Police said in a statement that Marius Borg Høiby, who was born from a relationship prior to Mette-Marit's 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, had been arrested Monday evening and was suspected of rape.
Police said that Høiby is suspected of violating the criminal code "which concerns sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act."
"What police can say about the rape is that it concerns a sexual act without intercourse. The victim is said to have been unable to resist the act," police said.
In a later statement, police said they had searched the suspect's home and made "seizures".
The latest arrest for Høiby comes during an ongoing investigation which was launched earlier this year after he was initially detained in August and accused of causing bodily harm to a woman with whom he was having a relationship. On Tuesday, police also said the suspicions relating to the August incident now included domestic abuse.
Norwegian media reports said police found a knife stuck into one of the walls of the woman's bedroom at the time.
Following the arrest, investigations were launched for alleged crimes against three other victims, specifically domestic abuse of two women and threats to another person.
Høiby was also arrested in September for violating a restraining order.
According to police, when he was arrested on Monday he was in a car with the alleged victim from the August incident.
Police said they had yet to decide whether he would be remanded in custody.
Høiby was born in 1997 from a relationship prior to Mette-Marit's 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
He and his half-siblings -- Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 20 and Prince Sverre Magnus, 18 -- were raised together by Mette-Marit and Haakon.
Unlike them, he has no official public role.
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