Friend Describes Fear, Marius Borg Høiby Court Hears “You Were Violent Today” in Text Messages

0:00 Ah Callarogu Shark Media, Hello and welcome through Crown and Controversy Norway I'm Your Palace Intrigue host Mark Francis. Tuesday's proceedings in the trial of Marius borg Hoiby marked a clear shift from witness recollections towards the documentary core of the prosecution case. The morning opened with the testimony of a close friend of Norah Haukland, who told the court that her initial impression of the relationship had been positive, but changed quickly. She said, in the beginning, I experienced the relationship as passionate. They were together a lot and did many things together, but I quickly got a feeling that something was not right. She described an early turning point at the Parle Mesis festival, where she said Hoyby became enraged. He was very angry through his phone, screamed and dragged Nora with him. I became afraid, lost respect for him, and distanced myself. She also gave evidence about an alleged chokehold episode later in the relationship. I was very scared when Marius was physical with Nora, and when the choke hold happened, I felt that he did not have control when he did it. That was what frightened me.

1:10 I was afraid that one day he would do it and not understand when to let go. The witness rejected the suggestion that the references to the royal family were the real issue in a separate conflict over a social media video. I thought it all seemed strange. It seemed like an excuse for jealousy, she said. Asked to describe the defendant, she answered, he is a person who likes to have fun, likes to party, and gives a lot of himself, and he is controlling and manipulative. She also told the court she had taken practical steps to avoid being around him. I did not go to the Constitutional Day celebration because I knew he would be there. I found something else to do instead, because I did not feel I could stand by his behavior. The court then heard from two neighbors who lived in the same building as the couple on Frogner. The male neighbor described a night of intense noise from the apartment. She is going down next door, he wrote in a message to his wife as the sounds continued, telling the court he had considered calling the police. His wife said she met Haukland the following day. She had clearly been crying a lot.

2:11 She was not herself, she told the court, adding that she saw a bruise to her face and a scratch mark on her neck. Her husband said he later regretted not intervening. I became sad that I did not call the police. In a procedural development, the court also ruled that a reluctant witness a former inmate who had been called to give evidence, can be brought in by a police if necessary. Practical arrangements for that appearance will be decided later. After the morning testimony, the trial moved into a lengthy evidentiary phase that occupied the rest of the day as police investigators continued the methodical reading of hundreds of text messages between Hoybi and Hauckland. The exchanges presented to the court moved back and forth between declarations of love and bitter arguments. In one early phase, the couple spoke about their future together and having children. We've used AI here to assist with this translation. You are my dream woman, Hoyby wrote, You would be a fantastic father, Halkland replied. Those messages were followed by sharp conflicts driven by jealousy and accusations of disloyalty. We are finished. I will not have a woman who respects me so little.

3:14 One message from Hoiby read, you have been so mean to me. There is shouting, hitting the wall, calling me names, and I never know when it will come, Halcland wrote another exchange. The court also heard messages in which Hoybey denied being violent. You can believe whatever the hell you want, but I will not take that on my shoulders. I may have been an idiot, but I have never been violent. You wrote, you were violent today, she said. There were also repeated references to his temper. That anger of yours does not work. You have to get control of it, she wrote, I know, he answered. Another theme in the messages was the pressure of public exposure and the couple's different attitudes toward it. I have no interest in being public. What I am interested in is being your boyfriend. I am so proud that you are mine, Weby, wrote, adding that he did not want to deal with any newspapers.

4:00 They will publish pictures of us anyway, so might as well get paid for it. Halkland replied. The court also heard messages about her income and television opportunities. Next month is my first one hundred thousand, she wrote about her earnings. What seriously congratulations, he answered. A separate exchange showed her being asked to take part in a reality series with him. I would love to be on Farman with him. Of course I can always ask him, she wrote, Absolutely no from me, came his reply. The royal family was also referenced directly in the correspondence. I already feel that a wall was being built between me and your parents. I cannot relax anymore, she wrote, But that is something you will have to take with Mum and Harken, he answered. One of the most closely watched pieces of evidence today was a personal note written by Hoybe and sent to Halkland under the title things I want to change about myself.

4:48 My first goal is to stop all the line completely, zero tolerance, no white lies or anything. The note began, I must stop seeing myself as the center of the world. When I take cocaine, I feel invincible. I am not. I have experienced being used because of my family, and I think I have built a shield to keep people out. The court has previously heard that subject. Editor dan By Choy assisted him in drafting the text. Throughout the afternoon, the messages continued to show the same oscillating pattern affection, reconciliation and renewed conflict, a dynamic that the prosecution argues illustrates control and escalation, and that the defense says shows a mutual and emotionally volatile relationship rather than fear. By the end of the day, no further witnesses had been called, and the court adjourned after the document presentation concluded. The trial will continue with the evidentiary face still under weigh as the SMS material remains a central element in the court's assessment of what this relationship was and whether it meets the legal threshold for the charge of abuse in a close relationship. Morel crown and controversy in just a moment, the impact of the case is no longer confined to the courtroom in Bergen. Work is already underway on a major theater production inspired by the events that are currently shaking the royal family. The play, titled The Sun, will premiere at a den National Scene in June and will be told from an unusual perspective that of the royal bodyguards,

6:19 the people who stand close enough to see everything, yet abounded by duty to say nothing. Playwright Kate Pendry says the intention is not to deliver a verdict from the stage, but to broaden the conversation. We do not want to judge, but to add nuance. Theater can contribute to the conversation and bring something in addition to the important work journalists do, she explained. She describes the trial itself as a springboard for bigger questions about power and privilege, the concept of justice, gender and sexuality, drinking and drug culture, gray areas, and social responsibility. Pendry is careful to stress that the production will be fiction inspired by real events, a bit like The Crown, and that the creative team is conscious of the need to keep a respectful distance the real individuals involved, because there are injured parties in the case. The theatre's artistic director has placed the project in a long dramatic tradition of taking contemporary conflicts and putting them on stage, comparing it to the way Ibsen and Shakespeare drew directly from the tensions of their own societies. Neither the Royal House nor borg Hoyby's defense team has commented on the production, but its very existence as a sign of how quickly the story has moved from a legal case to a national cultural moment. Portions of this program were assembled with the assistance of AI, including help with translations, summarizations, and news gathering from publicly available sources. While we've taken care to reflect the reporting accurately, translations and interpretations may contain errors.

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