Norway: Crown Princes Stepson Jailed for assault.

[tabitha2]

Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, seriously assaulted a woman both physically and psychologically in her apartment  it has been  asserted and she has been hospitalized. He was  sent to solitary confinement to sober up it seems and released some 30 hours later. 

[FrumperedCat]

Oh dear, even without opening this thread I made the connection. Hadn't he been studying in the USA and claiming to be a prince? I think there'd also been security violations caused by him. Of course it can't have been an easy adjustment being the stepson in the Royal family with younger half siblings who have that entitlement. But I think there's been issues for a while now. Sounds like a very messy situation. 

Edited August 11 by FrumperedCat

[tabitha2]

He is not a Royal but A rather aimless filthy Rich 27 year old with connections whose  mother has a lucrative job because she married well. 

[QuiverFullofBooks]

Wasn’t his bio father a drug dealer?

[tabitha2]

12 minutes ago, QuiverFullofBooks said:

Wasn’t his bio father a drug dealer?

Yes. And his mothers family has drug problems in it as well. 

[noseybutt]

On 8/11/2024 at 4:03 AM, tabitha2 said:

He is not a Royal but A rather aimless filthy Rich 27 year old with connections whose  mother has a lucrative job because she married well. 

The bolded is correct. Spouses, much less stepchildren, are rarely given royal roles and young Marius was photographed on family occasions but never as a representative of the crown.

That said, the Norwegian royal family is different than BRF because family relationships are considered more important than the role. Some of this is tied to Norwegian cultural attitudes around work--you work to live not live to work--and thus sacrificing your family for the job would be considered abhorrent. But it's also how Queen Sonja rolls. It was nine long years before she was allowed to marry and, likely because of this experience, she works hard to build relationships within the family no matter how much she may disagree with the person. 

I say all that because Marius was very much raised within the royal family from a young age and the King and Queen consider him their grandson, Crown Prince Haakon seems to have had a close fatherly relationship with him, and his siblings appear to treat him as a sibling--not as a "step."

This has to be devastating.

I would agree that he is aimless and spoiled, but this is somewhat normative in Norway--it's a wealthy country that has a great deal of patience with partying and youth taking their time to grow up. What is not normative is abuse and violence, I expect the royal family will fully condemn his actions. 

The other messy saga unfolding in the family is Princes Martha Louise stepped down from royal duties in order to marry her shaman fiancé and that wedding is supposed to happen quite soon. 
 

[tabitha2]

This is real bad… A woman seriously injured, Knives stuck in walls, threatening to burn her home and belongings And Now his mother the Crown Princess of the country has personally visited the young woman. I hope it was just to comfort her but I looks shady IMO.  
 

 

[noseybutt]

IDK. Norway is also different from other European countries in that there isn't an aristocracy/elite class beyond the royal family and it's harder for scandals to be swept under the rug for very long because "commoners" don't really give a rip. The kids all go to public schools and generally the family is much more embedded in "regular" life. 

If Mette-Merit is being shady, that will likely cause extreme backlash.

She's had some serious health issues.

My guess, Marius has some serious addiction problems and the parents are at a loss--kind of like parents of most addicts. Not much of it is in the parents' control except it's wise to give thought as to where behavior is being enabled.