On Monday, Aftenposten revealed that Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby (27), is said to have been denied access to the Crown Prince Couple’s residence and parts of Skaugum.
It is said to concern the main house and the secured part of the Crown Prince Couple’s estate.
Høiby himself lives in a house by the edge of the forest at Skaugum in Asker. The house is located a few hundred meters from the main building of the estate, which is the private residence of the Crown Prince Couple. Therefore, the house is outside the area with the strictest security measures.
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The Crown Princess’s son is said to have previously had access to the main house, but according to sources Aftenposten has spoken with, he has now lost this access.
The newspaper keeps its sources anonymous.
They have also contacted the palace to confirm the information, but the Palace does not wish to comment.
– We do not comment on details regarding access control or security matters related to royal properties, says the Palace’s communications chief Guri Varpe to the newspaper.
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Eight interrogations
The case against Høiby began when the police responded to an address in Frogner on August 4 after a violent incident had occurred there during the night. Subsequently, the Crown Princess’s son was charged with assault and vandalism, but was released.
In the following investigation, and massive public coverage of the case, two of Høiby’s ex-girlfriends, influencers Juliane Snekkestad and Nora Haukland, have been granted the status of complainants, and the charges against the 27-year-old have been expanded to also include abuse in intimate relationships.
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On August 14, Høiby issued a statement in which he admitted to violence and substance use, something his lawyer calls an acknowledgment of guilt.
In recent weeks, the police have conducted eight interrogations of Marius Borg Høiby.
However, he denies guilt in the case against Snekkestad and Haukland. Nevertheless, the charge of abuse in intimate relationships remains unchanged, and the police wish to conduct additional interrogations of the 27-year-old.
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Neither Høiby’s mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, nor others from the royal family have been called in for questioning, communications chief Guri Varpe at the Palace informs VG.
On Monday, however, the lawyer for Juliane Snekkestad, Petter J. Grødem, spoke out in Aftenposten and requested that the police call Mette-Marit in for questioning.
– The evidence situation in the case is such that we believe it is entirely natural for us to receive her explanation now. I actually believe it would be unnatural if she does not answer questions from the police. An explanation from the Crown Princess will, in my opinion, shed new light on the case against her son, Grødem told the newspaper.
Considered an ankle bracelet for Høiby
Høiby has a restraining order against the complainant from the incident on August 4 in Frogner, and the police believe he has violated this restraining order. This has led the police to actually consider imposing an ankle monitor on the Crown Princess’s son.
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In general, in cases where a defendant in a criminal case violates a restraining order, the police can impose a reverse violence alarm. This is an ankle monitor with a GPS transmitter that alerts if it is moved in or out of certain zones.
To NTB, police attorney Andreas Kruszewski stated the following about imposing such ankle monitoring on Høiby:
– It has been part of the assessment regarding the use of various coercive measures directed against Høiby. I cannot go into detail about the assessment itself, but I can confirm that he has not been imposed a restraining order with electronic monitoring in this case. Only a regular restraining order without electronic monitoring, says the police attorney.