Marius Borg Hoiby arrested over alleged rape: Norway crown princess' son faces charges
Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway's crown princess, was arrested on suspicion of rape, police said Tuesday, the latest scandal involving the royal family.
Norway's royal family found itself embroiled in an intensifying scandal Tuesday after the son of the country's crown princess was arrested on suspicion of rape.
Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, was arrested Monday on a preliminary charge of having "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act," police in the capital, Oslo, said in a statement early Tuesday.
He was also charged with one count of "abuse in close relationships," violating a restraining order, and driving without a valid driver’s license, police said Tuesday.
A preliminary charge comes before a formal charge, and allows law enforcement to detain a suspect for further investigation.
They add to the growing list of charges against the Oslo socialite, the eldest child of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a relationship prior to her marriage to Crown Prince Haakon.
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