Man Accused of Attempting to Push Spouse Off Hawaii Cliff Suffered ‘Excessive Jealously’, Accused Her of Affair: Docs

Hawaii doc Gerhardt Konig was indicted on tried homicide expenses Friday, after he and his spouse Arielle Konig went on a visit from their house on Maui to Oahu. As soon as there, she alleges he urged they go on a hike in Honolulu, earlier than he tried to push her off a cliff, inject her with one thing in a syringe, and commenced “bashing” her head with a rock.

As Arielle has been named publicly by her lawyer, she’s being named right here. Her lawyer advised Island Information, “Arielle is specializing in her restoration at house in Maui with the assist of her household. She kindly asks that the media and the general public respect their privateness throughout this time.”

On Friday, Arielle filed a petition for a brief restraining order in opposition to her husband. Per AP, a choose signed off on the order, which says Konig should avoid his spouse and the couple’s kids. The pair, who married in 2018, share two sons, ages 2 and 4.

The petition additionally included new particulars concerning the alleged assault, which Arielle says occurred a number of months after Konig accused her of getting an affair again in December. This, she mentioned, “led to excessive jealousy on his half,” with the docs claiming the pair had been in remedy since. She additionally claimed that for the reason that affair allegations, “he has tried to manage and monitor all of my communications.”

Final weekend — on Sunday, March 23 — she mentioned the 2 took a visit to Honolulu to have fun her birthday, leaving their sons at house on Maui. On Monday, she claimed he urged they take a hike in an space with “steep drop-offs on either side.”

At one level in the course of the hike, Arielle mentioned she “grew to become uneasy” and took a break, as he stored strolling, ultimately returning to her. When he acquired again, she claims he needed to take a photograph close to the cliff’s edge, one thing she wasn’t comfy with “as a result of I used to be feeling dizzy.” She then claimed he began shouting he was sick of her and began to push her towards the cliff.

“I shortly realized he was severely attempting to make me fall off the cliff,” she mentioned, claiming he then reached for a syringe in his bag and tried to inject her with one thing. “I have no idea what was within the syringe, however Gerhardt is an anesthesiologist and has entry to a number of doubtlessly deadly drugs as a part of his employment,” wrote Arielle within the petition.

After biting him on the arm, she mentioned he then “started bashing me repeated on the top” with a rock — one thing two ladies on the path allegedly witnessed earlier than calling 911. One of many witnesses, per earlier court docket paperwork, mentioned she heard a girl yelling, “Assist! Assist me! He’s attempting to kill me. He’s hitting me on the top with a rock.”

In keeping with the petition, Konig allegedly contacted his grownup son — her stepson — after the incident by way of FaceTime, telling him, “I simply tried to kill Ari however she acquired away.” She claimed he additionally advised his son he needed to kill himself by leaping off the cliff.

He was later arrested that very same day.

Konig’s lawyer has not but commented on the case. The anesthesiologist has been suspended by Maui Well being — a Kaiser Permanente affiliate — pending investigation. He is being held with out bail.

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