Norway crown princess’ son convicted of rape, sentenced to 4 years in prison

2 months ago by MicroWave to c/world

Marius Borg Hoiby had pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those of rape, while admitting to some lesser ones, and can appeal the verdict.

The stepson of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon has been found guilty of two counts of rape, one count of domestic violence and other crimes and is sentenced to four years in prison, an Oslo court ruled on Monday.

Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, who joined the royal family when his mother Mette-Marit married Haakon in 2001, was acquitted on two other accounts of rape.

He had pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those of rape, while admitting to some lesser ones, and can appeal the verdict.

Prosecutors had asked that Hoiby should be sentenced to seven years and seven months of prison.

DarrinBrunner 121 points 2 months ago

Joffrey Baratheon-looking cunt.

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P1nkman 105 points 2 months ago

Us Norwegians call him Temu-Joffrey.

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einkorn 30 points 2 months ago

Joffrey BaratheonLannister-looking cunt.

FTFY

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capote 8 points 2 months ago

He looks like he should be raising funds to eradicate fetal alcohol syndrome.

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northernlights 98 points 2 months ago

It's nice to see relatives of very powerful people facing justice. 'murica could take a page from that book.

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Erusset 30 points 2 months ago

You mean the whole book

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SouthEndSunset 22 points 2 months ago

U.K. too, heard of the noncey rapist formerly known as Prince Andrew?

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NABDad 17 points 2 months ago

Could, but we won't.

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treehugger6 16 points 2 months ago

We know

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hoohoohoot 1 point 2 months ago

Yeah but at the same time they are royal and nobody should be above them, let the king punish him or take down the king

This doesnt sound at all like royal family

This being said..

Im glad he got punished

It just feels like kings and princesses arent really real?

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AllNewTypeFace 43 points 2 months ago

Will he be serving his sentence in an ordinary civilian prison like any citizen convicted of the same crime, or will they designate a palace as a prison and lock him in it?

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volore 82 points 2 months ago

It's Norway, from what I understand even the worst Norwegian prison is vastly nicer than studio apartments in the average American city. So I suppose it depends on what your definition of "ordinary prison" is.

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comrade_twisty 85 points 2 months ago

In most European countries prisons provide good living conditions and are safe places because the goal is to reintroduce people into society as better persons after they served their time. Not brutalize them and make them outcasts that basically can only reoffemd if they want to survive.

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treehugger6 32 points 2 months ago

Exactly. Complete opposite of the US where they run prison for profit.

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PalmTreeIsBestTree 7 points 2 months ago

And if anything American prisons make criminals into better criminals. It’s called con college for a reason.

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treehugger6 21 points 2 months ago

That is why their recidivism rate is super low.

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msage -10 points 2 months ago

Which is kinda counter-intuitive now that I think about it... if your life sucks outside of prison, getting back would be a priority.

How much better do those countries life if those prisons are undesirable?

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Derpenheim 23 points 2 months ago

You've gotta wrap your head around just how awful american life is compared to most European countries. These prisons exist to make people reflect on and regret their crimes, and to come out ready to integrate with society and not reoffend.

Life in many European countries is filled with social nets and programs that actually give people better lives.

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untorquer 18 points 2 months ago

I don't think it's counter-intuitive.

US prison causes severe trauma. Prisoners learn to survive in an environment where they have to engage in aggressive behavior just to get through their morning. Everything is taken from them, no opportunity for personal development, and they're thrown on the street with zero resources after. It's practically designed to force people to repeat the cycle and feed the prison system.

It's profitable too, 14th amendment and all. A prison company wouldn't want to reduce it's slave labor force so there's no incentive to do better. Historically it's an easy win for politicians too.

While I'm not a fan of most carceral systems at least the Norwegian one tries not to treat people like livestock. That said, a prison is still a cage.

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belluck 14 points 2 months ago

Prisons built for punishment leave convicts getting out in a much worse mental state than when they came in, leading to more likely repeat offenders. If you take that into account, building your prisons for rehabilitation and reintegration into society is obviously more efficient.

Also, while Norwegian prisons may look nice, you‘re still gonna be stuck in an enclosed space following a strict routine for multiple years. That’s gonna suck no matter how nice that space may be.

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FreshParsnip 2 points 2 months ago

Life outside prison in those countries is also pretty good, so people aren't incentivized to get arrested

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Griffus 38 points 2 months ago

He has spent the last few months locked up in a regular prison, and has even been denied serving from home to spend time with his dying mother, so no special treatment here.

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FlashMobOfOne 26 points 2 months ago

Not knowing much about the legal system in Norway, I have to ask, will this person actually end up serving time?

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cyberslask 19 points 2 months ago

The verdict has already been appealed by the defense, but with the stuff he has admitted to he will serve time. Maybe less after the appeal, but also maybe more :-)

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FlashMobOfOne 14 points 2 months ago

This pleases me.

Justice for connected people here in the US is basically never guaranteed, as we're seeing now with Harvey Weinstein and recently with Bill Cosby.

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nogooduser 10 points 2 months ago

You have to fuck with other connected people then it becomes a game of top trumps.

For example, I’m sure that Sam Bankman-Fried wouldn’t have been convicted had he only defrauded ordinary people.

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FlashMobOfOne 7 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong. SBF's crime here was stealing from Epstein Class, same as Bernie Madoff.

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NauticalNoodle 1 point 2 months ago

the bill cosby situation was totally a fuck up on the prosecutor's part.

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Griffus 11 points 2 months ago

He has been in prison since his arrest this winter, so yes he will serve it. He did get a 100 day rebate on the sentence for time already served, though.

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f314 7 points 2 months ago

Adding to the other reply, it should also be noted that he has already been in custody for quite some time before and during the trial. A petition for release was also denied. All this to say that he is apparently not given special treatment!

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Griffus 2 points 2 months ago

And the last petition to be released or serve from home was to spend time with his dying mother, so absolutely no special treatment.

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porn_was_never_the_real_issue 2 points 2 months ago

One can only hope.

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Drusas 10 points 2 months ago

Is this a typical sentence for the crimes he was found guilty of?

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shawn1122 23 points 2 months ago

For a total of 40 charges seems iffy but Norways legal system uses concurrent sentencing.

The court determines a sentence based on the most severe crime (the rapes) and absorbs the lesser offenses (the drug and domestic abuse charges) into that timeframe, adding only a marginal amount of extra time.

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untorquer 1 point 2 months ago

with a max of 20 across the board

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kfh 5 points 2 months ago

More accurate title: "Norwegian crown prince's stepson [...]"

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rwrwefwef 3 points 2 months ago

What happened to the monarchs with Epstein links?

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sunsofold 7 points 2 months ago

At least Andrew of the royal family of the UK has been stripped of title. Still wealthy and not in prison last I heard though.

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OddMinus1 2 points 2 months ago

Unless more documents are released, there isn't really much more to go by. She made some poor judgements of what person she was dealing with, but it didn't seem like she was guilty to anything illegal. A lot of organizations which had her as a member of honor have recalled her membership. A lot of trust has been lost, and polls have shifted a bit towards abolishing the current monarchy.

But it's hardly a topic now. The crown princess is currently dealing with pulmonary fibrosis and requires a lung transplant. So the focus has shifted a lot recently.

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csolisr 2 points 2 months ago

Why isn't the rest of the royal family investigated for aiding and abetting, though?

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Griffus 3 points 2 months ago

I would believe his mother would be investigated harder for this if she wasn't dying.

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kreskin 1 point 2 months ago

Send him to a US prison.

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P1nkman 0 points 2 months ago

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