Feb. 14, 2026

Høiby Changes Story on Sex, Says ‘I Regretted It Like Hell’ in Rape Trial

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Marius Borg Høiby returned to the witness stand in Oslo District Court and shifted a key detail of his account, now saying he had sex twice — not once — with a woman who alleges she was later assaulted and filmed while asleep. Høiby denied noticing that she fell asleep and insisted he believed she would have objected to being recorded. Five hidden videos, drug use at the party and his admission that he “regretted it like hell” became central themes as prosecutors and defense presented sharply conflicting versions of the same night. The trial continues, with Høiby denying criminal responsibility for the most serious charges and presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Portions of this program were assembled with the assistance of AI, including help with translation, summarisation, and news gathering from publicly available sources. While we have taken care to reflect the reporting accurately, translations and interpretations may contain errors. Listeners should treat this as an informational overview, not a verbatim court record.

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Caalarogu Shark Media, Hello and welcome through Crown and controversy, Norway,

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am your palace, intrigued host and Mark Francis. The focus

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inside Oslo District Court on Friday shifted decisively back to

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Marius Borg Hoiby, himself as the son of Crown Princess

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Meta Marie, returned to the witness stand to answer questions

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about the third rape charge against him, the allegation that

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he sexually assaulted a woman on Oslo's West Side after

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she had fallen asleep, and filmed her without consent. The

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prosecution's case remains that the two met at an after party,

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went back to her home and had consensual sex, after

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which she slept. What happened next is the heart of

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the charge. Hoiby continues to deny criminal guilt. Taking the stand,

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he described the atmosphere at the party in stark terms.

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There was cocaine, alcohol and various other things. He said

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he and the complainant connected immediately. I got good contact

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with the complainant. We flirted, had a good tone, But

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on the central question whether she had fallen asleep, he

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was unequivocal. I did not register that she fell asleep.

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At any point. The five videos, discovered in an encrypted

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app on his phone again became a central point in

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the court room. The woman had previously testified she never

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consented to being filmed and would have stopped it if

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she had known. Hoybe's explanation was that he assumed she

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would have objected if it were a problem. I cannot

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specifically remember it, but I must have thought she would

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have said something if it wasn't okay. I have no

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perception that she didn't notice. He told the court he

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hid the recordings for one reason, only to keep them

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from his then girlfriend. It was solely for myself. In

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a significant moment, Weyby changed a key element of his

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earlier account. Both he and the complainants had previously said

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they had intercourse once that night. In court, he now

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said it happened twice. When the prosecutor asked when this

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memory returned, he replied, when I remembered. It is hard

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to say, but I remember it now. The day also

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tied the Oslo incident more tightly to the turbulent relationship

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with the person referred to as the Frogner woman, who

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was herself a complainant. In other parts of the case,

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wabetold the court he had been in a highly unstable

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state after becoming heavily intoxicated on ketamine during a dinner,

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something he said led to the now well known episode

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at the Michaels' nightclub, where he has already admitted partial

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guilt for his behavior. He said the couple later reconciled.

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Then came the line that will almost certainly define this

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day in court, not because it addressed the charge directly,

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but because it revealed how he now frames that night

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in his own mind. I regretted it, like hell, I

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tried to repress everything. The regret, he made clear, was

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about the consensual sex itself, not about an assault he

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denies ever took place. There was also a noticeable softening

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of his earlier description of the intoxication level at the party.

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In police questioning, he had said everyone was, in his words,

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completely out of their minds on Friday. He stepped back

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from that. It is very difficult to say now for

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the prosecution, the contrast is stark. The complainant has testified

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she took no illegal drugs that night, only alcohol. Local

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news reaction suggested the court has left with two sharply

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different realities. One in which the night was defined by

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heavy substance use and blurred perception, and one in which

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the woman says she drank but remained unaware of being

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filmed and later assaulted. Those covering the trial in person

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add that as this phase of the trial unfolded, the

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visual image from the court room was strikingly subdued. Quaby,

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according to those present, spoke in a controlled manner, working

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through the details of a night he says he later

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tried to push out of his own memory, while the

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legal battle increasingly turns on whether that memory can be trusted.

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The central themes have now sharpened, the hidden videos, the

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changing recollection, the role of drugs, and a single raw

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admission of regret, words that echo far beyond the court

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room into a royal household already under historic pressure. Portions

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of this recap were assembled with the assistance of AI,

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including help with translations, summarizations, and news gathering from publicly

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available sources. While we've taken care to reflect reporting accurately,

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translations and interpretations may contain errors. Listeners should treat this

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as an informational overview, not a verbatian court record. Nothing

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in this program should be considered a factual finding or

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legal determination. More. In Just a Moment, Olah dot Com

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focused on the stress on Hoebi. The pressure surrounding the

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trial has been intense. Days before the first court session,

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Borg was admitted to the hospital, where he remained until

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the judicial process officially began. His hospitalization fueled early speculation

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about whether he would be physically and emotionally capable of

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withstanding the demands of a trial of this magnitude. When

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the proceedings finally got underway, Borg appeared in court escorted

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by two police officers. Or Las suggested hoebe physically collapsed,

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although we are having trouble finding other sources verifying that happened.

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Journalists claim Borg has appeared stronger in later appearances. In

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a market shift in demeanor, Borg has shown a more

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confrontational side During testimony. He has pushed back against several

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lines of questioning, and at one point openly criticized the prosecution,

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arguing that certain issues raised were irrelevant to the case.

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After each day in court, Borg is transferred back to

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Oslo present, where he is expected to remain in custody

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for the next three weeks. Prosecutors have indicated that they

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may request an extension of his detention until the trial concludes.

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Crown Princess Meta Marit has suffered another setback as they

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fallout from her links to Jeffrey Epstein continue to widen.

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The Norwegian Council for Mental Health, where she serves as patron,

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has announced it is placing its collaboration with her on

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hold until further notice. The organization said it had no

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planned activities or point work with the Crown Princess during

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twenty twenty six, citing the Palace's statement that she is

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in a demanding personal situation and needs time to gather herself.

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Secretary General Turvey Gunderson said the pause was reasonable given

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the seriousness of the circumstances, adding that the Council strongly

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distances itself from human trafficking, violence and sexual assault. The

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decision follows the release of new documents by the US

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Department of Justice in which Metamory appeared repeatedly in correspondence

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with Jeffrey Epstein. The Crown Princess has publicly apologized for

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the association, describing it as embarrassing, and has expressed regret

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to King Harald the Fifth and Queen Sonya for the situation.

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She has caused the royal family and they have it.

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