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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome through Palace Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Reports suggest that excess stock
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from Megan Michael's lifestyle brand as Ever is being stored
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at Netflix headquarters, with employees said to be taking products
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home for free. According to Page six, staff at the
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streaming company's Hollywood officers have been helping themselves to items
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including jam wine and flower sprinkles amid claims that sales
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have been slower than expected. One source told the outlet,
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Apparently there are two storage rooms packed with as Ever products.
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They're literally just giving it away to employees when staff
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are walked out with ten products for free. A second
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source added this so much overstock. Page six also reported
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that as Ever inventory was moved to another warehouse sometime
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ago and is no longer being stored at Netflix headquarters.
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It said the remaining items at the officer are in
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tended for gifting and sampling, with staff permitted to take
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home what were described as freebies. Another source similar with
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the situation said the stock kept at Netflix's not consumer
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sales inventory. They explained that the items are limited to
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promotional sampling purposes, as the products intended for sale had
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already been relocated. The source added that allowing staff to
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take the remaining items was a practical step to clear
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surplus stock or products approaching their expiry dates. In January,
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as Ever faced further attention after a website glitch appeared
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to reveal significant unsold inventory. The temporary error showed and
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estimated six hundred and fifty thousand items remaining in stock
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before the issue was resolved. The figures displayed included roughly
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two hundred and twenty thousand jars of jam, thirty thousand
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jars of honey, ninety thousand candles, eighty thousand tins of
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flour sprinkles, and approximately seventy thousand bottles of wine. Users
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on Reddit claimed they were able to see the totals
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by adding unusually large quantities of individual products to their
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online shopping baskets, prompting the website to display the maximum
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available number. Began declined to disclose sales figures. When speaking
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on Bloomberg's podcast The Circuit with Emily Chang last August,
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she said at the time that much of the brand's
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inventory had sold out and described the situation as a
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mixed outcome, saying when you sell out that quickly. Actually,
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it's a double edged sword, because it's an incredible thing
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to happen for any small business and any startup, and
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at the same time, you don't get the same metrics
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and learnings about which products are most coveted because it's
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all gone immediately. As Ever has increased the price of
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its chocolate products. Chocolate bars were initially listed at twelve
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dollars each when they went on sale in December. The
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price has now risen to fourteen dollars per bar, an
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increase of two dollars. The original pricing had already attracted
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negative reactions online, with some customers questioning the value. One
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credit wrote LMAO, Megan Michael peddling twelve dollars chocolate bars
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with flowers in it. Another commented twelve dollars a bar,
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absolute ripoff. Third added There's no way I'd pay twelve
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dollars for a random chocolate bar with weeds in it.
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Despite the criticism, some customers have continued to express interest
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in the product. One supporter wrote, Meghan Michael's chocolate is
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a little expensive, yet I still want to get it.
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The chocolates are also being sold as part of a
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larger bundle. The only way to purchase all four bars
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together is through a Valentine's themed package priced at one
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hundred and eighty five dollars. The bundle includes two jars
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of jam tea, a candle and flour sprinkles. While we're
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sure the chocolate is delicious, we'll point out that for
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one hundred and eighty five dollars you could get the
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The promotional material for the collection describes it as this
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limited edition Valentine's Bundle brings together some of the most
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beloved offerings alongside a brand new chocolate collaboration curated to
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be savored slowly and shared generously, from morning tea to
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candlelit evenings. Each piece is designed to turn every day
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moments into something memorable more powers in just a moment.
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The first woman to give evidence in the trial of
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Marius Borg. Hoybee has told an Oslo court of her
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betrayal and shock after police showed her videos which they
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say depicted him sexually assaulting her while she was incapacitated.
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Giving evidence behind closed doors on Tuesday, the woman said
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she had no memory of what happened after a brief
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consensual sexual encounter at an after party held at his
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parents' home outside Oslo in twenty eighteen. When she returned
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to court on on Wednesday, she told judges she believed
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she may have been drugged. She said the encounter began
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consensually but ended quickly at her request, after which there
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was what she described as a big black hole in
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her memory. She was adamant she had not fallen asleep naturally,
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and said she had no recollection of anything further until
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police contacted her years later. Asked by prosecutors whether she
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had been awake or asleep in the videos shown to
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her by police, she told the court she appeared to
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be completely unconscious. It doesn't even look like unbreathing. As
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whether she believed she had been drugged, she replied, that's
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what I think. The footage was recovered from Hoebe's phone
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during a police investigation launched following his arrest in August
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twenty twenty four. Journalists were not permitted to view the
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images or videos, but on Wednesday, the court was shown
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recordings of the woman's reaction when police first confronted her
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with the material. All four women who have accused Hoeby
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of rape alleged they were either asleep or other always
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incapacitated at the time of the alleged assaults. Prosecutors say
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each incident occurred after initially consensual sexual contact. Hoibe, who
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is twenty nine, denies four counts of rape, but has
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admitted several of the thirty four other charges he faces,
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including transporting drugs and speeding. He has not been accused
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of drugging any of the women. Appearing in court for
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the first time on Tuesday, he was seen visibly shaking.
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It later emerged that he had received hospital treatment overnight
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rather than returning directly to custody following his arrest on
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Sunday for an alleged assault. The defendant is expected to
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take the stand himself later in the proceedings. His defense
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counsel has argued that he views the encounters as completely
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normal and voluntary sexual relations, and that the court must
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determine whether the women were unable to resist and whether
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he should have understood their condition. The trial is being
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conducted under unusually strict conditions. Photography of the defendant and
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of the women who were cuscushi as band both inside
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and outside court. While the first sessions took place behind
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closed doors, a small number of journalists were permitted to
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follow proceedings from an adjoining room. State Prosecutor Stirler Henrix
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Bow told the court that Hoeby would be treated no
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differently from any other Norwegian citizen. Defense lawyer Ellen Holliger
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and Denise countered that her client had already been subject
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to prejudicial treatment, describing the media coverage as a tsunami
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of negative publicity. She told the court it would be
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strange if someone exposed to such scrutiny over a long
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period did not feel they were losing control of their
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life and destiny. On Wednesday, Hoiby took the stand and
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broke down in tears as he spoke about his upbringing
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and his behavior. He told the court he had lived
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with an extreme need for recognition from an early age.
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I'm mostly known as my mother's son, not anything else,
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he said, So I've had an extreme need for recognition
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my whole life. He told the court that his need
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had manifested itself in excess, and that fisted itself in
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a lot of sex, a lot of drugs, and a
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lot of alcohol, he said. He also latched out at
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the press, saying he had been harassed since the age
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of three, when his mother's relationship with the Crown Prince
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became public. Few can relate to the life I have led,
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he said, a lot of parties, alcohols and drugs. He
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denied that videos found on his phone showed acts of rape,
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saying if I had thought I had material that showed
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an assault, I would never have kept that material. Referring
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to one of the alleged incidents, he told the court,
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I don't remember taking them, but like we had sex
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fully awaken willingly, I don't remember very much about the
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sex either. The trial coincides with an exceptionally difficult period
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for the Norwegian royal family. It comes amid intense scrutiny
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of Crown Princess Madame Marie following revelations that she had
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exchanged hundreds of messages with the late sex offender Jeffrey
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Epstein over a three year period. On Wednesday, the Royal
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Palace confirmed that the Crown Princess had postponed a private
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trip until further notice, now providing additional details. She has
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previously acknowledged showing poor judgment in her contact with Epstein
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and expressed regret. Meta Marie was a commoner when she
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married Crown Prince Harken, and her son was already four
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years old. He is not a member of the royal
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family and holds no public role, but he grew up
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within the extended royal household. No members of his family
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are attending the trial. The case is triggered wide to
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unease In Norway. A recent snap pole suggested public support
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for the monarchy has fallen, with one survey indicating approval
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at just over sixty percent. The same poll suggested forty
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four percent of respondents believed Madame Marie should not become queen.
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Despite this, the Palace has sought reassurance In a parliamentary
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vote held by coincidence on the opening day of the trial,
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Members of Norway's parliament once again rejected a Republican motion
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to abolish the monarchy, with only twenty six of one
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hundred and sixty nine members voting in favour. The trial
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is scheduled to continue until March. If convicted on the
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most serious charges, Marius borg Wyf could face a prison
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sentence up to ten years or more. And there you
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have it. If you'd like to email us or addresses,
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just be the Norwegian trial otherwise. We'll also continue to
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bring you updates here on Palace Intrigue. I'm Mark Francis.
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