The eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit is currently in the headlines because of a terrible act of violence: Marius Borg Høiby is said to have “mentally and physically” attacked a friend and trashed a room. The woman called the police after the incident and had to be taken to hospital with a concussion. The 27-year-old was subsequently arrested at Skaugum Castle near Oslo and released after questioning. A shock for the Norwegian court.
Crown Prince Haakon reacted immediately and initially travelled to the Olympic Games in Paris alone. There he told the Norwegian press that the incident was very upsetting to him, but he did not want to go into details. “It is a serious matter when the police are called in,” said the 51-year-old about his stepson’s scandal. His wife later also travelled to Paris. Despite everything, the Crown Prince couple appeared beaming. Mette-Marit, however, did not comment on the matter. Instead, Marius Borg Høiby himself took the floor.
He decided to be radically open. In a statement to the Norwegian press, he admitted the act of violence and confessed that he had acted under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. He suffers from several mental disorders that have affected his life since childhood and has struggled with drug abuse for a long time, and has been in therapy for this. “I will now resume this treatment and take it very seriously,” said Borg Høiby. However, none of this should excuse his actions.
Source: Stern
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