{"id":231050,"date":"2026-02-02T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=231050"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:36:57","slug":"son-of-norways-crown-princess-to-face-court-for-38-crimes-including-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/231050\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of Norway\u2019s crown princess to face court for 38 crimes, including rape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess will go on trial Tuesday on multiple charges including rape in a high-profile case, ABC News<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Marius Borg Høiby is facing the Oslo district court after being indicted in August following a lengthy investigation. The indictment includes 38 counts, among them rape, abuse in a close relationship against one former partner, acts of violence against another and transporting 3.5 kilos of marijuana. Other charges include making death threats and traffic violations.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have said the 29-year-old could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted at the trial, which is expected to last until mid-March.<\/p>\n

Høiby is the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship.<\/p>\n

He has no royal title or official duties. He has been under scrutiny since he was repeatedly arrested in 2024 on various allegations of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess will go on trial Tuesday on multiple charges including rape in a high-profile case, ABC News writes. Marius Borg Høiby is facing the Oslo district court after being indicted in August following a lengthy investigation. The indictment includes 38 counts, among them rape, abuse in a close relationship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":231027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35,43,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-world","category-other-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231051,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231050\/revisions\/231051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}