Wife of Hawaii doctor takes stand one year after he allegedly tried to kill her
Arielle Konig took the stand to testify against her husband, anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig, exactly one year after he allegedly tried to kill her by pushing her off a cliff during a hike.
"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.
Arielle testified Gerhardt attempted to stab her with a syringe and, when that failed, she said he repeatedly bashed her head with a rock.
"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.
Gerhardt , 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.
Prosecutors are accusing the doctor of trying to kill Arielle after she refused to take a selfie near the edge of a cliff along the Pali Puka trail on the Hawaii island of Oahu. The couple was on a trip celebrating Arielle's birthday, according to a petition she filed last year requesting a temporary restraining order.