Norway court set to rule on 40 charges against Marius Borg Høiby
What's next: Prosecutors want 7 years, 7 months in prison, while the defense argues for about 18 months.
An Oslo district court is due to deliver its verdict Monday in the trial of Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, after a seven-week case centered on 40 charges including four counts of rape. Høiby has denied the most serious allegations while admitting some lesser offenses involving drugs and traffic violations. Prosecutors have asked for a sentence of seven years and seven months, while defense lawyers argue he should serve about a year and a half. The case has gripped Norway and added to pressure on the royal family, which has also faced scrutiny over Mette-Marit's past contact with Jeffrey Epstein and concern over her worsening pulmonary fibrosis.