The son of Norway’s crown princess denied in court yesterday that he ever drugged the alleged victim of one of the rapes he is charged with, on his second day of testimony in a trial that has transfixed Norway.
Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, who joined the royal family when his mother Mette-Marit married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, is charged with 38 counts. He faces years in prison if convicted.
On Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape and one of domestic violence. He pleaded guilty to offensive sexual behaviour, driving too fast and driving without a valid licence.
Yesterday, Hoiby answered questions about the search history on his phone, including for words such as “rape”.
“Is this something you are interested in?” asked prosecutor Sturla Henriksboe.
“I have looked at a lot of weird stuff,” Hoiby answered.
On Wednesday, the trial focused on the count of rape alleged to have taken place in 2018 in the basement of the Crown Prince family’s residence on the outskirts of Oslo. The alleged victim said she was certain she had been drugged.
“Did you dope her down?” Henriksboe asked.
“Never,” replied Hoiby.
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