Updated on: June 15, 2026 / 8:09 AM EDT
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Marius Borg Hoiby, the eldest son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday after being convicted of two counts of rape and 32 other offenses.He was found guilty of two of the four rape charges he was facing and acquitted of the other two. He was also convicted of assault and abuse in close relationships. In addition to the prison sentence, Hoiby was ordered to pay compensation to the victims.Hoiby, 29, had been charged with sexually assaulting four women who were asleep or otherwise unable to resist between 2018 and 2024. He faced a total of 40 criminal charges, including some for lesser offenses, such as assault, drug-related crimes and violations of a restraining order. Hoiby had denied the rape allegations but admitted to several of the lesser offenses.Prosecutors had asked Oslo District Court to sentence him to seven years and seven months in prison, while defense lawyers had argued that he should be acquitted of the rape allegations and receive no more than 18 months for offenses he had admitted to.
The sentence is not final and Hoiby can appeal. "It is only natural to consider appealing the serious charges for which he was convicted and which he did not admit," defense lawyer Ellen Holager Andenaes told AFP.
