Mette-Marit’s son Marius from Norway admits to assaulting his partner

The information was received directly from the Kingdom of Norway. Marius Borg Hoiby, the eldest son of Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, was arrested over the weekend of August 3 on suspicion of assaulting his wife, local police said on Wednesday, August 7. Norwegian media, inclAftenposten (you know, “Evening Post”), the country’s second largest newspaper was already talking about the “serious issue”.

Let’s remind that the 27-year-old is the stepson of Haakon, the current heir to the throne of Norway, and has been known in his country since he was young. Yesterday’s Norwegian newspaper See and hear found out that he is accused of hitting his colleague Rebecca Helberg and turning her apartment upside down on the night of August 4-5. Since then, the latter has reportedly filed a complaint Paris game Tuesday, August 13.

“This should never have happened”

A key figure has since confessed in a statement published by Norwegian media NRK:this Wednesday, August 14, by assaulting his partner. “Something happened that should never have happened,” he wrote. After an argument under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, I got injured and destroyed objects in the apartment. Marius explained that he suffered from “mental disorders” and “struggled with drug addiction for a long time”.

Now he intends to resume treatment. “The use of drugs and my diagnoses do not justify what happened in the apartment,” he emphasized. I want to take responsibility after what I did and I will explain to the police honestly.” Marius Borg Hoiby has pleaded guilty and says he is ready to serve his sentence, his lawyer Oyvind Bratlin told Norwegian TV2 channel.

“Bodily injury and damage”

A week ago, police said they were called to Oslo in the early hours of Sunday, August 4, following an overnight dispute at an apartment. According to the police report, a twenty-year-old man was arrested and released the next day. “Since it was reported in several media that the person (arrested) is Marius Borg Hoiby, the police confirm that the suspect in this case is Hoiby himself.

Marius Borg Hoiby was also suspected of causing “bodily injury and damage”, which he confirmed, although police said they had “no information that the victim was seriously injured”. If the authorities have indeed confirmed the participation of Haakon’s stepson in this case, they did not want to specify the identity of the victim. They only mentioned that it is a woman who has a “relationship” with the suspect. Therefore, that would be Rebecca Helberg.

Crown Prince Haakon’s reaction

Crown Prince Haakon, who was recently in Paris for the Olympics, agreed to speak to the Norwegian media in the French capital on Wednesday, August 7. “It is a serious problem when the police is involved like this,” he said, TV2 website reports. “However, it would not be good for me to comment on this at this time.”

“Psychological and physical violence”.

Two former companions of the young man also spoke on social networks. They thus spoke about their ex-boyfriend’s impulsive and violent character, according to them. In her relationship with Marius Borg Hoiby from 2018 to 2022, actress Julianne Snekkestad spoke especially in her Instagram story. “I choose not to be silent anymore and answer questions. yes, I have already been subjected to psychological and physical violence from my ex,” wrote the 28-year-old young woman, who is also a model.

Before adding: “I’m not sharing this story to elicit pity or draw attention to myself. It’s just important to confirm what many people are interested in. it has happened before. And this should never happen again, no woman should be subjected to this. So I feel a real responsibility to talk about it.” The model said she is still “traumatized” by the abuse and has been in therapy for years. He also expressed his support to the victim.

Nora Haukland’s podcast

Nora Haukland, in turn, maintained a one-year relationship with the young man from 2022 to 2023. For her part, the influencer and former reality TV contestant spoke out on Snapchat. “These last few hours have been very strange,” he wrote. I don’t have much to say at the moment. My head is in chaos and I’ve been going through all the emotions for the last few hours.”

She apparently talked about this romance and their breakup on a podcast Heads with Laminofly, broadcast on August 12. He then spoke about the “highly publicized” story. “I didn’t feel good, the relationship wasn’t good for me (…”), she declared. We had a lot of fun together, but when things were bad, everything was so bad (…). I really wanted to help her, save her I wanted her to get better.” Like Juliane Snekkestad, she claimed to have been traumatized by this relationship.

Up to six years in prison

Marius Borg Hoiby was born in 1997, from Mette-Marit’s previous relationship. The latter then married in 2001 the future King of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon. Marius Borg Høiby grew up alongside his half-sister, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, now 20, and his half-brother, 18-year-old Prince Svere Magnus. But unlike them, he does not have an official public role. If convicted, he now faces up to six years in prison.