March 2, 2026
New accuser in Høiby trial , tampering fears and a message trail that won’t quit
The Høiby trial barrels into its most explosive stretch as a new complainant prepares to testify and her lawyer raises concerns about possible witness influence behind the scenes. Prosecutors continue their marathon reading of private messages they say reveal a cycle of tension and reconciliation, while the court scrambles to stay on schedule. With Høiby set to return to the stand and a psychiatric report looming, this week could redefine the case.
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Crown and Controversy
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Norway I'm Your Palace Intrigue host Mark Francis. The trial
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of Marius Borg Hoiby enters a decisive new phase today
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as the court moves deeper into the evidence relating to
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the woman known in the proceedings as the Frogner compaignant,
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a stage that is expected to become one of the
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most legally significant parts of the case. This was originally
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scheduled to be a court free day, but because the
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trial has fallen behind its timetable, proceedings will now continue
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from the morning with a series of witnesses connected to her.
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From eleven o'clock, the court will once again hear the
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reading of the extensive message exchanges between Hoiby and his
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former partners, material that has already taken hours to present
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and is expected to continue for much of the day
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and running alongside the courtroom proceedings. A separate development now
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raised a new legal question. The complainant's council, Meta Yvonne Larsen,
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is due to be questioned by police after she told
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the court she believed a defense witness may have attempted
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to influence her client before she gives evidence. That allegation
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grew out of one of the most disputed moments of
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last week, when a longtime friend of the defendant entered
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the witness box to give what he described as a
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character defense. The friend, not named in coverage, said, I
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have a lot of good things to say about Marius,
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calling him deeply emotional and prone to falling intensely in
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love and in security, he described as his achilles heel.
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I will have to walk a long time around Oslo
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to find someone who is afraid of Marius or his anger,
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he said, adding that he has never witnessed violence. But
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under questioning from Larsen, the focus shifted. Did you give
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her any advice about what she should say to the police,
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she asked, I don't remember, the witness replied, before acknowledging
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that they had discussed the case. When pressed again, he said, yes,
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you must assume I did not. Later, speaking to reporters,
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lars And said it was first and foremost to find
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out whether he had tried to influence the person who
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will testify next week. I think I got rather vague
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answers asked directly whether she believed there had been an attempt,
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she said, I have seen some of what has emerged.
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To my impression is that he has. Whether that leads
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to a formal investigation remains to be decided, but the
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issue now forms part of the backdrop as the court
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prepares to hear from the complainant herself later this week.
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Hoaby has already admitted several offenses connected to her case,
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including physical assaults, damage to property, and breaches of a
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restraining order, while denying the more serious allegations. Before the
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court turns fully to that relationship, it has already heard
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extensive testimony about the earlier relationship with Norah Haucklund, evidence
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that prosecutors say shows a pattern of behavior. One of
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the most high profile witnesses to describe that relationship was
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the influence that Sophia else Isaacson. We became close very quickly,
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she told the court. I did not think I would
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get close friends like that in adulthood, but we had
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a very good chemistry. She said. She had initially formed
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a positive impression of Weeby. I thought he might be
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a bit too cool, but when I met him, I
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thought he seemed calm and down to earth. But she
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also described what she called a turning point. It was
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not long after they had become a couple, and I
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reacted very strongly to how intense the argument was in
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front of so many people so early. She told the
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court she had overheard him shouting during a phone call
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while she and Hauckland were driving. It was said he
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was mourning, grumpy. But I thought there has to be
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a limit. Isaacson also rejected a central claim made by
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Hoeby about the publication of the photograph that showed how
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Cland holding a small bag of white powderin absolutely not.
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If I had known, I would never have posted it,
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she said. I wish there was a way I could
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prove it take the world's strictest lie detect test. Asked
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about a photograph how Coln sent her showing an in lip,
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she replied simply, I was not shocked. She described what
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she called a toxic dynamic and told the court she
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saw her friend change. She became more sad and harder
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to get to come along to things, she said, adding
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that Halkland has been very concerned with protecting Marius. Her
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evidence included the period during the filming of a reality
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series in Abeza, when she said the situation became so
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serious that her producer intervened. I remember the producer said,
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either you break up now or I will have to
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do something. Reported That earlier testimony forms part of the
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framework for the prosecution's case as the court continues to
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present the message exchanges between the couple, messages that investigators
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say illustrate the recurring cycle of tension, conflict, and reconciliation
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often described in cases of violence in close relationships. Today's
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witnesses and the continuation of that digital evidence are expected
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to bring the court closer to the point where the
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Frogner complainant herself begins her testimony, currently scheduled for mid week,
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more crown and controversy in just a moment. The schedule
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for the rest of the week is now set. Seven
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witnesses are expected tomorrow on Wednesday, the complainant will begin
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her evidence on Thursday, and Friday, Hoabi will return to
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the witness box before the court. Here's the psychiatric assessment
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that could shape the final legal arguments. As the court
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moves into another week of evidence, the written record of
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the relationship is becoming just as important as the witness testimony.
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Police officer Mina Bankerut began reading the exchanges between the
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two in chronological order, and explained to the court why
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she introduced what investigators describe as the cycle often seen
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in violent relationships. There are different phases that repeat over time,
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a recurring pattern that binds the parties together and can
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make it difficult to break out. She outlined what she
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called the three stages. Phase one the build up of tension,
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shouting threats, cold behavior where the person exposed to violence
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tries to calm the other. Phase two, the acute explosion,
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the violent incident itself, and phase three the honeymoon phase
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expressions of regret, declarations of love, hope that things will change.
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Taken together, the messages are likely now being used by
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the prosecution not simply to show what was said between
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the two people in a volatile relationship, but to argue
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that the pattern described in the court room is visible
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in the words themselves. Portions of this program were assembled
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with the systems of AI, including help with translations, summarizations,
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and news gathering from publicly available sources. While we've taken
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care to reflect the reporting accurately, translations and interpretations may
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contain errors. Listeners should treat this as an informational overview,
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not a verbatim coord record. Nothing in this program should
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we considered a factual finding or legal determination, and they
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