Mette-Marit Regrets Epstein Ties

0:00On March 20, Norway's Crown Princess Metmarit has admitted she was deceived by Jeffrey Epstein and showed poor judgment in staying in touch with him. She insists she did not realize he was a sex offender, even though she emailed him in 2011 three years after his 18-month prison. Sentence for soliciting underage girls that she had recently googled him. The recent release of Epstein's files by the United States Justice Department has stirred controversy in Norway with Metmarit named nearly 1,000 times in emails from 2011-2014. Other prominent figures, including a former Prime Minister, also appear prompting Norway's Parliament to unanimously approve and independent. Commission to probe ties between the Foreign Office and Epstein. Puppet pressure bill for weeks, including calls from Prime Minister Jonas Garstor, leading Metmarit to give her first in-depth interview on. Friday, with Norwegian broadcaster NRK. This came amid her son Marius' ongoing trial for serious charges like rape, which he denies,

1:04and as she manages her own pulmonary fibrosis, which may. Require a lung transplant. In the 20-minute chat at their home near Oslo, she explained meeting Epstein through mutual friends while serving as a United Nations AIDS envoy. Their contact was friendly but not intimate, and she stayed at his four-to-home in 2013, as a shared acquaintance had borrowed it. She expressed deeper grit, anger over the victim's lack of justice, and a commitment to owning her role and possibly giving him legitimacy. Metmarit is still processing the fallout, focusing on responsibility and support for those affected as the investigation moves forward.