Feb. 18, 2026
Marius Borg Høiby Trial: Victim Father's Testimony, Hidden Videos, and Sleep Expert Evidence — Day 9
The Marius Borg Høiby rape trial continued in Oslo District Court with testimony from a victim's father, a sleep researcher, and multiple witnesses. Prosecutors presented evidence that Høiby activated an encrypted photo vault app hours after the alleged assault, with billing tied to Slottsplassen 1 — the Norwegian Royal Palace. Sleep expert Ståle Pallesen explained how sleep deprivation and medication could impair a victim's awareness. Day 10 will feature the fourth and final complainant.
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Ah Calorougus Shark media that hello and welcome to crown
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and controversy in Norway. Name your Palace Intrigue coastal Mark Francis.
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The ninth day of the trial against Marius Borg Hoiby
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brought one of the most emotionally charged moments so far,
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as the father of one of the alleged victims took
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the stand in Oslo District Court and came face to
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face with a man accused of attacking his daughter. Observers
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in the courtroom described a visibly affected witness who repeatedly
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looked directly at Hoibi while recounting the moment he learned
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that his daughter had been named as an injured party
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in the case, a moment he said, changed everything. He
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summed up the feeling in stark words, anger, A lot
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of anger from me towards Marius borg Hoiby. He told
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the court that when she first met Hoibi over Easter
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twenty twenty four, she had described the evening as pleasant
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and said she had met the Prince, the nickname she
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used for him at the time. But days later, after
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being called in for police questioning and showing the videos
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investigators had found, her tone changed completely. She called me
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like she often does, but now it was more serious.
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I understood something had happened. She was in shock. She
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had said she had been summoned by the police. In
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her wildest imagination, she had never thought it was this.
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The father described the period that followed as chaotic and
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dominated by emotion. There are a lot of feelings for
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both of us, and anger, a lot of anger from
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me towards Marius boorg Hoebing. When asked by the prosecutor
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why he felt that anger, he answered in one of
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the most direct lines of the day, I am a father,
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plain and simple. It is biology. We are born with
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a protective instinct that as civilized people we managed to
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hold in check. If Marius becomes a father one day,
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he will probably feel the same toward his own children,
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and those are not just nice thoughts. He also told
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the court he has never doubted his daughter's account. No,
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it was credible from the very first second, I have doubted.
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Prosecutors use the same court session to again lay out
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their description of the digital evidence at the center of
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this part of the case. Police recovered five videos from
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Hobby's phone, stored inside an encrypted app. According to the
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state prosecutor. The first video shows what appears to be
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consensual sex, while in the later recordings of the woman's
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body is described as apparently motionless. The clips were filmed
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over a seventeen minute period on the morning of March
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twenty fourth, twenty twenty four, between eight eight and eight
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twenty five. Hoeby denies criminal guiltiness said he did not
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realize she had fallen asleep. The court also heard detailed
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testimony about the impact the cases had on the complainant's life.
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The father said she has spent long periods living at
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home with him and struggling with sleep. She wakes very easily.
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She becomes afraid, exhausted, cries a lot. He described the
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moment the indictment became public as a new trauma. Her
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name and address were laid out in the indictment. It
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did not take long before this was known to everyone.
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She received friend record from strangers. She saw unknown men
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with cameras outside her apartment. It was painful for her.
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She was properly traumatized. He added that she felt she
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had lost control of her own story. She realized she
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would not be able to hide her identity. She felt
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she lost ownership of her story, other people were telling
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it for her. The tension in the room was described
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as palpable throughout the testimony. More in just a moment,
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investigators presented new digital evidence that sharpens the timeline around
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the morning in question. A former Krippos investigator told the
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court that less than two hours after the alleged assault,
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Hoybe activated a premium subscription to the file hiding application
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Private Photo Vault. The purchase was confirmed by an email
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from Apple, and by ten oh two that same morning,
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eight files, three images, and five videos had been moved
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into the password protected app. The court heard that the
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application itself was placed inside a folder labeled Games on
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the Phone. The electronic receipt for the subscription listed the
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billing address as Spots plus and one the Royal Palace.
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Defense lawyer Peter Seculick responded, I can't say much about that.
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We've seen it in other situations as well. I wonder
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if it appears automatically when he enters his name, but
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I'm not certain. Defense lawyer Ellen Holliger and Danaeus added,
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I understand he was told that all posts and similar
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correspondence should go there, so I don't think there is
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anything particularly unusual about it from his side. Police also
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found a screenshot of the complainants snapchat username stored with
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the videos. The investigator explained that this is how she
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was identified and called in for questioning. Sleep researcher Stally
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Pallison returned it to the witness box and gave a
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more detailed explanation of how sleep and consciousness may have
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shifted during the recorded period. He described the transition between
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the first video, where the woman appears active, and the
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later clips where she lies still, as consistent with her
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entering a state in which could no longer resist. Pallison
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explained the concept of sleep drunkenness, saying if one wakes
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from sleep because of sexual activity directed at them, the
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mental state, for example, the ability to achieve full situational awareness,
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can be impaired because of the prior sleep. He testified
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that severe sleep deprivation combined with sleeping medication, could significantly
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shorten the time it takes to fall asleep, and the
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brief awakenings may not produce full understanding of what is happening.
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When asked about the flashes of light the woman has described,
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he said it was more likely she has short awakenings
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than that she registered them while in deep sleep. It
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is very unlikely that you would perceive light if you
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were in deep sleep. A woman who attended the after
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party also gave evidence. Asked about Hoebe's condition that night,
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she said he had very red eyes and was very sluggish.
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She added that it did not appear to be cocaine.
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It looked more like hoarse tranquilizer. Referring to ketamine. She
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told the court she felt uncomfortable in the apartment, describing
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the atmospheres, I felt like I had walked into a
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lion's dan. She explained that there was significantly more men
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than women present, and said it seemed like people wanted
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to get something. She confirmed that the tone between Hoybee
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and the complainant was flirtatious, and that the complainant appeared
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happy the next day, describing her as happy and perhaps
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a bit starstruck. The witness also said the complainant struggled
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after being contacted by police. She was often very sad,
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and described the following summer as particularly difficult. An employee
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from a sexual assault support center also testified, confirming that
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the woman sought help because she was in a very
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demanding situation because she was one of the injured parties
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in a high profile case. When her identity became known,
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the witness said she experienced that everyone knew as extremely difficult.
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Then she felt small. The witness added that the exposure
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left her feeling betrayed because she had not chosen to
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become a public person. In a separate, partially closed session,
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another complainant explained why she initially told police she had
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not been assaulted. I think it was because I did
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not want to admit it to myself what had actually happened,
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She said, I did not want to be a victim
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and all the burden that comes with being part of
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something like that, it is very burdensome. The core legal
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positions remain unchanged. Both sides agree that there was consensual
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sex earlier in the night. The prosecution argues that later
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acts took place when the woman was unable to resist.
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The defense maintains that Hoybe did not understand that she
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had fallen asleep and denies criminal responsibility. Court resumes Wednesday
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with testimony from the fourth and final complainant in the
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rape counts. Portions of this program were assembled with the
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assistance of AI, including help with translation, summarization, and news
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gathering from publicly available sources. While I've taken care to
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reflect the reporting accurately, translations and interpretations may contain errors.
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Listeners should treat this as an informational overview, not of
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the Betam court record. Nothing in this program should be
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considered a factual finding of legal determination. And there you
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have it. Ploc to email us WO addresses the Palace
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