Feb. 19, 2026

New Complainant Testifies in Oslo: Hotel Videos, Alleged Filming While Asleep, and Høiby Delays His Account

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Day ten of the trial of Marius Borg Høiby brought powerful testimony from a new complainant who alleges she was assaulted at a Forenom apart-hotel in Oslo in November 2024. She told the court the evening began with a flirtatious after-party atmosphere following an Aqua concert but ended in fear, confusion and panic. Both sides agree there was consensual sex shortly after arriving at the hotel. The dispute centers on what happened after she says she told him she wanted to sleep.

The woman testified that she woke repeatedly to being touched while asleep and described seeing what she believed was a camera flash before he lowered his phone. Prosecutors say investigators recovered 27 videos and four still images tied to the incident, recorded across two separate time blocks. S

ome recordings reportedly show her appearing awake, others motionless. She told the court she never consented to being filmed and never consented to sexual activity while asleep, stating clearly: “We had no agreement that he could film me or touch me while I was sleeping.”

Høiby, who denies criminal guilt in this and the other rape allegations, was expected to begin his explanation of the hotel incident but told the judge he was too tired and would wait until today. His account is now one of the key anticipated moments in the proceedings.

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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Calarogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Crown and Controversy Norway.

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I am your Palace Intrigue host to Mark Francis. The

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tenth day of the trial brought the testimony of a

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new complainant, the woman who prosecutors say was assaulted at

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a Fornham apartment hotel in Oslo in November of twenty

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twenty four. From the witness box, she described a night

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that began with what she called a flirtatious atmosphere and ended,

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in her words, in fear, confusion and panic. She told

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the court she had traveled to Oslo for an aqua

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concert and met Marius borg Hoiby at an after party

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shortly before midnight. She described drinking games what she called

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an ex on the beach vibes, in a mood where

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people were trying to outdo each other. She placed herself

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at seven to eight on a ten point intoxication scale,

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and said she saw Hoybe use cocaine several times during

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the evening. Telecommunications data presented by police shows the pair

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arriving at her hotel around four thirty. She said the

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atmosphere changed immediately. She told the court she had been

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open to consensual sex, and that they did have sex

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shortly after arriving, but that she quickly became exhausted and

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told him she wanted to sleep. What she described next

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forms the core of the charge. She said she woke

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repeatedly to what she believed was him touching her while

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she slept. At one point, she told the court she

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felt what she described as a blow to her genitals,

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woke up and saw what she believed was a camera

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flash before he lowered his phone. Asked how she felt,

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she answered, very uncomfortable. I was afraid. When the prosecutor

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asked whether she believed he had heard her say she

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wanted to sleep, she replied, he heard it. She told

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the court she felt herself becoming more passive as this

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situation continued. He would never finish, he wouldn't stop, she said.

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She described pretending to remain asleep as he got dressed

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to leave, waiting until the door closed before reacting, and

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then experiencing what she called panic. The court was told

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that investigators have recovered twenty seven videos and four still

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images connected to the hotel incident. According to the prosecution,

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some show her apparently awake and participating while others show

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her lying motionless. The recordings were made during two separate periods,

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between five seventeen and six thirty nine, and again around

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eleven eighteen. Several hours later. The woman told the court

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she had believed at most a couple of recordings existed

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and went into the shock when she saw how many

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there were during her police interview. The timeline around the

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hotel incident is also becoming a key issue for the prosecution.

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According to the state prosecutor, this alleged assault took place

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in early November twenty twenty four, after Marius borg Hoibi

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had already been formally charged in the wider case, and

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during the same period he is accused of breaching the

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restraining order connected to the Frogner woman. The court heard

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that the woman had come to Oslo on a girl's

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trip and was invited to an after party by a

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well known reality television personality via Snapchat. She told the

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court that when she arrived only two people were there,

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the TV personality and Hoiby. During drinking games, she said,

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Hoyby asked to see photos of her to assess whether

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she had potential to earn money on only fans, and

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at one point began pulling down her top. She said

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she did not explicitly agree, but also did not stop

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him because she wanted to take part in the game.

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She also described behavior she found striking throughout the night,

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that he repeatedly checked her mobile phone to make sure

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she had not taken pictures or video of him, and

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when asked how she believed he had taken cocaine at

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the party, she gave a very specific answer because he

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had a Louis Vuitton wallat with a small spoon inside

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that he used. Back in court, the digital evidence was

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again laid out in precise time blocks. The prosecutor said

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there are fourteen videos and three images recorded over one

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hour and twenty one minutes, followed by a gap, and

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then a further thirteen videos and one image just after

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eleven eighteen in the morning. The woman repeated that she

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had consensual sex at first, but that she never agreed

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to being filmed and never consented to any set to

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activity while she was asleep. She also described the moment

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he left the room. She told the court she pretended

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to stay asleep because she did not want to speak

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to him, and then when the door closed, she jumped

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up in panic. Because she was afraid he had taken

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her phone. She later found it hidden under a pillow

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behind the curtain. In a detail that would now become

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important for the defense case, she said a man who

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had been in custody with Hoyby told her he had

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boasted about filming her while she slept. Unlike other complainants,

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she was not initially identified by investigators. She told the

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court she came forward herself after reading in the media

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that image and video material had been found in the case.

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She sent an anonymous tip if there was something from

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that night, it could be me. Police then asked her

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to photograph her hands and tattoos to compare with the material,

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and called her in for questioning. She said seeing the

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recordings left her disoriented and described the period afterward as

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completely hellish. She also told the court she later met

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a man who said he had been in custody with

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her Hoyby, and claimed Toeby had boasted about filming her

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while she slapped. The man has not testified, and, according

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to her, did not want to get involved because he

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was afraid both of the police and of Hoibi. She

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told the court she believed that fear was connected to

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his status he is a certain type of power because

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of who he is. During cross examination, the defense focused

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on the timeline of her own understanding of events. She

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said she did not fully define it as an assault

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until she was in the police interview and saw the recordings.

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I didn't want to define it that way, she told

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the court. Marius Boorg Hoibi denies criminal guilt for this charge,

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as he does for the other rape allegations. Both sides

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agree there was consensual sex at the beginning of the encounter.

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The dispute is over what happened after she said she

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wanted to sleep, and whether she was capable of consenting

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more crown and controversy in just a moment. Hoibi had

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been expected to begin his own explanation of the hotel

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incident today, but when the judge asked whether he was

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ready to start, he applied, I am very tired and

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would like to wait until tomorrow. His full version of

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events now becomes one of the key moments for today's session.

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In the meantime, the cross examination of the complainant moved

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into new territory, with the defense focusing heavily on what

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happened the day after the alleged assault. The court heard

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that she went on a Tinder date that same evening

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and confirmed under questioning that the meeting ended in consensual sex.

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She also later met the friend she had been with

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at the after party the night before. The defense then

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read from her original police interview where she had described

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the night with Hoybi as quote the adventure I was

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on last night. Hah asked in court whether it was

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correct that she had not yet taken in what had happened,

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she answered, I had not taken it in no. Pressed

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on why she did not react more strongly at the time,

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she told the court that when she woke up to

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him touching her, she froze and remained lying still. Why

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because they were scared, trunk and tired, she said. She

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also made clear that the fear was not because he

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had threatened her. The defense suggested that one of the

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videos showed her touching herself and asked whether that could

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be interpreted as an invitation to continue. Her answer was

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immediate no, After everything that had happened, that is not

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an invitation. She added that she does not remember doing it,

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and in one of the clearest consent lines of the day,

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she told the court we had no agreement that he

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could film me or touch me while I was sleeping.

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Portions of this program 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. We've taken care to reflect the 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 verbatim court record. Nothing

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in this program should be considered a factual finding or

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legal determination. And they have it, and they have it.

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