This week marks two months since Marius Borg Høiby was arrested and charged with bodily harm in Frogner, Oslo, an incident that has led to a criminal case against him that escalated when two of his ex-girlfriends revealed, both in social networks and before the Norwegian police, that they had also been victims of violence, threats and abuse. While the police continue with an investigation into charges that are punishable in the country with penalties ranging from prison to community punishment or a fine, the Norwegian Royal Family continues to remain silent. However, every day the press releases new information about the son that Princess Mette Marit had before marrying the heir and many of them suggest that the problems with Marius were an open secret.
© GTRESWhat is now known as the “Marius case” began on August 4 when the police went to a private home due to a “violent incident” that had occurred that night. Two days later they already knew that the older brother of the future queen He had been arrested and released. The police then confirmed that the charge concerned both bodily injury and property damage and that there was a relationship between Marius Borg Høiby and the victim. It was then that Prince Haakon, who does not usually avoid the press, warned that this was a “serious matter”, however, that matter was just the tip of the iceberg and, two months later, the snowball continues to grow unstoppably.
In those first statements to the Norwegian public broadcaster and at a moment of maximum expectation, Prince Haakon assured that he only knew what Marius had told him. However, as the case has progressed, the Norwegian press has narrated episodes that seem impossible to have gone unnoticed since they have all taken place within the Skaugum estate, the official residence of the heir and, therefore, a strongly held property. guarded
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© Getty ImagesSe og Hør assures that Marius destroyed the idyllic house that had been given to him inside those royal lands, which allowed him to have independence while being with his family in a privileged and hermetic environment, damages that, according to the cited media, caused access to be restricted, so both the Royal Family and its security body would be aware. This is not the only recent information that suggests that the crown princes had to be aware, since the same media published last week that the police had warned Marius about his dangerous company, friends whom he invited to the royal residence. for parties that have been described as “wild” and after which valuable objects that were the property of the crown apparently disappeared.
“My circle of friends has been the same for ten years, and that’s how things are. “My parents know it, my friends know it too, I can’t do anything about it.”
“My circle of friends has been the same for ten years, and that’s how things are. “My parents know it, my friends too, I can’t do anything about it,” Marius said in some audios that he breaks down. Se og Hør and in which special treatment by the police with the princess’s son can be seen, since they unofficially warn him that he is getting into trouble by having friends with people investigated for drug trafficking. What’s more, the police remind him that even if there are no legal consequences everything could lead to a media problem and Marius responds (according to the audios owned by the aforementioned media) believing himself to be untouchable by assuring that the Norwegian press “is not allowed to write about this.” ”.
© Getty ImagesNow the bubble of impunity seems to have burst and the list of pending accounts is longer every day. According to the latest update from the police, the charges against Marius Borg Høiby, who remains at large, involve four people (three women and one man) who accuse him of bodily harm, abuse in close relationships, violation of a restraining order and threats. Without forgetting, according VG, a previous complaint for the theft of a motorcycle.
In the midst of this scenario, the ‘Marius case’ has been punctuated by unusual twists such as the recognition by the princess’s own son of the events that occurred on the night of August 4, through a letter shared by her lawyer in which He said he had used drugs and suffered from various mental health problems. On the other hand, in the midst of the controversy and after a police interrogation, Marius left, according to his lawyer “in search of peace”, to Tuscany, a trip that became even more controversial when it was learned that he had done so using his diplomatic passport. .
© Getty ImagesIf two months ago the maneuver was to distance the Norwegian Royal House from Marius, who on the other hand has never been a member of the institution nor has he had an official role, more and more media in the country are demanding an interview or a statement by princes Haakon and Mette Marit, who, on the other hand, would be logical for them to remain silent until they see the judicial path of the case.
