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Ah Calorouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Crown and
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Controversy Norway. I am your Palace Intrigue host Mark Francis.
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This is the weekly addition where we look back on
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what happened throughout the week in the Norwegian royal crisis.
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If you'd want the full daily edition, please check out
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the Norwegian Crown and Controversy daily episodes. Here's what happened.
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The trial of Marius Borg Howebi entered week five with
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a decisive new phase as the court moved deeper into
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evidence relating to the woman known as the Frogner complainant.
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This was originally scheduled to be a court free day,
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but the trial has fallen behind its timetable. A new
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development raised a legal question. The complainant's council, Meta Yvon 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 a disputed moment when a long time
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friend of Hoyby entered the witness box when Larsen asked
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whether he gave the Frognant woman advice about what to
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say to police. The witness replied, I don't remember, before
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acknowledging they had discussed the case. Later, Larson said, I
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have seen some of what has emerged, and my impression
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is that he has. Police later confirmed a case has
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been opened. Sophie Elise Isaacson testified about the pose photo
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showing Nora Hauckland holding white powder. Absolutely not. If I
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had known, I would never have posted it, she said,
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which there was a way I could prove it take
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the world's strictest lie detective test. She described a toxic dynamic,
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saying Hauckland became more sad and harder to get to
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come along to things. Police officer mina banker had read
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text messages from January sixth, twenty twenty three. Hoiby wrote,
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you get no possible support from me, and you have
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to choose me or Pharaman. It's as simple as that.
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Halkland responded that he was asking her to choose between
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him and her life and career. A witness of the
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Oslo scene described seeing a young woman run out shouting
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leave me alone. He saw her man follow her and
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move toward her upper chest and neck area. There was
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no doubt that he went for a choke hold. Tuesday
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brought a bombshell. A new additional indictment was issued against Hoiby.
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The new charges concerned reckless conduct and breach of a
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restraining order involving the Frogner woman. The alleged incident took
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place in his apartment in the early hours of February first,
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just days before his trial began. According to the indictment,
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at four forty six am, Hoiby called her an unfaithful
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hawe and shouted, let me see your phone. He then
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broke the phone in front of her and grabbed her
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in the door when she tried to leave, causing her
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to hit her head. It is further alleged he sat
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beside her holding a knife and threatened to harm himself
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if she left or contacted police. Hoiby acknowledged criminal responsibility
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for the reckless conduct and restraining order breach. Prosecutor Stirler
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Hendrix'spurgh explained if these matters had now been formally handled,
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they would have been left hanging afterward. Because of the
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resources required, they likely would not have been processed at all.
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Halclm's sister described her initial impression of Hoeby. He is
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very pleasant, cheerful and easy to get to know. But
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she said she did not learn of alleged violence until
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after the relationship ended. She had a very hard time
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telling me. She probably knew that when she was open
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and honest about it, then no one would support two
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of them anymore. She said. His sister told her he
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has actually hit me. He has actually taken a choke
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hold on me. Hal Clan's pr adviser described the relationship
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as volatile, with a lot of up and down and
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love bombing. She said there was a deep form of
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manipulation and that Halklan declined TV opportunities because Hoiby objected.
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Prosecutors requested a four hundred thousand krona fine against NRK
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for violating the court's photo restrictions. On the first day
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of trial, henriks Burro wrote, the breach of the court's
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permission and identification of complaint is likely to weaken the
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complainants and witnesses trust. Wednesday marks a turning point. For
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the first time, the Frogner woman gave extended a testimony.
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She began by addressing why she remained in the relationship.
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It is important for me to say that it obviously
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did not start with violence. For us. It started with
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smaller things, things that look like infidelity, drugs, and general insecurity.
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I was used to tolerating more than I should. She described
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how they met at an Oslo nightclub at Michael's, where
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she initially found Hoeby abrasive. He later apologized and they
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met again. We clicked immediately and became very quickly infatuated,
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she said. But she told the court, I met this
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jet set guy who partied every weekend, used drugs and
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had criminal friends. It was completely crazy. She described a
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trip to Berlin in November of twenty twenty three, and
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then he took a glass and threw it into the wall,
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so it shattered across the whole apartment. During a trip
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to a Western Norway cabin, she said, an argument broke
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out while she was booking a flight home, and while
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I was doing that, he grabbed the laptop from my
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lap and broke it in two. After a night at
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Michael's where Hoeby became heavily intoxicated, he grabbed me and
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screamed in my face, she said. She ended the relationship
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that night. The following day, at Scalcum, another argument took
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place She said she began packing and told him she
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wanted to leave. He raised his fist like he was
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going to hit me. Instead, she said, he turned and
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punched through a glass door. He started bleeding heavily. In
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a surreal moment, she said, they both laughed. We just
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looked at each other and said, what is happening? What
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are we doing? After a boat trip in late June,
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she testified, Hoiby tried to pressure her to take cocaine,
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which she refused. The next morning, he spit in my
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face and slapped me. The testimony moved to August fourth,
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twenty twenty four, at her Frogner apartment. She told the
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court Hoiby returned late after an earlier argument about alleged infidelity.
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He grabbed me around the neck and pushed me onto
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the bed. She described multiple choke holds, and then I
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got a couple of slaps with an open hand to
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the head. He threw a razor into a mirror so
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it shattered. He pulled down the chandelier and stepped on
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it with my phone and snapped my headphones. At one point,
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he took a knife from the kitchen. He said he
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was going to kill the man he thought I had
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cheated with the knife was thrown into a wall. She
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described another choke hold against a wall and being dragged
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by the hair across the floor. The argument continued outside
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as Hoiby shouted accusations to people passing on the street.
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Looking back, she told the court it seemed like what
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he wanted was for me to confess, like he wanted
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to beat a confession out of me. An audio recording
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from after the incident was played. Hoibe can allegedly be
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heard saying, you know you are hated in this city.
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Now everyone knows what you did, everyone in Oslo. She
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told the court she had not initially wanted to report him.
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I did not want that at all. I still cared
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about him and I did not want to put him
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in a bad situation. She added, I think the pressure
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Marius has experienced has been inhumane. More ground and controversy
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in just a moment. Thursday, Hoiby took the stand to respond.
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He open by telling the court the explanation I heard yesterday,
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I don't recognize it. I felt that was a lot
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exaggerated and some of it simply wasn't true. He acknowledged
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spitting in her face during an argument in summer of
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twenty twenty four, he admitted breaking her laptop during a
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fight about her planning to visit a former partner. I
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took the laptop and snapped it in two. Asked what
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state of mind he was in. I was angry and sad.
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He admitted responsibility for one intimate image incident. I did it.
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It should never have happened, but he denied other allegations,
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saying about the Berlin video, she saw that I was
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filming and didn't stop me, but asked me to delete it.
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To this day, I don't understand where that video came from,
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because we sat together and deleted it. About allegedly striking
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her with an open hand, he said he doesn't clearly
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remember that. It sounds like it happened. It was incredibly stupid.
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It should never have happened. No one deserves that. He
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described her calm demeanor during conflicts as the scariest thing
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you can encounter. She becomes completely calm and motionless. He said.
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She would sometimes say things like she had never loved
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him or planned to sleep with other people, delivering those
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statements calmly. During arguments, the court heard about the polygraph
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test Hoiby voluntarily took after infidelity accusations. The woman arranged
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and paid for it about eight thousand krona. When the
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judge reached the August fourth incident, Hoibey appeared visibly emotional.
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The incident is pretty massive and takes a lot out
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of me. He made an important statement, I admit the
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violence now, but added I don't believe it meets the
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requirements for it to be gross. The court stopped the
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testimony for the day. Friday, Hoibi continued. He told the
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court he saw a social media post showing her on
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a boat with friends, believing he could see another man.
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The story was deleted after three or four minutes, and
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then another one was posted without the guy. And then
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I wondered what was that During the August fourth confrontation,
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he admitted, I probably shouted something like you unfaithful, effing
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or it is a terrible thing to call someone when
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I think back on and that is not a word
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I want to be associated with. Then came the key admission.
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I remember that I slapped her, I screamed and said
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things that are not okay to say. I was completely
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beside myself. I remember that I took her by the throat.
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She explained that I put all my weight on her,
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but I do not believe that I did. When asked
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whether the grip could have prevented her from breathing, I
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do not know if she could breathe or not, but
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I believe her when she says she could not. He
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described throwing objects, smashing items, and a knife that ended
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up in the wall. He sent a threatening Instagram message
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to the man he believed she was with. I wrote
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that he was an effing dead man. Asked whether he
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understood it could be perceived as a threat. Yes, as
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a threat, sure, but I do not think he believed
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he was actually going to be killed. Hoyby described being
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heavily intoxicated, drinking large quantities and taking cocaine. Listening to
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recordings of himself shouting on the street. I sound completely rabid.
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I do not think I have ever been so sad
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in my life, he told the court. His mother, Crown
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Princess Meta Marie, called him to warn that police had
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contacted the family. Shortly afterward, a police officer call. He said, Hi, Marius,
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how are you today. I answered that I was not
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doing very well. He said, we are a small group
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from the Oslo Police District, and we are coming to
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pick you up to arrest you, Hoeby said. His mother
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came down to his apartment and told him to clean
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up before meeting officers. She said, jump in the shower
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and put in some clothes that don't smell like alcohol,
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or at least that was the intention. She then drove
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him to the gate at skalkm so he could meet
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police nearby. After getting into the police car, he handed
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officers a broken phone without a sin card. I have
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smashed quite a few phones. I did not want them
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to have my phone. It was nothing worse than that.
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He acknowledged repeatedly contacting the woman despite her restraining order,
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including at least one hundred and seventy two calls in
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the weeks following the violence. I panicked. I called at
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least one hundred and seventy two times, probably more, and
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sent a lot of messages. He admitted breaking the restraining
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order even after the trial began. Now there would be
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another admission of a breach through a friend. I sent
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her a letter on Valentine's Day. That letter was delivered
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February fourteenth. During the ongoing trial, he regretted many actions
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it was incredibly stupid. It should never have happened. No
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one deserves that. The relationship was marked by lies, infidelity, drugs,
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and insecurity. At several points he struggled to remember exact sequences,
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attributing memory gaps to heavy alcohol and drug use. By
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Friday's end, the most dramatic moment remained Hoyby's own admission
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from the witness stand. I remember that I slapped her,
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and I remember that I took her by the throat.
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More crown and controversy in just a moment. This is
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the week the Frogner woman testified for the first time,
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the week Hoeby admitted the violence. The week Metamaric called
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to warn police were coming, then drove him to meet them.
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The new indictment for February first incident. During the trial
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the Poe's photo testimony, Sophilie says it wasn't intentional. Oslo's
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seeing witness no doubt he went for a choke hold.
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Messages you have to choose me or Farmin Frogno woman
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jet said, guy who partied every weekend Berlin glass thrown,
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laptop broken in two Scalcolm raised fist, punched glass, door,
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bow trip spit, slapped August fourth, grabbed neck, choke holds, slaps, knife,
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and wall audio. You are hated in the city now.
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Hoyby response admits spitting laptop one image. It sounds like
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it happened her calm, scariest thing. Polygraph test August the fourth,
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pretty massive, takes a lot out of me. The admission
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I slapped her. I took her by the throat. I
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do not know if she could breathe, but I believe
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her when she says she could not. Meta Marie warned him,
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told him to shower. It drove him to police one
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hundred and seventy two plus calls violating restraining order. Valentine's
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letter during trial lies in fidelity, drugs, and insecurity and
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somewhere between, I admit the violence now and a mother
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driving her son to his arrest. Norway watches The Monarchy's
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next chapter unfold, one devastating court session at a time.
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