Maui doctor accused of trying to murder wife takes stand, claims self-defense

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A doc connected proceedings connected allegations helium attempted to murder his woman connected a way successful Hawaii past twelvemonth took the basal successful his ain defence Thursday.

Maui anesthesiologist Dr. Gerhardt Konig is charged with second-degree attempted murder, accused of trying to propulsion his wife, Arielle Konig, disconnected a cliff during a hike successful Honolulu connected March 24, 2025, her birthday. Prosecutors allege helium past assaulted her with a rock.

Gerhardt hoped Thursday to transportation a Hawaiian assemblage that hitting his woman repeatedly with a stone was self-defense.

"She benignant of grabs my wrists, and throws herself connected the ground, and she hits maine with a stone connected the broadside of the face," Gerhardt Konig testified.

He responded "yes" erstwhile asked by his lawyer if helium "reacted to defend" himself "in the vigor of the moment."

But prosecutors argued that Gerhardt Konig was angered erstwhile helium saw substance messages that helium thought indicated his woman was having an affair.

"You were mad, right?" a authoritative asked.

"I was not mad," Gerhardt Konig responded connected the stand.

"You were not huffy erstwhile you confronted your woman astir these messages?" the authoritative followed up.

"I was upset," Gerhardt Konig said.

Arielle Konig was critically injured successful the incidental but survived, and she has since filed for divorce. Last week, she testified against Gerhardt, telling the assemblage helium tried to stab her with a syringe, and erstwhile that failed, struck her with a rock.

"I conscionable started screaming, because, successful my mind, he's trying to sound maine unconscious, to get to beryllium capable to resistance maine implicit the edge," Arielle Konig said during her testimony, which has been affirmed by witnesses successful the trial.

"Yes, helium was hitting her with a rock," a pistillate testified past period erstwhile asked by prosecutors what she saw Gerhardt Konig doing connected the trail.

Nurse Sarah Bucksbom, who said she witnessed the alleged onslaught and called 911, besides testified past period that Arielle Konig's "face was covered successful blood."

"I felt horrible," Gerhardt Konig testified Thursday erstwhile asked by his defence lawyer however helium felt to spot his woman bleeding.

In his ain grounds earlier this week, Gerhardt Konig's 19-year-old lad Emile Konig referred to his begetter arsenic "the defendant." He described what Gerhardt said during a FaceTime telephone Emile said helium received moments aft the alleged attack.

"That helium would not beryllium making it backmost to Maui, and to instrumentality bully attraction of the younger kids, and that Ari, my stepmom, had been cheating connected him. And that helium tried to termination her," Emile Konig testified.

Asked connected the basal if helium planned oregon wanted to wounded Arielle Konig that day, Gerhardt responded "no."

Prior to his apprehension successful the case, Gerhardt Konig was a doc with the Anesthesia Medical Group successful Hawaii. He had antecedently worked arsenic an anesthesiologist astatine the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, wherever helium had besides served arsenic an adjunct prof of anesthesiology and bioengineering.

If convicted arsenic charged, helium could look up to beingness successful prison.

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