Overview

• Oslo prosecutors have indicted Marius Borg Høiby on 32 counts filed on August 18, including multiple alleged rapes, with trial proceedings scheduled for mid-January 2026 and a potential sentence of up to ten years.
• Prosecutors say private communications can be used as evidence, with reporting naming messages from ex-partner Nora Haukland, while Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have not been questioned to date.
• One alleged assault is tied to October 2023 in Henningsvær during a trip when Haakon was present, with the indictment describing an encounter that allegedly turned into rape and the recording of intimate images of a sleeping woman.
• Police have seized images and videos from devices, and investigators say not all women depicted have been identified after an inquiry that began with 16 suspected cases, several later closed for evidentiary or limitation reasons.
• Høiby denies most sexual allegations but has acknowledged past violence against an ex-partner and drug problems, as public scrutiny of the monarchy’s handling of the case grows.