{"id":544306,"date":"2026-03-25T12:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/544306\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:21:15","slug":"wife-of-hawaii-doctor-takes-stand-exactly-1-year-after-he-allegedly-tried-to-kill-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/544306\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife of Hawaii doctor takes stand exactly 1 year after he allegedly tried to kill her"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arielle Konig took the stand on Tuesday to testify against her husband, anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig, exactly one year after he allegedly tried to kill her by pushing her off a cliff<\/a> during a hike in Hawaii.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I walked up to him, he grabbed me really forcibly by my upper arms and he said, ‘I’m so f****** sick of this s***. Get back over there.’ And he starts pushing me back towards the cliff,” she said during her dramatic testimony.<\/p>\n

She testified that Gerhardt Konig attempted to stab her with a syringe and, when that failed, she said he repeatedly bashed her head with a rock.<\/p>\n

“He’s saying, like, ‘You’re done. We’re done with you. We don’t need you anymore. You’re done. You’re done,'” she said on the stand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gerhardt Konig<\/a>, who worked with the Anesthesia Medical Group in Hawaii and was previously an anesthesiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is charged with second-degree attempted murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prosecutors are accusing the doctor of trying to kill Arielle Konig after she refused to take a selfie near the edge of a cliff along the Pali Puka trail on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The couple was on a trip celebrating Arielle Konig’s birthday, according to a petition she filed last year requesting a temporary restraining order. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Arielle Konig filed for divorce in May 2025, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Nurse Sarah Bucksbom witnessed the alleged attack and called 911.<\/p>\n

“Her face was covered in blood. Her head was covered in \u2014 she was just fully covered in blood,” Bucksbom told the court.<\/p>\n

Gerhardt Konig’s attorney claimed during opening statements that his wife, a nuclear engineer, was the one who attacked him after he confronted her about an affair. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“She picks up a rock and hits him in the face with it, and he quickly reacts, human reaction, grabs the rock, hits her twice, and stops,” Thomas Otake argued.<\/p>\n

Otake pointed to a call Gerhardt Konig made after the incident during which he told his 19-year-old son that he was going to kill himself.<\/p>\n

“He was calling him to say goodbye. He was calling him to tell him he was sorry. He was calling him to tell him he wished he was a better man,” the lawyer said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The prosecution, on the other hand, said the call was a confession.<\/p>\n

“He says, ‘I am not going to make it back. I tried to kill Arielle, but she got away,'” deputy prosecuting attorney Joel Garner argued.<\/p>\n

It’s still not clear if Gerhardt Konig or his son will testify in the trial. He faces up to life in prison if he’s convicted.<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

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