Marius Borg Høiby is released, police are investigating another case

The district court in Oslo has decided: After a week in custody, Marius Borg Høiby is released again. “We currently no longer see any risk of evidence manipulation,” said a press release, according to Norwegian media reports. However, the police announced that they were investigating him for another alleged sexual offense, but that there had been no change to the charges so far.

He was also given a temporary restraining order banning him from having contact with two other women. Marius Borg Høiby was not allowed to approach or contact an ex-girlfriend before he was taken into custody. The son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was taken into custody last Wednesday and was banned from visiting and contacting her during that time. He is accused, among other things, of two rapes, and there are also allegations of violence and abuse from several ex-partners. Borg Høiby denies the allegations. The police used Borg Høiby’s time in prison to interview witnesses and collect evidence. She assumed that the Crown Princess’s son had tried to delete digital evidence.

It was Borg Høiby’s third arrest this year. After his first arrest in August, he admitted in a statement that he had become violent against his girlfriend at the time under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. The 27-year-old also reported that he suffers from several mental disorders that have affected his life since childhood. He also struggled with drug abuse for a long time and was in therapy for that reason. “I will now resume this treatment and take it very seriously,” said Borg Høiby in the summer. But shortly before he was supposed to go to London for therapy, the third arrest a week ago intervened.

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