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


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The fifth day of the trial has come to an end. Here, I share my personal impressions of the reporting in "Bild", which are, of course, only subjective. Today's focus is on the testimony of the woman who was allegedly raped by Marius during a trip to the Lofoten Islands.
Marius and his stepfather Haakon had taken this trip together because Haakon thought it would be good for Marius. That was in October 2023. The woman, now referred to as the “Lofoten woman,” had met Marius on a date on Tinder, and they met in Lofoten. Other friends were also there. At first, she didn't find him particularly attractive, but over the course of the evening she agreed to consensual sex. Drugs were also involved; Marius was determined to buy cocaine, but the “Lofoten woman” had nothing to do with it. She was asked how much she had drunk that evening and replied that she had drunk a lot at first, but had become more and more sober as the evening progressed.
She also apparently sent a text message to a friend saying that she was on a date with Marius and might now become a “C-list celebrity.” But she says that was meant as a joke.
She describes how they had sex several times, but then she became very tired and wanted to sleep. At some point, while she was in a deep sleep, she noticed that he wanted to continue having sex, but she did not ,she described it as painful. She did not know that he had filmed her; she only found out when the police told her. This upsets her greatly because she feels ashamed and abused.
Marius, on the other hand, presents the matter completely differently. Everything was consensual, and if not, he cannot remember because he was (as usual) under the influence of drugs.
His defense asks why the Lofoten woman did not go directly to the police if she felt she had been abused against her will. She replies that she had noticed, but did not dare to defend herself because she was afraid of an outburst of anger of Marius. And because of his fame, he was “more powerful” than her. She also says how angry and ashamed she was when she saw the photos of her naked in bed discovered by the police. She had not known or suspected that Marius was taking such photos of her while she was asleep.
Following the incident, the woman reportedly wrote a farewell letter to Hoiby. In it, she said goodbye to him without mentioning anything unpleasant or damaging. The woman did not report the incident herself but was contacted by the police during the course of their investigation.

I think it will actually be difficult to prove who is right. Marius excuses everything by saying that he was constantly under the influence of drugs and therefore cannot remember the details, or that he perceived things differently because of the drugs. That may well be the case. He may get away with it.
 
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The fifth day of the trial has come to an end. Here, I share my personal impressions of the reporting in "Bild", which are, of course, only subjective. Today's focus is on the testimony of the woman who was allegedly raped by Marius during a trip to the Lofoten Islands.
Marius and his stepfather Haakon had taken this trip together because Haakon thought it would be good for Marius. That was in October 2023. The woman, now referred to as the “Lofoten woman,” had met Marius on a date on Tinder, and they met in Lofoten. Other friends were also there. At first, she didn't find him particularly attractive, but over the course of the evening she agreed to consensual sex. Drugs were also involved; Marius was determined to buy cocaine, but the “Lofoten woman” had nothing to do with it. She was asked how much she had drunk that evening and replied that she had drunk a lot at first, but had become more and more sober as the evening progressed.
She also apparently sent a text message to a friend saying that she was on a date with Marius and might now become a “C-list celebrity.” But she says that was meant as a joke.
She describes how they had sex several times, but then she became very tired and wanted to sleep. At some point, while she was in a deep sleep, she noticed that he wanted to continue having sex, but she did not ,she described it as painful. She did not know that he had filmed her; she only found out when the police told her. This upsets her greatly because she feels ashamed and abused.
Marius, on the other hand, presents the matter completely differently. Everything was consensual, and if not, he cannot remember because he was (as usual) under the influence of drugs.
His defense asks why the Lofoten woman did not go directly to the police if she felt she had been abused against her will. She replies that she had noticed, but did not dare to defend herself because she was afraid of an outburst of anger of Marius. And because of his fame, he was “more powerful” than her. She also says how angry and ashamed she was when she saw the photos of her naked in bed discovered by the police. She had not known or suspected that Marius was taking such photos of her while she was asleep.
Following the incident, the woman reportedly wrote a farewell letter to Hoiby. In it, she said goodbye to him without mentioning anything unpleasant or damaging. The woman did not report the incident herself but was contacted by the police during the course of their investigation.

I think it will actually be difficult to prove who is right. Marius excuses everything by saying that he was constantly under the influence of drugs and therefore cannot remember the details, or that he perceived things differently because of the drugs. That may well be the case. He may get away with it.
Yes, and *If* Marius gets away with these allegations that is bad news for The Royal Family.
If Marius is found Guilty of The Rapes, that too is bad news for The Royal Family too.

There will be PR harm and fallout EITHER WAY in The Court Of Public Opinion.
Especially as this is entwined with Mette and damaging Epstein revelations.

On a side note, that I find interesting is Haakon takes troubled Marius with Him on this Trip to Lofoten Island, because *it would be good for him* ?
How ? Sounds like Marius was up to his old nefarious tricks. LOTS of Sex, Drugs and Partying. Again, where was the part in this it "would be good" for Marius ?
 
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"Good for him" ist just my wording, to make it shorter. The original, and translated version in the "Bild" paper is "The idea of taking a holiday trip to the Lofoten Islands came from his stepfather Haakon, Marius explained. "Haakon and I share a passion for surfing. He said, 'Let's take a trip' to get me out of Oslo for a while. So we went to the Lofoten Islands. I've been there several times before."
 
I think this is their parenting styles, rewards for "poor" Marius. Surfing trips, shopping sprees, skiing, and bars. In 2023, they must have known about his issues? He is 26 with no job, no direction... It just seems like they took the easier route, enabled and rewarded him. Where are the consequences, the hard stand, some sort of discipline while he lives rent free in your property and you give him spending money?

On to Marius, he is too drugged out to remember everything but he definitely remembers that everything was consensual from start to end.
 
Haakon must have known at the time that Marius was almost always under the influence of drugs. He is naive, far too good-natured, and not strict at all. He could have guessed that Marius would continue partying after he himself had left the bar and withdrawn. It could hardly have escaped his notice that there were a lot of young people in the hotel.
But then again, what could he have done about it? Lock Marius in his room? Hardly. It would have been better if they had taken some time out together somewhere secluded "to get him out of Oslo for a while", but Marius probably wouldn't have been thrilled about that.
 
I am shocked to read that Haakon was on that trip too ... so you go on a trip with your stepson and he is constantly on drugs and doing god knows what, you go on a trip to spend time together but obviously not? Did Haakon notice he was on drugs or is this the 'normal' life for them?
I am more and more thinking that Haakon is as bad as MM, an enabler for all this what happened, allowing a grown up to fool around, do drugs, no job but taking him on surfing trips... disgusting.
 
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Yes, and *If* Marius gets away with these allegations that is bad news for The Royal Family.
If Marius is found Guilty of The Rapes, that too is bad news for The Royal Family too.
Their will be PR harm and fallout EITHER WAY in The Court Of Public Opinion.
Especially as this is entwined with Mette and damaging Epstein revelations.

On a side note,that I find interesting Haakon takes troubled Marius with Him on this Trip to Lofoten Island, because *it would be good for him* ?
How ? Sounds like Marius was up to his old nefarious tricks. LOTS of Sex, Drugs and partying. Again, where was the part in this it "would be good" for Marius ?


Haakon is extremely naive where Marius is concerned. Obviously Marius managed to find drugs even on the remote Lofoten islands. And, of course, he found another female victim.

Taking him on nice trips is not going to improve Marius' bad and criminal behaviour. It's essentially a reward for terrible behaviour.

Haakon obviously wants to take care of Marius, but for a violent person like Marius, none of these kindnesses are going to improve anything. I'm sorry to say, but Marius probably thinks of Haakon as someone he can easily manipulate and who will always support him, no matter how many crimes he commits.
 
I am shocked to read that Haakon was on that trip too ... so you go on a trip with your stepson and he is constantly on drugs and doing god knows what, you go on a trip to spend time together but obviously not? Did Haakon notice he was on drugs or is this the 'normal' life for them?
I am more and more thinking that Haakon is as bad as MM, an enabler for all this what happened, allowing a grown up to fool around, do drugs, no job but taking him on surfing trips... disgusting.
That's a question I have have asked myself as well. Didn't Haakon, who has known Marius almost all his life, notice that Marius was under the influence of something. He knew Marius had problems with drugs and alcohol and he didn't notice anything? At all?

Anyway, unfortunately for Marius this is not a trial by jury or he might get off lightly with this second abuse.
The Lofoten women didn't feel turned on by Marius and then still had sex with him, several times. And it wasn't that bad she confided to her diary, in fact she rated Marius performance according to a number of criteria in her diary - which is always a bad idea! Then she sort of bragged about Marius in a text message.
It seems to me that Marius picked his targets among women who were less likely to bite back later. At least at that point.
But Marius actions are judged by professional judges, who will not look at how naive or otherwise or how promiscuous the Lofoten woman was or whether she was under influence, but at whether she was conscious and did and could give her consent.

It's no wonder she's sitting there in the stand saying she doesn't like being there at all...
 
So Marius was 26 at the time. What could Haakon have done? Practical things. Taking into account the Norwegian culture.
 
Haakon is extremely naive where Marius is concerned. Obviously Marius managed to find drugs even on the remote Lofoten islands. And, of course, he found another female victim.

Taking him on nice trips is not going to improve Marius' bad and criminal behaviour. It's essentially a reward for terrible behaviour.

Haakon obviously wants to take care of Marius, but for a violent person like Marius, none of these kindnesses are going to improve anything. I'm sorry to say, but Marius probably thinks of Haakon as someone he can easily manipulate and who will always support him, no matter how many crimes he commits.
Agree. In fact I will go as far as to say, Marius doesn't respect Haakon the least bit. He doesn't care about Haakon the man and he doesn't care about Haakon the Crown Prince. In fact I suspect Marius felt contempt for Haakon.

I believe Marius simply brought the drugs along, because can you imagine Haakon searching through Marius belongings and strip searching him? Nah.
This was (probably yet another) let's be pals trip. Where we connect you and me, Marius. And we can sit in a circle, the two of us, and talk about our feelings. And perhaps sing Kumbayah.
Marius... An immature young man who associated hardened criminals and who no doubt see/saw himself as a bad boy and who had a macho-issue. On what planet was such an approach supposed to work?!?
 
So Marius was 26 at the time. What could Haakon have done? Practical things. Taking into account the Norwegian culture.
That is the thing…

Marius was 26 wich is far above legal adulthood… Haakon could ofcourse have told him off and told him that he is forbidden to go outside…. Would Marius have listened to him and respected that ? I think we all know the answer to that…

Marius obviously loves Haakon dearly (and vice versa) but he clearly also loves taking advantage of who Haakon is and use the closeness to the Crown Prince for his own gain… To him Haakon clearly is a friend and a stepdad but not the Crown Prince as he doesn’t respect him…

PST (security police) ? Nope. They are there for Haakon’s physical protection and to prevent anyone from killing him, kidnap him or doing any physical harm to him…
What they are definitely not there to do is to act as personal assistants in peoples private lives. And they have not the slightest responsibility for Marius as long as there is no risk of Haakon and Marius getting into trouble at the same second…

Personally i have no problems with Haakon wanting to show confidence in his stepson. Marius was/is an adult man and you cannot control your adult children / stepchildren around the clock… That would create an unbearable toxic environment at home for both children and parents…

I don’t know when and where it all went wrong between Marius and his parents and stepfather - but i know a whole lot of fathers who are of the opinion that ”we can solve everything in the family without any external help if we just talk to each other at home without involving someone else”…. My own father was no exception… They want everyone the best and sometimes it helps but for some children it has the opposite effect… Especially children with complicated diagnoses as i personally feel sure Marius have… I think that’s Haakon’s view of paternity as well…

For Marius it has obviously (and likely in combination with other problems) had a devastating effect… But it’s not always easy to see and realize the full extent of someone elses problems when you are a part of their daily life yourself… Then it can be really tricky to see what is crystal clear and obvious to everyone around you…
 
It is still my opinion that it's better to wait until the evening to read the summaries of the court proceeding and preferably from several sources.
Here is one from BT.dk
walking out into her backyard through a backdoor, summer,

Marius explained in the stand, while chewing chewing-gum and at one point putting snuff into his mouth(!!) that Haakon had invited him to Lofoten for a surfing trip in order to get him (Marius) away from the scene of drugs and partying (in Oslo). And there at a movie-show he met the Lofoten woman, who according to Marius had been "very insistent" in flirting with him. The women offered that he (Marius) could sleep at her place.
After the movie Haakon left and the company present began partying. Shortly after Marius and the Lofoten woman went into an adjacent bedroom where they spend the night. Both admitted in court to have had consensual intercourse three times.
The Lofoten woman noticed that the light from Marius phone shone upon her, without knowing that he was making a short video of her nether parts.

Later on the Lofoten woman woke up as Marius was penetrating her "dry and painfully." Which she only later, after giving her statement to the police understood as being a sexual assault.
In court she called it: "The biggest nightmare of my life." "It was like I vanished into myself. When I came to again, it was over."

Marius doesn't remember much from that evening but "There wasn't much that was different from that evening compared to other evening."
He did not at any point think that the woman did not want to have sex with him.
"She has not given any impression of her not wanting to have sex the other times, so why wouldn't she now? It makes no sense in my head. I don't think it makes sense to anyone."
He did not ask for consent, because that depends on the situation.
Marius snuff went out of his mouth when he explained that he felt it was okay when he at the previous intercourse had woken up the Lofoten woman by fondling her breasts and crotch.

After an hour in the stand Marius asked for a break, because he is under heavy medication.

Today Marius defense attorney went hard on the Lofoten woman. I refer to a previous post where I explained about her diary and how the women exclaimed that she didn't like being in the stand at all.
 
I'm not sure that the testimony so far is in Marius' favor. With acquaintance rape, it is difficult to weigh the evidence. However, the Judges are seeing a clear pattern here so far: photos of women who claim they did not consent (and likely appear not awake, which is further evidence against consent), while Marius claims he doesn't remember, but he just knows it was consensual. But he does remember other parts of the evening, which do not impact the question of consent.

I do not know how evidence is weighed in Norway, but in other countries, the trier of fact (which can be a judge or jury) is allowed to use patterns of behavior as evidence in and of itself.

I'm not saying this matter is a slam dunk. But I don't think Marius' testimony is clearing him of these allegations.
 
I'm not sure that the testimony so far is in Marius' favor. With acquaintance rape, it is difficult to weigh the evidence. However, the Judges are seeing a clear pattern here so far: photos of women who claim they did not consent (and likely appear not awake, which is further evidence against consent), while Marius claims he doesn't remember, but he just knows it was consensual. But he does remember other parts of the evening, which do not impact the question of consent.

I do not know how evidence is weighed in Norway, but in other countries, the trier of fact (which can be a judge or jury) is allowed to use patterns of behavior as evidence in and of itself.

I'm not saying this matter is a slam dunk. But I don't think Marius' testimony is clearing him of these allegations.
Technical evidence in Norway weigh much heavier.
To put it very bluntly: A woman can be the most promiscuous woman in the world, if she is not conscious or has not given her consent, it's at best sexual abuse.
What Marius defense attorney today tried to show, using technical evidence as the Lofoten woman's diary and her phone with text messages, that there is at least reasonable doubt whether she did not give her consent.

But the Lofoten woman wore a pulse-watch and the information on that will presented tomorrow.
 
I think this is their parenting styles, rewards for "poor" Marius. Surfing trips, shopping sprees, skiing, and bars. In 2023, they must have known about his issues? He is 26 with no job, no direction... It just seems like they took the easier route, enabled and rewarded him. Where are the consequences, the hard stand, some sort of discipline while he lives rent free in your property and you give him spending money?

On to Marius, he is too drugged out to remember everything but he definitely remembers that everything was consensual from start to end.
So far, in both cases the women admitted that it initially was consensual. So, that might make things more complicated. However, him saying that this evening was not much different from other evenings, suggests that this was pretty normal behavior for him (a pattern is emerging - if that wasn't already clear).

Capturing things on camera without their knowledge seems a more straight-forward charge; although he also pleads not guilty on all but one of 6 charges related to this; maybe because it seems a 'he/she'-said situation so his lawyer thinks he can get out of this. The one charge he does plead guilty to is the one relating to the Frogner woman; I suppose there is more evidence there as the police was called.
 
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He also trys to justify it by saying he has gone through something similar...
"– I have been awakened by being touched even in similar situations, and have never felt it has been anything other than joy and excitement, he says. "

He doesn't seem to have a clear understanding of actual consent
What happened in one instance doesn't justify all.
 
Marius' father Morten Borg was questioned as a witness by the police last week. The background is the incident that led to Marius' arrest the day before the trial began.
 
Haakon is extremely naive where Marius is concerned. Obviously Marius managed to find drugs even on the remote Lofoten islands. And, of course, he found another female victim.

Taking him on nice trips is not going to improve Marius' bad and criminal behaviour. It's essentially a reward for terrible behaviour.

Haakon obviously wants to take care of Marius, but for a violent person like Marius, none of these kindnesses are going to improve anything. I'm sorry to say, but Marius probably thinks of Haakon as someone he can easily manipulate and who will always support him, no matter how many crimes he commits.
I think you have hit the nail on the head and that CP Hakons best of intensions was seen by his wicked stepson as an act of weakness and more or less fuelled his dreadful behaviour and he more or less thought that he can do what he pleases!
 
That is the thing…

Marius was 26 wich is far above legal adulthood… Haakon could ofcourse have told him off and told him that he is forbidden to go outside…. Would Marius have listened to him and respected that ? I think we all know the answer to that…

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Let's see: Marius was 26, but had no job and no independent income. He also lived in the Skaugum estate and got perks such as a diplomatic passport and state security. I think there are multiple ways he could have been effectively "told off", starting with threatening to or effectively revoking his privileges, or even cutting him off completely (like evicting him from Skaugum for example and stopping any allowance he was getting at that time from the family). Instead, he was rewarded, as other posters have said, with surfing trips and shopping sprees.

I guess one might say that cutting Marius off could have pushed him further into a criminal path (for example, drug dealing) given his association with gangsters, but, at the same time, it could have been a reality check that would have shaken him up. It is hard to tell when we are dealing with hypothetical scenarios. In any case, simply doing nothing or giving Marius candy, as Haakon was doing , clearly didn't work and probably made the situation worse.

As for the security police, I don't have enough knowledge to comment, but, on a broader perspective, what we see in some other monarchies is that there is a professional Royal Household/ Court that, among other things, "protects" the Royal Family in a broader sense. Protecting here doesn't mean covering up for them, but, on the contrary, vetting for example who can meet the monarch or the heir to avoid putting them in potentially embarassing situations. Marius of course is not even in the line of succession, so it is a different situation, but Mette-Marit's relationship with Epstein or how Marius' guests were admitted into the Skaugum estate with no background check or pre-cleared guest list, shows, at least to me, that the Norwegian Royal Court was failing (or failed) in its duty to protect the Norwegian Royal Family.

I also wonder what King Harald knew about all that. Did Haakon never discuss Marius' problems with his father? Did the security chief or whoever was in charge of personal protection never take those issues to the King directly? If the King knew, why did he also choose to ignore all warnings and do nothing?
 
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My impressions of today's court proceedings, based on the report in "Bild" newspaper.

A police officer is reporting on the analysis of the Lofoten woman's smartwatch. Reporters have to leave the courtroom because it involves sensitive personal data. A witness is being questioned who was present on the Lofoten Islands that evening during their sauna visit.
Haakon was staying in a hotel. Before Marius went to the apartment with the Lofoten woman, they both participated in a sauna and bath party. Two witnesses, a woman and a man, described their impressions of the evening before things escalated. Both described how Marius's behavior changed as his alcohol consumption increased. He became aggressive and condescending, saying, among other things, "Do you even know who I am?"

The witness says that Marius mentioned he had his stepfather, Crown Prince Haakon,'s credit card with him and was allowed to use it.

Both witnesses also report that Marius said he had broken up with his girlfriend, the woman from Frogner. However, text messages on his phone tell a different story where he writes that he misses her, that she's the best woman in the world, and that he's now going to sleep.
(my comment: Yet shortly afterward, he goes to the apartment with the woman from Lofoten to have sex with her. What a liar!)

A text message from Marius to the woman from Lofoten is also made public in which he writes that he's going to an event (presumably the movie night) with "f.....ing Crown Prince Haakon."
Another witness, a photographer who was also present that evening, is questioned. He met Marius there by chance. At first, he found him nice, but then the atmosphere soured. Marius insisted on more and more alcohol, which he didn't get. He then became increasingly irritable, aggressive, and condescending.
He describes the victim as nice and modest. However, on that particular evening, the woman was very bossy towards Marius; she didn't want him to go to the sauna because she didn't go there herself. That concluded the day's proceedings.

I didn't see any statement from Marius in this report. It only described how he constantly seemed nervous, impatient, annoyed, and tired, and that he still had the bandage on his left wrist, an injury he presumably sustained during his outburst shortly before the trial began.
Maybe @LadyFinn or @Muhler have more information about today.

 
My impressions of today's court proceedings, based on the report in "Bild" newspaper.
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Both witnesses also report that Marius said he had broken up with his girlfriend, the woman from Frogner. However, text messages on his phone tell a different story where he writes that he misses her, that she's the best woman in the world, and that he's now going to sleep.
(my comment: Yet shortly afterward, he goes to the apartment with the woman from Lofoten to have sex with her. What a liar!)

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On this side note: Marius Borg Høiby has spent nearly all his adulthood in long-term relationships with girlfriends, but it would appear he frequently had sexual encounters (consensual or not) with other women. Did his girlfriends willingly agree to an open relationship? Serial infidelity is not a criminal act, but it would deepen the impression that Marius lacked respect for his partners and their sexual boundaries.
 
You can see this summary of as a supplement to Hereditarytitles summary above.
You need to stay focused though!

The Lofoten woman (LF from now on) was present among the public in the court-room so she listened to this!

Marius (M from now on) did indeed go bathing in-between intercourse. (Sauna?) He also texted the Frogner woman, expressing his love for her but also being angry at her. And he demanded she'd answer her phone at around 04.00 in the morning.
He also texted a friend in-between intercourse where he among other things said less than flattering things about her looks. Something M dismissed in court as mere "reprehensible boys-talk."
And he was asked whether he meant it: "To an extent." "I suppose I regret it a little."
He was then asked whether, and as a logic consequence, the more flattering description LW made of him in her diary was of the same character. M answered: "Why the hell would you write something in a very personal F-list, if you don't mean it?"

M had been given Haakon's Mastercard which he could use during the evening, something M bragged about (presumably showed off) and there is evidence that must have used it.

M had sought after porn-videos with the words "rape" and "passed out".

M explained in court that he had not taken cocaine that day and that he wasn't very drunk. To the police he had explained that he was very drunk.

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The pulse-watch indicated that LW did wake up around the time she said. (When she was being penetrated.) At 04.57.
She apparently did not wake up while he filmed himself sticking two fingers up her vagina.

Prior to this evening M and LW had been in contact via the Tinder dating app, 26 times. M had shared the messages with friends in a Snatchat forum, asking what they thought about her.

A number of things regarding M's health, be that physical or mental are confidential, so the press cannot write about it.

In-between intercourse M was asked whether he would come along bathing (Sauna?). He replied: "Are there ladies there?" (In the sense are there "chicks" there.)

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A male witness described M as "behaving authoritarian" and "talking in a condescending way to others". Women in particular, while he was more respectful towards men.
He was under the impression that M and LW had a flirt going on.

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A female witness (the host?) described M as "dominating, unpleasant and condescending towards women." He increased the volume of the music, even though she asked him to turn it down.
He wanted to convey the impression of him "being rich and famous."
Marius wanted more alcohol and became aggressive and irritable when he didn't get it.
 
From yesterday, Marius has admitted that 2023 was a hard time for him of partying and drugs/alcohol. That Haakon takes him on the Lofoten surfing trip to get him out of Olso. But yet leaves him in a bar with a credit card?
I know I know, what could Haakon have done with a 26 year old man? For starters, not given him a credit card.
 
My impressions of day 7 of the trial today:

The alleged victim is being questioned again She emphasizes that she had had a tiring day and wanted to sleep. She also said her lower abdomen felt sore. Another witness testifies that both the Lofoten woman and Marius left the room several times, and that the Lofoten woman told her she didn't want to go back in, that she was exhausted, but Marius kept wanting to continue. She says that the Lofoten woman is tough, a true Norwegian. She's someone who doesn't talk about intimate matters, and she considers her very credible.The witness recounts that they were interested in Marius and asked him about his life. He only talked about himself; he wasn't interested in anyone else.
Among other things, he allegedly said that his father had been in prison, and that's why he had become the way he was.

LF sought psychological help after the police recordings made her realize what had happened to her while she was asleep. It was so bad that she developed eating and sleeping disorders.

Next, the third alleged victim is questioned. She is the woman who was allegedly raped by Marius on Sunday, March 24, without sexual intercourse. She had met Marius at a party. According to the indictment, this woman was unable to resist the act due to sleep or intoxication. This victim, too, was unaware of being a victim of abuse until she received the police summons. The woman had taken a sleeping pill, which the prosecutor could use to support the allegation that Marius acted without the woman's consent and exploited the situation. When the woman saw the recordings, she was horrified and angry and never would have thought that Marius had made such recordings of her. The lawyer points out that she must explicitly emphasize that she regularly takes sleeping pills to be able to sleep. The last thing she remembers is Marius disappearing in a flash and her relief that he was gone.

She recalls that Marius told her he earned 70,000 NK a month, about 6,220 euros, while telling the Lofoten woman's friends that he received a supplementary pension.
Again there is no report about if and what Marius said in court today.

To me a pattern seems to be emerging in Haakon's reactions. It must have been obvious to him long ago that Marius was always under the influence of drugs, of whatever kind. He should have known that a joint surfing trip would be no different, and yet he still went ahead and gave him his credit card, knowing full well that Marius would use it to buy plenty of alcohol, since other drugs weren't available there.
That's irresponsible and reckless, and can no longer be excused with leniency.
 
Reading about the way things have happened, it’s eerie for me how similar it is to things that have happened in my family. The best thing that has arrived to Marius is this trial. For me, it seems to be the only thing that could wake him up.
 
About Haakon's credit card:
Speaking to TV 2, defense attorneys Petar Sekulic and Ellen Holager Andenæs confirmed the information from the witness, but that the credit card was only for use on the trip in question.
– He initially explained that he was at the bar and bought a beer, and that is when he used that card, says Sekulic.
When asked if Høiby has used his stepfather's credit card on other occasions, they say they cannot answer that.
– We really don't know, says Andenæs.
 
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