The verdict is in line with the plaintiff's wishes. She is relieved, says the plaintiff's counsel Mette Yvonne Larsen to the newspaper.
"Bonus prince" Marius Borg Høiby, Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son from a previous relationship, had appealed the extension of the visitation ban to the district court. With the rejection, the visitation ban against the woman, which was originally set to expire in March, will now remain in effect until June 2.
Over the past six months, the allegations against 28-year-old Høiby have piled up. The most serious charges concern rape against two different women, as well as assault against three different ex-girlfriends. He is also accused of having directed death threats against a man and of having violated several visitation bans.
He has admitted to some of the crimes, but not the most serious ones.
On Wednesday, it is reported that Høiby simultaneously got his driver's license back, which he lost on a doctor's advice in August last year, according to the news agency NTB.
