The future King of Norway’s stepson has reportedly revealed how he ‘violently’ broke up with an ex in a shocking leaked video – which has emerged as he remains in custody after being accused of rape.
Born of a relationship before Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s marriage to heir Prince Haakon, Marius Borg Hoiby was arrested last Monday evening on suspicion of rape.
On Wednesday, police said he was suspected of a second rape and a lawyer for the force said they requested the 27-year-old be remanded in custody, which a judge on Wednesday ordered for one week, according to media reports.
‘Marius is facing serious accusations, which the police and the judiciary will deal with… I am convinced they will do a good job,’ Prince Haakon told public broadcaster NRK before the detention order.
But since his arrest, a shocking video of Borg Høiby has been shared with the Norwegian publication Se og Hør, which allegedly shows the former mechanic illustrating how he ended the relationship with an ex.
In the clip, Borg Høiby is reportedly asked: ‘How did you break up with your last girlfriend?’. Shrugging his shoulders, he then leans forward towards the camera as he makes a slapping gesture with his hands.
It is not known when the video was recorded – but it was allegedly published in a group in Borg Høiby’s own network, which consists of around 50 people.
MailOnline has contacted Borg Høiby’s lawyer Øyvind Bratlien for comment.
Marius Borg Høiby (left) was born in 1997 from a relationship prior to Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway’s 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne
Whilst imprisoned, Borg Høiby is banned from having visitors and letters during this period due to the risk of tampering with evidence, NRK reports.
Borg Høiby’s lawyer, Oyvind Bratlien, said his client was innocent and was opposed to being held in preventive detention.
Bratlien said he would appeal the detention ruling, but welcomed the fact that judges had not granted the police request for a two-week detention. ‘We consider that promising,’ he said in a written statement to NRK.
Police lawyer Andreas Kruszewski had said on the sidelines of the hearing that the second allegation ‘involves sexual intercourse without consent with a woman incapable of resisting the act’.
Investigators searched and seized items from the Borg Høiby’s home. The police investigation is still ongoing, and no trial date has been set.
The rape charge comes after he was accused of bodily harm following a late-night row on August 4 at the Oslo apartment of a woman he was having a relationship with, police said.
Norwegian media reported that police found a knife stuck in one of the woman’s bedroom walls at the time.
The Norwegian royal family was rocked by Høiby’s first arrest at the beginning of August. Pictured with his mother in 2016
Prince Sverre Magnus, Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Marius Borg Høiby pictured in 2019 in Oslo
Borg Høiby in a later statement to the media admitted to causing her bodily harm while he was under the influence of cocaine and alcohol and of damaging her apartment. He said he regretted his acts.
Borg Høiby was arrested again in September for breaching a restraining order.
When he was detained on Monday he was in a car with the alleged victim of the August incident, according to police.
Borg Høiby was raised by the royal couple alongside his step-siblings Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 20, and Prince Sverre Magnus, 18. Unlike them however he has no official public role.
The Norwegian royal family was rocked by Borg Høiby’s first arrest at the beginning of August, after a woman – Rebecca Helberg Arntsen – was left in hospital with her injuries following the attack.
A week after his arrest, Borg Høiby admitted to the assault on Rebecca, whom he referred to as his ‘girlfriend’ (her lawyers have refuted this claim).
In a statement issued via his own lawyer, Borg Høiby said he suffers from ‘several mental disorders’ and has ‘struggled with substance abuse for a long time’, which he said he is resuming treatment for.
The statement read: ‘Last weekend something happened that should never have happened. I committed bodily harm and destroyed objects in an apartment in the intoxication of alcohol and cocaine after an argument.
Marius pictured with other members of the Norwegian royal family, including the King, Queen, and heir to the throne in June 2022
When he turned 20, the royal court announced Marius was stepping away from public life and his profile was removed from the family’s official website
‘I have several mental disorders which mean that throughout my upbringing and adult life, I have had, and still have, challenges. I have struggled with substance abuse for a long time, something I have been in treatment for in the past.
‘The drug use and my diagnoses do not excuse what happened in the apartment at Frogner on the night of Sunday last weekend. I want to be responsible for what I have done, and will explain myself truthfully to the police.
‘For me, the most important thing is to say sorry to my girlfriend. She deserved neither what happened that night, nor the extreme pressure from both the Norwegian and foreign press afterwards.’
Mette-Marit’s eldest son also apologised to his family for his actions that have ‘greatly affected you’.
Weeks later, the 27-year-old was taken into custody after breaching a restraining order.
The restraining order in question was for the protection of Rebecca Helberg Arntsen, whom Borg Høiby admitted to assaulting, in a booze and drug-fuelled attack on 4 August, which saw him arrested for the first time and held in a police cell overnight.
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