The son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg Høiby, 29, was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of assault, just before his rape trial was set to begin in Oslo on Tuesday, according to BBC World. Høiby faces 38 charges, including the rape of four women.
Police stated that the latest allegations against Høiby involved wielding a knife and violating a restraining order, indicating a risk of reoffending, BBC World reported. This marks the fourth time he has been detained by police since August 2024, when he was initially accused of assaulting a woman he had been in a relationship with. He was remanded in custody for four weeks.
In other news, actress Halle Berry has continued her criticism of California Governor Gavin Newsom, claiming he is ignoring women in his state after vetoing menopause care legislation multiple times, Fox News reported. Berry initially criticized Newsom in December at the Dealbook Summit, stating she had "zero f---- left to give" after Newsom vetoed the bill for the second year in a row. "Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row," Berry said, according to Fox News.
Meanwhile, in New York, a Manhattan federal judge scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to consider shutting down a Department of Justice website that houses millions of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, the NY Times reported. This action was prompted after victims' names were improperly disclosed. Lawyers representing a group of victims stated in a letter on Sunday that the failure to redact the information had "turned the lives of nearly 100 individual survivors upside down," according to the NY Times. Attorney General Pam Bondi acknowledged on Monday that the department had worked through the weekend to remove thousands of documents and media that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information, blaming "technical or human error," the NY Times reported.
In Eastern Europe, Elon Musk has been praised for restricting Russian use of Starlink in the Ukraine war, BBC World reported. Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called Musk "a true champion of freedom and a true friend of the Ukrainian people," stating that Musk swiftly responded when informed that Russian drones with Starlink connectivity were operating in the country. These drones have been linked to recent deadly attacks by Russia on Ukraine, including one on a passenger train that resulted in six deaths. "Looks like the steps we took to stop the unauthorised use of Starlink by Russia have worked," Musk wrote on X, according to BBC World.
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