{"id":2261726,"date":"2026-02-01T23:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2261726"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:19:28","slug":"how-marius-hoiby-went-from-living-in-norway-royal-familys-gilded-cage-to-alleged-rapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-marius-hoiby-went-from-living-in-norway-royal-familys-gilded-cage-to-alleged-rapist\/","title":{"rendered":"How Marius Hoiby went from living in Norway royal family\u2019s \u2018gilded cage\u2019 to alleged rapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway\u2019s future queen from a previous relationship, was initially welcomed into the royal family, but now, facing trial accused of four rapes, he has become a liability.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The 29-year-old, who was born before his mother Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby married Norway\u2019s Crown Prince Haakon, goes on trial in Oslo\u2019s district court on Tuesday accused of 38 counts, including four rapes and assaults against ex-girlfriends.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He was arrested on August 4, 2024, suspected of assaulting his then girlfriend and causing damage to her flat the previous night.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After that, allegations against him poured in: several ex-girlfriends came forward and accused him of assault, and police gradually widened their investigation against him to include suspected rapes, death threats, drug offences, invasion of privacy, violation of restraining orders and more.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hoiby has admitted only to some minor offences.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a public statement 10 days after his arrest, he admitted he had acted \u201cunder the influence of alcohol and cocaine after an argument\u201d, after suffering from \u201cmental troubles\u201d and struggling \u201cfor a long time with substance abuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway\u2019s future queen from a previous relationship, was initially welcomed into the royal family, but now, facing trial accused of four rapes, he has become a liability. 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