Marius Borg Hoiby, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced Monday to four years in prison after being convicted on rape charges.
Hoiby was charged with sexually assaulting four women between 2018 and 2024 while they were asleep or otherwise unable to resist, according to CBC. He was found guilty in March on two counts of rape and acquitted on two other rape charges. Hoiby denied the allegations.
Judge Jon Sverdrup Efjestad also convicted the 29-year-old of domestic violence against his former girlfriend, Nora Haukland, according to TMZ. During the trial, the court heard that he repeatedly punched her in the face, choked her, slammed a door into her face, and threw objects at her.
Hoiby, who heard the verdict via video link from prison due to health issues, had faced a total of 40 criminal charges, including assault, drug-related crimes, and violations of a restraining order.
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 16, 2022 in Oslo, Norway, shows Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The son of Norway’s crown princess pleaded not guilty on Februar 3, 2026 to four counts of rape at the opening of a trial that has embarrassed the royal family. Marius Borg Hoiby, Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s 29-year-old son from a relationship prior to her marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, stood and muttered a negative response when asked to enter a plea to the four counts of rape. (Photo by HAKON MOSVOLD LARSEN / NTB / AFP via Getty Images)
Prosecutors had sought a prison sentence of over seven years from the Oslo District Court, according to CBC. (RELATED: REPORT: Thames Valley Police Probe Former Prince Andrew In Relation To Epstein File Allegations)
Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra (front C) poses for a with Norway’s Queen Sonja and King Harald and other guests on the occasion of a gala dinner for her 18th birthday in Oslo on June 17, 2022: (first row from L): Norway’s Princess Astrid, Marit Tjessem, Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary, Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik, Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, Spain’s King Felipe, Sweden’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, Netherlands’ King Willem Alexander, Netherlands’ Queen Maxima, Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden’s Prince Daniel, Sweden’s Princess Estelle, and Sweden’s Prince Oscar, (2nd row from L): Emma Tallulah Behn, Leah Isadora Behn, Maud Angelica Behn, Durek Verret, Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise, Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth, Marius Borg Hoeiby, Norway’s Prince Sverre Magnus, Netherlands’ Princess Catharina-Amalia, Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Guillaume, Luxembourg’s Grand Duchess Stephanie and Luxembourg’s Prince Charles, (third row from L) Rosario Nadal, Bulgaria’s Prince Tassilo, Bulgaria’s Princess Olimpia Preslavska, Bulgaria’s Princess Mafalda Cecilia Preslavska, Katharine Jibba Butler, Prince Kyril, Greece’s Crown Prince Pavlos, Greece’s Princess Marie Chantal, Greece’s Princess Olympia, Prince Constantine and Prince Aristides. Princess Ingrid Alexandra turned 18 on January 21, 2022. (Photo by Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT
Hoiby doesn’t hold an official royal title but is the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a relationship prior her marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to Norway’s throne.
Mette-Marit suffers from pulmonary fibrosis and is awaiting a lung transplant. She also faced backlash for her previous connection with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to CBC.