Marius Borg Høiby News & Current Events Part 2: February 2026 -


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After a break in court, the judge discussed the progress plan for the rest of the day, and how many questions remained for the victim. Judge Efjestad concluded that there was probably not much time for Marius' testimony, but wanted to start it at the end of the day anyway.
Marius' defense attorney Petar Sekulic then said that it was probably not possible to start Marius' testimony as planned.
- He has already expressed that he is unable to explain himself today. Now it is also so late for him. He has been down in the basement a lot, and he says he is not able to do so, Sekulic said.
www.nrk.no

Straffesaken mot Marius Borg Høiby

Marius Borg Høiby, sønn av kronprinsesse Mette-Marit, er tiltalt for over 30 ulike lovbrudd, inkludert 4 voldtekter. Han nekter straffskyld for de mest alvorlige lovbruddene. Rettssaken i Oslo tingrett startet 3. februar.
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So, at 14.41 the judge announced that court is adjourned for the day, Marius had said that he is very tired (after been at the court from 09.30 with lunch break).
 
Lori138 said:
My first thought when reading the above - "Poor Baby! Where is his Mommy?"
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Mommy is too busy running to jail to comfort him to give a thought of how to explain the correspondence with her dearest Epstein friend.
Really! If MM is well enough to rush to jail a few times a week, she should be well enough to jot down a few words of explanations. She's supposed to be partial to literature.
 
I find the blaming of Haakon & Mette-Marit a bit bizarre. Everyone is evaluating the historical situation with the benefit of hindsight, which is 20/20. This idea that "they should have known"?!? Really?? How?

Most of the charges he is in court for resulted from the police searching his phone after his girlfriend at the time filed complaints against him for his actions in August 2024.

Plenty of people use drugs and nothing more. And how many drug users in their 20s do you know that actively use drugs around their parents? To the contrary, he was probably always on his best behavior around his mother & stepfather.

So, this idea that they should have somehow been omniscient about his behavior is not rational. There are also plenty of other twenty-somethings living at home that get caught committing crimes, and I don't hear people blaming the parents (the exception being if the parent bought the gun).

So, I have to say to all those blaming Haakon & Mette-Marit for their son's actions as an adult, if you had friends that had a son in the same situation as Marius, would you blame your friends the same way and tell them that "they should have known"??
 
With all due respect, at least one of his former girlfriends and her mother (possibly two) contacted both MM and Haakon with the information as to how he treated the girlfriend and they did nothing. Teachers in school were also in touch with them about his behavioral problems. So, I think the blame is being laid because they ignored all the warning signs and did nothing to help him, other than coddle him.
 
Another sign that they clearly did know was that Haakon decided to take him on a trip to make sure that he wasn't in Oslo to remove him from that environment. However, the problem was Marius himself, so he continued the same behavior whether he was with his drug-related friends or on a trip with his stepfather.
 
Lori138 said:
With all due respect, at least one of his former girlfriends and her mother (possibly two) contacted both MM and Haakon with the information as to how he treated the girlfriend and they did nothing. Teachers in school were also in touch with them about his behavioral problems. So, I think the blame is being laid because they ignored all the warning signs and did nothing to help him, other than coddle him.
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That's clearly an assumption because they're not saying anything publicly about what they have done in any way to help him with his behavior. There's no evidence that they "coddled him." Similarly, there's no evidence that they "did nothing" when they were contacted by exes. For all we know, they had a talk with him (because that's what you do with adults), and he lied to and/or ignored them.
 
kath2833 said:
Didn’t MM persuade another ex not to do anything after he assaulted her on their yacht in front of other royal family members?
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I dont know if the word "assaulted" was used in the article but something so bad, so tense, took place that Mette-Marit felt the need to stay in the room of Marius and his then girlfriend, on the royal yacht.
The article is somewhere in this thread.

So maybe they didn't know of the rapes but I highly doubt they didn't know of his drug abuse.
And like another poster mentioned, one of the long term girlfriends reach out to them via text. Even the mom did.
 
TRL said:
That's clearly an assumption because they're not saying anything publicly about what they have done in any way to help him with his behavior. There's no evidence that they "coddled him." Similarly, there's no evidence that they "did nothing" when they were contacted by exes. For all we know, they had a talk with him (because that's what you do with adults), and he lied to and/or ignored them.
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Other posters have written about parents who turn a blind eye to serious problems with their child, thinking “it's too terrible to be true, so I refuse to believe it” or “it'll be fine, he will straighten out.” It could be similar with MM and H. For years, they did not recognize or did not want to admit the extent of their son's drug abuse and increasing tendency toward violent and criminal behavior. Since Marius lived on their property for a long time and even threw parties in the basement of their home, they must have noticed that something was going on.
I also remember that valuable silver cutlery was stolen from the parents house, probably by some of his criminal friends. What did they do about that? Well, we don't know. Maybe they had "a talk" with Marius, but that's all.
At least they got Marius an apartment in another part of town some time ago. They most certainly tried to persuade him to go to rehab or therapy, but he must have refused.
It was a mistake to finance his lifestyle. Drugs, especially cocaine, cost a lot of money, as do designer clothes, Rolex watches, expensive apartments, vacations—all financed by his parents.
Perhaps they feared that if they stopped supporting him, he would even more descend into a life of crime or become homeless, and they wanted to prevent that. But that's no excuse, especially since the violence, particularly towards women, escalated. Without his parents financial support, he wouldn't have been able to throw parties or take short trips to hotels with women, whom he then sexually abused.

And so everything got worse and it seems as if they gave up. Added to this is the long silence of the police, who probably knew quite a bit. Ultimately, the full extent of the problem only became known when the Frogner woman's friend called the police and filed a report. It's fortunate that this finally happened for all involved, the victims, his family and also for Marius himself.
 
When your non-diplomat kid abuses drugs and women, you could consider taking his diplomatic passport away. Especially when you,d raged at the press that it was unfair to cover his misdeeds because Mommy,s boy was just an ordinary citizen. Or not have cleared away evidence for his crimes. Any other Mama Bear would have been prosecuted for the latter but this one married the right guy to enjoy immunity.
 
The ex-partner who contacted Haakon and/or Mette-Marit was Juliane Snekkestad, her mother also contacted Haakon. Marius and Julianne lived together and even bought a house. My recollection is that when they broke up there were protracted discussions in terms of the financials, and when Julianne and/or her mother alleged physical abuse, it was during the same time frame that they were involving the Crown Prince couple in settling the financials, and that the bulk of the interactions were about the financials. Again, my recollection is that Julianne's mother was asked about the situation by a journalist, or perhaps it was leaked, she confirmed that most of the discussions / focus was on the financial settlement.

At some point, based on little nuggets of info, I started to wonder if the relationship between Marius and Julianne was more complicated and even toxic, and was not a clear cut case of one-sided violence on Marius' part, although I am in no way condoning any violence that took place. My suspicion was confirmed, at least IMO, when the authorities did not include any of the offenses involving Juliane Snekkestad in the charges against Marius. My take is and has been that it is not a given that Haakon and Mette-Marit were presented with incontrovertible evidence that Marius abused Julianne and chose to turn a blind eye.

I suspect that Marius has been troubled since a young age, in fact that has been admitted to, and I have stated multiple times that I am convinced that Marius did numerous criminal acts and I hope that he will get significant jail time which I see that as the only hope that he can be rehabilitated. However, I can believe that there were incidences / circumstances where water was seeking its own level and/or there were incidences where there was bad judgement by all parties due in large part by debauchery and drug usage.
 
In the meantime, the Marius trial continues. Thanks to everyone who has reported on it and kept us up to date.
When you follow the press reports, you eventually get a little tired of reading the same things over and over again.
For me, after the 11th day of the trial, it became clear that all the women Marius sexually exploited initially consented, but only later, when they were drunk or high on drugs, did they no longer realize what was happening to them.
I suspect the defense will focus on the fact that the women who got involved with him were themselves so-called party girls who enjoyed exciting sexual experiences, including alcohol and sexual games such as swapping clothes in the bathroom or playing drinking games.
I'm not a prude, but if you get involved in something like that and find it exciting that it's the well-known Marius, then maybe you should have been a little more careful. And, please, before I am being accused of "victim blaming", and I am sure that will happen, I hope I could explain the meaning of what I am trying to say.
It is just my opinion of an advice I would give to anyone who is part of that scene to be watchful about the people you are interacting with, be it drug addicted, or sexually experimenting people.

What is completely unacceptable, and this also becomes clear in the trial, is that these women were willing to participate in sexual games, had fun and were excited about being part of the scene, that the Crown Princess of Norway's son was part of, but did not expect to encounter a man who would film their intimate areas and abuse them in their sleep without their knowledge. Added to this was the fear and concern, when everything became public, that he would send these recordings on to others. And that is exactly what he will hopefully be charged and convicted for.

It will be interesting to hear the testimony of his “steady” girlfriends, namely Juliane S., who lived with him, or Nora Haukland, or the “Frogner woman.” These relationships were apparently not just brief sexual party acquaintance
 
I yearn for a world that no longer engages in blaming female victims for the predatory acts of men.

For any woman on this board: no one has the right to rape you, sexually abuse, or take nude photographs of you without your consent. No matter what behavior you have engaged in. No matter the mistakes you may have made in life. You have the right to bodily autonomy.
 
The victims are just as likely as the royals to visit this website. It’s a public forum.

I stand with the the victims and survivors.
 
BriarRose said:
I yearn for a world that no longer engages in blaming female victims for the predatory acts of men.

For any woman on this board: no one has the right to rape you, sexually abuse, or take nude photographs of you without your consent. No matter what behavior you have engaged in. No matter the mistakes you may have made in life. You have the right to bodily autonomy.
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BriarRose said:
I stand with the the victims and survivors.
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Like @hereditarytitles, I am sure we all agree on this.
 
I never called anyone out personally, and if someone objected to what I said or took it personally, then maybe they don't agree with what I said.
 
Nora Haukland is the former girlfriend that Marius is accused of abuse in close relationships (i.e., domestic violence).

Link to post on the charges & which ones he's already pleaded guilty to.

My take thus far
  1. He's probably already guilty of sufficient charges to warrant prison time. Question now is really how long. Recall that he already pleaded guilty to a drugs transportation charge, which has a potential sentence length of up to 10 years, and pleaded partial guilt to gross bodily harm, which as a potential sentence length of up to 6 years.
  2. It's hard to see him not convicted of the sexually offensive filming/photography charges since the footage was found on his phone and at least some of the women have indicated they had no idea. (One woman testified to seeing something like lightning, though)
  3. I don't see how they would be able to find him not guilty of the sexual assault charges yet find him guilty of the photography/filming. If you're unaware of being photographed, it seems unlikely that you're able to consent to sexual activity.
    • Note: Most of the charges between the two categories overlap, but not all. There is one sexual assualt charge (December 20, 2018) that doesn't overlap with any filming charges, and there are two outstanding filming charges that don't have corresponding sexual assault charges. He already pleaded guilty to a third filming charge taht didn't overlap with a sexual assault charge.
 
nyheder.tv2.dk

Voldtægtsager har givet et særlig indblik i Høibys miljø

Vi har fået et sjældent indblik i miljøet rundt om Høiby og en festkultur ud over det sædvanlige, siger krimijournalist om retssagen mod Høiby.
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If you scroll down in this article, you will find four grey boxes that provides a good summary of each of the rape cases that have been dealt with at court so far, including a summary of the event, the explanation of the victim and the explanation by Marius.
I suggest Google translate or a ChatGPT translation from Danish to whatever language you prefer.
The rest of the article is about the party-scene with drugs and sex that Marius frequented.
 
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The Nora Haukland case
The case is not important and interesting just because Haukland is famous. Violence against women and abuse in close relationships is a major social problem with large hidden figures.
The indictment against Høiby states:
"From the summer of 2022 to the fall of 2023 in Oslo, Asker, Alta, Barbados and/or other places, he abused his then-partner Nora Haukland through repeated violence, threatening behavior and other offenses.
The violence consisted, among other things, of him repeatedly hitting her in the face, including with a clenched fist, choking her, kicking her and grabbing her hard. On individual occasions, he slammed a door in her face, slammed her hands into a wall and pushed her into a refrigerator. On several occasions, he threw objects at her, against walls or floors, and destroyed furniture, including by smashing mobile phones, cupboard doors and other objects. He further subjected her to repeated verbal and physical abuse, including on a number of occasions by yelling and screaming in her face and calling her with names "xx" and "xx", that she was stupid and an idiot and the like. He also controlled her whereabouts, put pressure on her about who she could have social interactions with and pressured her to turn down work assignments."
www.nettavisen.no

Nora Haukland om vold i nære relasjoner

I dag er det taktskifte i Høiby-saken. Nå skal det handle om mishandling i nære relasjoner, og inn kommer den tidligere samboeren Nora Haukland.
www.nettavisen.no www.nettavisen.no

Nora Haukland's lawyer Heidi Reisvang from Elden Advokatfirm said to the press:
- She is terrified. It will be a burden for her to appear in court, but she is determined to answer all questions she is asked to the best of her ability.
www.dagbladet.no

- Hun gruer seg

Nora Haukland skal for første gang forklare seg om forholdet med Høiby, som påtalemyndigheten mener var preget av vold og frykt.
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From Nora Haukland's testimony:
Nora Haukland spoke about a relationship that she gradually experienced as more and more controlling. In addition, she had to think about the reputation of the royal family. "I didn't have to behave badly because he's part of the royal family, but he never cared how he behaved," Haukland said.
Haukland further described Marius as a person with two faces. One is Marius the clown who is sweet, funny and a person who jokes a lot, and then there is the Marius who gets black in the eyes and is impossible to communicate with. Several times during her explanation, Haukland said that she had been afraid of Marius, especially when he changed from the funny to the destructive version of himself.
Haukland's explanation is actually a textbook description of the pattern in an abusive partnership, a relationship where no blows are dealt but where the psychological control is so extensive that one ends up walking on eggshells and no longer dares to be oneself.
In Haukland's explanation, it appears as an additional burden that Borg Høiby allegedly used his status as a royal to control her.
www.nettavisen.no

Ble Nora utsatt for «kongelig gaslighting»?

Forklaringen hennes fremstår som en tekstbok-beskrivelse av partnervold, men på ett punkt skiller den seg ut.
www.nettavisen.no www.nettavisen.no
 
A live blog on the case in court today, it will continue next week.

LIVE: Følg retssagen mod Marius Borg Høiby

www.bt.dk www.bt.dk
This time it was Nora Haukland.
It is not pleasant reading!

Short: Marius displayed all the archetypal behavior of a domestic abuser. Demeaning, controlling, belittling, ruining her self-confidence, being extremely angry at the drop of a hat. Becoming violent. She said she feared for her life.
And then sucking up to her afterwards, with flowers, attention, sweet talk and gifts - until next time.
At some point Haukland involved a guard on duty who called Marius out. Because Marius was filming them with his hand on her throat, pressing. The guard witnessed that. And when called out Marius backed down and stopped filming.
Haukland appears to have been a part of the Oslo drugs and sex scene and she confessed to have a weakness for bad boys.

Read for yourselves for more details. Also suggest you read the Q&As that are covered alongside the coverage. (And you can ask questions yourselves of course. English wont be a problem.)

- Marius displayed the very same behavior towards Haukland as the abused women who MM was patron for, have experienced themselves, while she did... crickets...
 
A few additions to @Muhlers post, from what I read in "Bild" today.
Outbursts, shouting, and attacks. It's a disturbing picture that Nora Haukland paints of Marius. But she repeatedly also says that she loved him and wanted to help him with his issues, that's why it was her suggestion to move to the little house in Skaugum where life was calmer and hoping he could find a way to settle and try to do something to improve his life. "He was good in repairing motorbikes and was also good in drawing".
Marius didn't care at all what impact his actions might have on the image of his mother and Haakon. Nora says, "He didn't care how he behaved, without any regard for the royal family." She also describes a disturbing encounter that allegedly took place with Marius's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit
When Nora and Marius lived together at Skaugum Estate during their relationship this happened:
After an argument, one of the doors wasn't quite right (damaged by him during one of his outbursts). She says, "It was Marius's birthday, and I had prepared breakfast, for which his family also came to the apartment where the door was damaged. His mother gave me a spiteful look, as if I had done it." However, Marius had damaged the door.
 
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