly poorly. Haakon comes out better in the survey. 73 % believe he has handled the matter well.
53 % respond that the monarchy has weakened in recent years.
– It is important to note that only 4–5 % of those surveyed do not have an opinion. That says something about how strongly this issue engages, says TV 2's election analyst Terje Sørensen.
 
Well, at least he's out of the way while at rehab.

But it's less than three weeks to Christmas now. What are the odds he'll be back for Christmas?
In my layman opinion I dare claim that three weeks is way too short a time to make any difference. But I doubt he will stay in rehab during Christmas.
 
If he has attacked a number of women and assualted physically at least one man, why rehab and not police custody? Is everyone treated this way in Norway? It won't be good for the NRF in the longer time if he is given special priviledges. It is very concerning that his mother may have told people to keep quiet. If so she should have been charged but it looks like that is all dropped. Short term benefit here but it is troubbling for the family.
 
In my layman opinion I dare claim that three weeks is way too short a time to make any difference. But I doubt he will stay in rehab during Christmas.
Standard initial detox is 28 days.

Given how many people Marius has been revealed to have harmed over the past few months, I'm not sure his feelings about Christmas in rehab are anyone's top priority. But I guess we'll see.

Is everyone treated this way in Norway?
Yes, no matter how strange it seems to those of us from more punitive societies, or how much we wish it was otherwise in his case. It's incredibly unusual to be in police custody prior to the case going before a judge. They had to have an hours-long hearing to put him in custody for a week, and that was because of evidence tampering concerns, not public safety.

It won't be good for the NRF in the longer time if he is given special priviledges. It is very concerning that his mother may have told people to keep quiet. If so she should have been charged but it looks like that is all dropped. Short term benefit here but it is troubbling for the family.
He's not getting special privileges (from the legal system anyway) and there is no credible evidence (just rumor and speculation) his mother did anything at this point, so nothing to charge her on.

The family is troubled enough at the moment regardless, no worries there.
 
The part I want to see out of him is to acknowledge his actions and convince everyone that he will change his behavior from here on.
But part of me doubts it, and he'll be back in the news with new stories and new victims. A solution would be to keep him busy, but as far as I read in here, he has never held a job or show interest in doing something with his life that doesn't involve parties, vices and women to control.
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Analysis company Verian made a survey on behalf of TV 2. Participants were asked how they think Mette-Marit has handled the criminal case against her son, and how Haakon has handled it. They were also asked whether they think the monarchy's position has been strengthened, weakened or unchanged recently.
Half of those who have an opinion say that Mette-Marit has handled the matter very well or fairly well. The other half believe that she has handled it very poorly or fairly poorly. Haakon comes out better in the survey. 73 % believe he has handled the matter well.
53 % respond that the monarchy has weakened in recent years.
– It is important to note that only 4–5 % of those surveyed do not have an opinion. That says something about how strongly this issue engages, says TV 2's election analyst Terje Sørensen.
That should make them breathe a quiet sigh of relief at the palace!
To me this indicates firstly that the Norwegians are very overbearing with their royals, way more so than in practically every other European monarchy.
It also indicates that Haakon and MM in particular still have quite a bit of public credit left they can draw on.
And lastly: That a very large segment of the Norwegians are willing to wait and see how things develop before passing a final and less favorable verdict. I.e. the NRF is given an extra opportunity by the public to "fix things".
- Norwegians, please correct me if I'm totally off in my assessment.

But I think the NRF should tread very careful! No bright ideas about including Marius in a happy family photo and publish it at Christmas or New Year.
 
If they follow the news and the polls, yes. The Norwegians as you say are very very tolerant towards their monarchy. No comparison with Spain, the Netherlands or Great Britain.

I cannot imagine that they would include Marius in a family photo for a very long time to come.
I would like to know if he really is in rehab in England. On the other hand I can understand that they wouldn't tell the public and especially the press where he is. That should be kept secret because if not the whole bunch of tabloid reporters would go there chasing him and molesting the clinic and personnel to get any kind of news.
 
That should make them breathe a quiet sigh of relief at the palace!
To me this indicates firstly that the Norwegians are very overbearing with their royals, way more so than in practically every other European monarchy.
It also indicates that Haakon and MM in particular still have quite a bit of public credit left they can draw on.
And lastly: That a very large segment of the Norwegians are willing to wait and see how things develop before passing a final and less favorable verdict. I.e. the NRF is given an extra opportunity by the public to "fix things".
- Norwegians, please correct me if I'm totally off in my assessment.

But I think the NRF should tread very careful! No bright ideas about including Marius in a happy family photo and publish it at Christmas or New Year.
I'd say the opposite -- the Norwegians seem to be forbearing and tolerant about their royals.

As always, it's hard to know what the numbers really mean, but I agree that the palace should be fairly happy that Mette-Marit and Haakon (especially) aren't being viewed too negatively.

The fact that only 5% of those polled have no opinion is usually a good sign, since it means people are aware of the situation, and it isn't generating negative impressions or causing a lot of people to tune out.
 
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