Norwegian police charged Marius Borg Høiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, with knife threats and other offenses following incidents over the weekend, arresting him for a detention hearing scheduled Monday afternoon, according to a report published between 2:46 PM and 3:45 PM UTC on February 2, 2026. Høiby, facing a separate rape trial this week, will appear in court Monday, as confirmed by the new source detailing the charges related to threats made with a knife. This arrest builds on his prior detention on suspicion of assault, threats, and violating a restraining order, per an AFP report from the prior reporting window ending at 2:45 PM UTC. In related Epstein files developments during the same 59-minute window, Adresseavisen reported that former Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende dined with Jeffrey Epstein at his New York apartment in September 2018, alongside diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen and journalist Michael Wolff, based on documents released January 30, 2026. The charges against Høiby follow political criticism from Frp deputy leader Hans Andreas Limi earlier on February 2 over Crown Princess Mette-Marit's Epstein connections and photos of her leaving Skaugum residence published by Se og Hør that morning. No official statements from the Norwegian royal household or police beyond the sourced reports were available in this period.
