The son of Norway's crown princess appeared in court on Wednesday to challenge a police request to place him in preventive detention while they investigate an accusation of rape made against him. Police on Monday detained Marius Borg Hoiby,

The son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit was arrested for allegedly raping a woman in Oslo — his third arrest in a matter of months, according to police.

The oldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Marius Borg Høiby, the royal’s 27-year-old son from a relationship before her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon,

Police in Norway have arrested the 27-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit on suspicion of rape, saying the alleged victim was "unable to resist the act."

Marius Borg Hoiby has no royal title or duties, but as the stepson of the heir to the throne, his arrest has cast a cloud over Norway’s popular royal family.

Norway's royal family found itself embroiled in an intensifying scandal Tuesday after the son of the country's crown princess was arrested on suspicion of rape.Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, was arrested Monday on a preliminary charge of having "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act,

The son of the Norway’s crown princess Mette-Marit was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman who was “unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act,” according to a preliminary charge. Oslo police did not say when the incident involving Marius Borg Høiby,

Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, was arrested on suspicion of rape in Oslo on Monday, Nov. 18, according to the Oslo Police District

Marius Borg Høiby, the 27-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was arrested in Oslo on suspicion of rape, police said.

Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, is under arrest for suspicion of rape involving someone who was unconscious and otherwise incapable of resisting the act, Norway Police announced on Tuesday.