4 August 2024: After an alarm about a violent incident during the night, the police rush out to an address in the Frogner district in central Oslo.
6 August 2024: Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son Marius Borg Høiby is arrested, suspected of assaulting a woman he has a relationship with.
14 August 2024: Marius Borg Høiby admits in a statement to NRK that he has used violence against his girlfriend and wants to take responsibility for his actions.
Borg Høiby says that he had used alcohol and cocaine on the occasion and that he has "been fighting against addiction for a longer time, something I have received treatment for before".
During late summer and autumn 2024, more suspicions against him emerge. Borg Høiby's name is removed from several pages on the Norwegian royal court's website.
18 November 2024: Borg Høiby is arrested, suspected of rape and violation of a restraining order against a former girlfriend. In connection with the arrest, the police conduct a house search in his home on the crown prince couple's farm Skaugum outside Oslo.
20 November 2024: Borg Høiby is detained for a week.
During the winter and spring of 2025, Borg Høiby is accused of further crimes. He is now suspected of, among other things, rape, vandalism, and violation of a restraining order.
27 June 2025: The police have completed the preliminary investigation and hand over the investigation to the prosecutor, who will decide whether Borg Høiby should be prosecuted.
18 August 2025: Marius Borg Høiby is charged with 32 crimes, including four rapes. He is also charged with assault against a former partner. He risks ten years in prison.
Borg Høiby has previously admitted to certain crimes, but denied the allegations of rape. The trial is expected to begin in mid-January next year and will then last for six weeks. However, he will not be detained until the start of the trial.
