Marius Borg Høiby Trial: Victim Father's Testimony, Hidden Videos, and Sleep Expert Evidence — Day 9

0:00 Ah Calorougus Shark media that hello and welcome to crown and controversy in Norway. Name your Palace Intrigue coastal Mark Francis. The ninth day of the trial against Marius Borg Hoiby brought one of the most emotionally charged moments so far, as the father of one of the alleged victims took the stand in Oslo District Court and came face to face with a man accused of attacking his daughter. Observers in the courtroom described a visibly affected witness who repeatedly looked directly at Hoibi while recounting the moment he learned that his daughter had been named as an injured party in the case, a moment he said, changed everything. He summed up the feeling in stark words, anger, A lot of anger from me towards Marius borg Hoiby. He told the court that when she first met Hoibi over Easter twenty twenty four, she had described the evening as pleasant and said she had met the Prince, the nickname she used for him at the time. But days later, after being called in for police questioning and showing the videos investigators had found, her tone changed completely. She called me like she often does, but now it was more serious.

1:13 I understood something had happened. She was in shock. She had said she had been summoned by the police. In her wildest imagination, she had never thought it was this. The father described the period that followed as chaotic and dominated by emotion. There are a lot of feelings for both of us, and anger, a lot of anger from me towards Marius boorg Hoebing. When asked by the prosecutor why he felt that anger, he answered in one of the most direct lines of the day, I am a father, plain and simple. It is biology. We are born with a protective instinct that as civilized people we managed to hold in check. If Marius becomes a father one day, he will probably feel the same toward his own children, and those are not just nice thoughts. He also told the court he has never doubted his daughter's account. No, it was credible from the very first second, I have doubted.

2:01 Prosecutors use the same court session to again lay out their description of the digital evidence at the center of this part of the case. Police recovered five videos from Hobby's phone, stored inside an encrypted app. According to the state prosecutor. The first video shows what appears to be consensual sex, while in the later recordings of the woman's body is described as apparently motionless. The clips were filmed over a seventeen minute period on the morning of March twenty fourth, twenty twenty four, between eight eight and eight twenty five. Hoeby denies criminal guiltiness said he did not realize she had fallen asleep. The court also heard detailed testimony about the impact the cases had on the complainant's life. The father said she has spent long periods living at home with him and struggling with sleep. She wakes very easily.

2:46 She becomes afraid, exhausted, cries a lot. He described the moment the indictment became public as a new trauma. Her name and address were laid out in the indictment. It did not take long before this was known to everyone. She received friend record from strangers. She saw unknown men with cameras outside her apartment. It was painful for her. She was properly traumatized. He added that she felt she had lost control of her own story. She realized she would not be able to hide her identity. She felt she lost ownership of her story, other people were telling it for her. The tension in the room was described as palpable throughout the testimony. More in just a moment, investigators presented new digital evidence that sharpens the timeline around the morning in question. A former Krippos investigator told the court that less than two hours after the alleged assault, Hoybe activated a premium subscription to the file hiding application Private Photo Vault. The purchase was confirmed by an email from Apple, and by ten oh two that same morning, eight files, three images, and five videos had been moved into the password protected app. The court heard that the application itself was placed inside a folder labeled Games on the Phone. The electronic receipt for the subscription listed the billing address as Spots plus and one the Royal Palace.

4:08 Defense lawyer Peter Seculick responded, I can't say much about that. We've seen it in other situations as well. I wonder if it appears automatically when he enters his name, but I'm not certain. Defense lawyer Ellen Holliger and Danaeus added, I understand he was told that all posts and similar correspondence should go there, so I don't think there is anything particularly unusual about it from his side. Police also found a screenshot of the complainants snapchat username stored with the videos. The investigator explained that this is how she was identified and called in for questioning. Sleep researcher Stally Pallison returned it to the witness box and gave a more detailed explanation of how sleep and consciousness may have shifted during the recorded period. He described the transition between the first video, where the woman appears active, and the later clips where she lies still, as consistent with her entering a state in which could no longer resist. Pallison explained the concept of sleep drunkenness, saying if one wakes from sleep because of sexual activity directed at them, the mental state, for example, the ability to achieve full situational awareness, can be impaired because of the prior sleep. He testified that severe sleep deprivation combined with sleeping medication, could significantly shorten the time it takes to fall asleep, and the brief awakenings may not produce full understanding of what is happening.

5:27 When asked about the flashes of light the woman has described, he said it was more likely she has short awakenings than that she registered them while in deep sleep. It is very unlikely that you would perceive light if you were in deep sleep. A woman who attended the after party also gave evidence. Asked about Hoebe's condition that night, she said he had very red eyes and was very sluggish. She added that it did not appear to be cocaine. It looked more like hoarse tranquilizer. Referring to ketamine. She told the court she felt uncomfortable in the apartment, describing the atmospheres, I felt like I had walked into a lion's dan. She explained that there was significantly more men than women present, and said it seemed like people wanted to get something. She confirmed that the tone between Hoybee and the complainant was flirtatious, and that the complainant appeared happy the next day, describing her as happy and perhaps a bit starstruck. The witness also said the complainant struggled after being contacted by police. She was often very sad, and described the following summer as particularly difficult. An employee from a sexual assault support center also testified, confirming that the woman sought help because she was in a very demanding situation because she was one of the injured parties in a high profile case. When her identity became known, the witness said she experienced that everyone knew as extremely difficult.

6:46 Then she felt small. The witness added that the exposure left her feeling betrayed because she had not chosen to become a public person. In a separate, partially closed session, another complainant explained why she initially told police she had not been assaulted. I think it was because I did not want to admit it to myself what had actually happened, She said, I did not want to be a victim and all the burden that comes with being part of something like that, it is very burdensome. The core legal positions remain unchanged. Both sides agree that there was consensual sex earlier in the night. The prosecution argues that later acts took place when the woman was unable to resist. The defense maintains that Hoybe did not understand that she had fallen asleep and denies criminal responsibility. Court resumes Wednesday with testimony from the fourth and final complainant in the rape counts. Portions of this program were assembled with the assistance of AI, including help with translation, summarization, and news gathering from publicly available sources. While I've taken care to reflect the reporting accurately, translations and interpretations may contain errors.

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