Norwegian PM condemns ‘poor judgement’ from crown princess over Epstein hyperlinks | EUROtoday

Norway’s prime minister has referred to as on crown princess Mette-Marit to touch upon the “truth” of her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after criticising her “poor judgement”.

The princess is talked about a whole bunch of occasions within the newest, 3.5 million-page tranche of the Epstein recordsdata launched by the US justice division final week.

Dozens of emails had been traded between the crown princess and the convicted intercourse offender, showing to point out that they had been involved between 2011 and 2014.

This contradicted earlier claims by the Norwegian royal household that contact had been damaged off in 2013, in response to Norwegian outlet VG.

In a June 2014 electronic mail, Epstein asks Mette-Marit: “do i get to see you in ny [New York]”, to which the crown princess responds that she thinks “Tuesday will work”.

“I showed poor judgement and regret having any contact with Epstein at all. It is simply embarrassing,” Mette-Marit said of her email exchange with Epstein, before she went on to express her “deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the abuses dedicated by Jeffrey Epstein”.

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Prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on Sunday that Mette-Marit showed “poor judgement” in their relationship with the late sex offender.

Speaking on Monday morning, he told VG that she should “comment on the truth about what happened”.

“Here you can tell the extent of the contacts that have taken place. They should clarify the matter. I expect them to do so,” he said, adding that “those mentioned here should come up with good answers”.

In her statement, Mette-Marit added: “Jeffrey Epstein is personally responsible for his actions. I must take responsibility for not checking Epstein’s background more closely and for not understanding quickly enough what kind of person he was. I deeply regret that, and this is a responsibility I must take.”

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The cache of recordsdata additionally revealed that Mette-Marit spent 4 days in Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, Miami in January 2013. Another electronic mail from the crown princess’ electronic mail account confirmed Epstein being requested if a mom ought to recommend for her son’s wallpaper bare girls carrying a surfboard.

Another message reportedly implies that she was conscious of his preliminary jail time period in 2008 regardless of later contacts.

The palace has famous that it beforehand supplied an incorrect timeline of Mette-Marit’s relationship with Epstein. A communications supervisor instructed VG: “Unfortunately, we remembered the exact time of this a little incorrectly in the previous round.”

The newest scandal for Norway’s royal household comes the day earlier than Ms Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby, goes on a seven-week trial on 38 fees together with rape and assault.