Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who received backlash over her ties with Jeffrey Epstein, said she regretted her friendship with the sex offender. She said, "I was manipulated and deceived...I wish I'd never met him." Marit, who maintained contact with Epstein till 2014 despite his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008, claims she had "never seen anything illegal".