Norwegian Crown Prince's Stepson Detained Amidst Other Notable Legal Cases
Marius Borg Høiby, the stepson of Norway's Crown Prince, was detained by Oslo police on Sunday, accused of assaulting a woman, threatening her with a knife, and violating a restraining order, according to Euronews. The arrest occurred just two days before Høiby, 29, was scheduled to appear in Oslo district court on Tuesday to face trial on 38 offenses, including four alleged rapes and attacks on former partners.
The Euronews report also noted that newly released U.S. documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, had maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.
In other legal news, Gökçe Güven, a 26-year-old Turkish national and the founder and CEO of fintech startup Kalder, was charged last week with alleged securities fraud, wire fraud, visa fraud, and aggravated identity theft, according to TechCrunch. Güven was a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum. TechCrunch noted that the Forbes 30 Under 30 list has become "more than a little notorious" for the number of entrants who have been charged with fraud.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice released a trove of documents related to Elon Musk's interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, according to The Verge. The revelations that Musk sought an invite to Epstein's island add risk to his plans to merge SpaceX with xAI, and then take the combined company public, experts say.
In other news, Ukraine and SpaceX recently collaborated to stop strikes by Russian drones using Starlink and will soon block all unregistered use of Starlink terminals in an attempt to stop Russia's military from using the satellite broadband network over Ukraine territory, according to Ars Technica. Ukrainians will soon be required to register their Starlink terminals to get on a whitelist. After that, only verified and registered terminals will be allowed to operate in the country. All others will be disconnected, the Ukraine Ministry of Defense said in a press release today. Ukraine Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov emphasized that the only technical solution to counter this threat is to register the terminals.
Finally, a court ordered the restart of all U.S. offshore wind construction, Ars Technica reported. The Trump administration blocked all permitting for offshore wind and some land-based projects, an order that has since been thrown out by a court that ruled it arbitrary and capricious. The administration also went after the five offshore wind projects currently under construction, temporarily blocking two of them for reasons that were not disclosed.
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