HOIBY SAYS FEW CAN UNDERSTAND HIS LIFE
Breaking down in tears, Hoiby said it was hard to testify in a courtroom packed with reporters.
“I have been surrounded by the press since I was three. I have been harassed ever since,” he said. He said he had received “heavy medication” and would try to do his best in court.
“I am known as the son of Mummy,” he said, referring to Mette-Marit. “Which means I have an extreme need for affirmation,” he said. “A lot of sex, a lot of alcohol.”
“Few can relate to the life I have led. A lot of parties, alcohol, some drugs,” he said.
Wearing jeans and a dark blue jumper over a beige shirt, Hoiby, who spoke with his arms crossed over his chest, sometimes consulted his handwritten notes in a notebook.
Among the charges against Hoiby are one count of rape with sexual intercourse and three counts of rape without intercourse, some of which he filmed on his telephone, the prosecution has said.
He said he had never shared the videos and denied they depicted sex without consent.
“If I had thought I had material that showed an assault, I would never have kept that material,” he said.