The lad of Norway's crown princess Mette-Marit, who is already facing charges of unit arsenic portion of an ongoing investigation, has been arrested connected suspicion of rape.
Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, but does not a person a royal rubric oregon authoritative duties.
On Tuesday, Norwegian constabulary said Mr Høiby had been charged with intersexual intercourse with "someone who is unconscious oregon for different reasons is incapable to defy the act".
Mr Høiby, who has reportedly denied the rape allegation, is facing a fig of charges for offences allegedly committed against 4 different victims.
In a statement, constabulary said the rape "concerns [a] intersexual enactment without intercourse" and that the unfortunate was "said to person been incapable to defy the act".
According to section reports, the Norwegian palace has declined to remark connected the latest apprehension of Mr Høiby.
Mr Høiby was arrested by constabulary astatine 23:12 CET connected Monday successful a car with a unfortunate from a abstracted incident.
In narration to this abstracted incident, connected 4 August, helium faces charges of unit and transgression damage.
Police said connected Tuesday that the charges had been expanded to see "maltreatment" successful adjacent relationships and "another violation" of a restraining bid against the aforesaid victim.
They added that a study had been made for driving without a valid driver's licence.
Mr Høiby's residence astatine Skaugum, the authoritative nonmigratory of the Crown Prince and his wife, has besides been searched by police.
Mr Høiby has besides antecedently been charged with maltreatment against ex-girlfriends Juliane Snekkestad and Nora Haukland, arsenic good arsenic with threatening a man.