Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of rape by Oslo District Court. The verdict, delivered on Monday, concluded a high-profile trial that ran from February to March and involved accusations across 40 separate charges — ranging from rape to traffic offences — against six different women. Prosecutors had sought a sentence of seven years and seven months; the defence had argued for 18 months.

Høiby, who is not a formal member of the Norwegian royal family, was convicted of raping two women who were asleep or incapacitated at the time of the assaults — one on the Crown Prince's official estate at Skaugum in 2018 and another in Oslo in March 2024. The victims were unaware of what had happened until police, investigating a separate incident in August 2024 in which Høiby was arrested after allegedly assaulting a partner at her flat in Oslo's upmarket Frogner neighbourhood, discovered videos on his phone and computer. He was also found guilty of repeated domestic abuse against Norwegian influencer Nora Haukland — described by prosecutors as a