Royally
Marius Borg Høiby
Details: Marius is believed to have deleted important evidence
Jenny Alexandersson,
Knut Sahlin Ekberg
Updated 14.31 | Published 11.29
Marius Borg Høiby is in custody for two suspected rapes.
According to VG, he filmed both rapes and then tried to destroy the digital evidence.
The police have confiscated several of Marius' phones and he is in custody with restrictions.
Enligt VG
According to Norwegian TV2 , the police found several videos of the alleged rape that allegedly took place in a 20-year-old woman's apartment in Oslo earlier this year. But also on a rape that is alleged to have been committed in Marius' residence on the royal estate of Skaugum.
According to information given to Norwegian VG, the police suspect that he tried to get rid of digital evidence on at least two occasions. He allegedly used a feature that remotely automatically deletes content on digital storage devices.
The police allegedly confiscated phones from Marius Borg Høiby on three occasions.
It is unclear what type of content he has deleted.
The mobile phone was destroyed
On Wednesday, Marius was detained with restrictions, which means that he is not allowed to receive visitors, read newspapers or otherwise have contact with the world outside the detention center. One of the arguments for detention was precisely the risk that Marius could otherwise destroy evidence.
Marius was first arrested on August 4. He was warned by his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, as well as the police. Mette-Marit managed to clean her son's home for 33 minutes and when the police arrested him, his mobile phone was destroyed and the SIM card was gone.
Marius Borg Høiby's lawyer did not want to comment on the new information to VG.
Crown Prince Haakon has understood what is required
Jenny Alexandersson
Published 14.16
Violence, drugs, crime and betrayal.
These are the classic ingredients for a successful reality show.
But in the case of Marius Borg Høiby, it is a completely disastrous mix.
At least five people have had their lives torn apart and a royal family is in the middle of a chaotic tragedy.
On Monday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son was arrested on suspicion of rape. At the detention proceedings on Wednesday, we learned that he is being investigated for another rape.
The police have found video clips in Marius' confiscated mobile phone. Two more young women have fallen victim to a man who has no boundaries, abuses drugs and treats women like trash.
When the news of the rape came, I was right in the center of Oslo. I participated in a panel discussion at a large journalistic conference organized by my employer Schibsted.
It was an exciting conversation about the role of the royal family and the media in a tumultuous crisis. We were far from agreeing on the royal house's strategies.
Marius is part of the royal family, but not part of the royal house, the official part of the royal sphere. The court has thus been able to refrain from commenting on the scandal with a legitimate argument.
A panel member in Oslo believed that the court should continue on the same silent line. They must stand above scandals and gossip.
It is an outdated view of the Norwegian situation and I will explain why.
It is not about the survival of the monarchy, Norway will most likely retain its state for a long time to come. I say as I usually do – time is royalty's best friend. Scandals eventually fade. But we are soon facing a change of throne and it is about how tough or easy you want to make it for Haakon to take over from his father, King Harald, 87.
It is also about Norway's future queen making the police's work more difficult. She warned her son that the police would arrest him and she cleaned his apartment.
Ultimately, it is also about the fact that we are in a completely new media landscape. Never before have the world's royal houses experienced that images, news and situations spread two laps around the world in a couple of seconds. What only a couple of generations ago could be hidden behind castle walls is today public domain. It affects to the greatest extent people's attitude towards the royal houses. And in an age where royalty lacks political power, it is the people's trust that guarantees their existence.
Crown Prince Haakon has understood that. The day before yesterday he stepped up to the extended microphones during an official visit to Jamaica.
- Today we are all thinking about the victims.
He also said that the family had long worked for Marius to get more help and rehabilitation. That he misses his family and would have liked to be at home with "Mette".
And perhaps it is in the personal reflection that the Norwegian royal family can find the way out.
My podcast colleague, court expert Sara Ericsson, said a couple of wise words today. She believes that empathy with the victims is a key. In cases where a royal has spoken out and NOT shown compassion to those affected, the strategy of defending themselves has failed disastrously. (An example is Prince Andrew's interview after the rape allegations in 2019).
Many regard the scandal surrounding Marius as a reality show that never ends.
Haakon's statement is an important step in regaining some kind of control over the script.
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar