This King Joffrey-looking menace in the image above is 28-year-old Marius Borg Høiby; the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon.

Høiby has just been charged with rape involving “double-digit” number of alleged victims, following a 10-month investigation after he was arrested on three separate occasions last year.

Just look at this guy:

Høiby has been charged with one case of rape involving intercourse, two cases of rape without intercourse, four cases of sexual assault and two cases of bodily harm, according to BBC News.

Oslo Police Attorney Andreas Kruszewski said: “I cannot go into further detail about the number of victims in the case beyond confirming that it is a double-digit number.”

As the stepson of the Crown Prince, Høiby isn’t technically royalty, at least not yet. He has no royal title and no royal duties. And so he’s essentially a citizen facing multiple rape charges, and the expectation is that he might actually be convicted and imprisoned.

The feeling in Norway seems to be that if anyone tries to protect him or he receives preferential treatment in the face of such serious allegations, the backlash could upend the monarchy. That’s not worth sparing this little scrote a little jail time, is it? Besides, the prisons in Norway are meant to be quite fancy.

There is some controversy already around his mum, the Crown Princess, being told about the investigation in advance by the Royal Court, and then warning her son and even helping him clean his apartment before police arrived. Which is basically tampering with evidence, although prosecutors have already decided that they will not be questioning the Crown Princess about this.

As for Marius Borg Høiby, it sounds like he is well and truly f*cked. This lad basically won the lottery when his mum began dating a literal Norwegian prince and heir to the Norwegian throne, and he managed to balls it all up by (allegedly) raping and sexually assaulting over 10 women. What an absolute scumbag.

Høiby is currently free as the public prosecutor’s office looks to decide whether to take proceed the trial or drop the case after the summer. Surely, they’ve got to do the right thing here.

The Royal House of Norway noted in a statement that the case was proceeding through the legal system and had nothing further to add.

Here’s hoping his victims get justice when it’s all said and done.

For the Norwegian girl who ate her own horse after it was put down, click HERE. WTF?