Jeffrey Epstein manipulated, deceived me: Norway's Crown Princess
India Today
The statement came as the Norwegian royal family had been at the fore of severe scrutiny due to the Crown Princess's friendship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Though she has not been accused of wrongdoing, their connection has raised multiple questions.
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has, for the first time, addressed her connection to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in front of journalists and said she was "manipulated and deceived" by him. She also said that during a 2013 stay at a Florida home of the convicted paedophile, she felt unsafe to the extent that she called her husband, Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, at home. Haakon is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
The statements were made during the royal couple's sit-down with Norwegian broadcaster NRK on Thursday. It came as the royal family had been at the fore of severe scrutiny due to the Crown Princess's friendship with Epstein. Though she has not been accused of wrongdoing, their connection has raised multiple questions.
"Of course, I wish I had never met him," she told NRK. "It is extremely important for me to acknowledge that I did not look into his past more carefully, and also to acknowledge that I was manipulated and deceived to such an extent."
The princess said she feels a sense of guilt for the paedophile's victims and has spent years processing their friendship and the charges against him. Mette-Marit told NPK that she takes responsibility for not researching his background thoroughly.
Last month, the Esptein files that have been released by the US Justice Department, revealed many email exchanges between Epstein and Norway's Crown Princess, with some being flirty in nature. The exchanges happened in 2012, almost a decade after Mette-Marit's marriage to the Norwegian Crown Prince.
In one of the emails, the paedophile wrote to her that he was wife-hunting. And in another, Mette-Marit wrote to Epstein that he always makes her smile "because you tickle my brain".
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