‘Two Sides to Each Story’

Gerhardt Konig, 46, pleaded not responsible on Monday throughout a courtroom look through video convention, per KABC. The physician’s legal professional, Thomas Otake, referred to as it “not only a formality, however a substantive response to the allegation that he tried to kill his spouse” in an announcement distributed to reporters forward of the listening to.

“There are two sides to each story, and to this point just one facet has been shared,” Otake added. “The opposite facet to this story shall be shared inside the courtroom course of on the acceptable time.”

Otake stated that he would even be submitting a movement for Konig to be granted bail — he’s at the moment being held with out — saying that it is “commonplace in tried homicide circumstances” for bail to be set, per KSL.

Arielle Konight, 46, and her husband had traveled from their house in Maui to Ohahu. Arielle stated that Gerhardt requested her to hitch him on a hike to have a good time her birthday on March 24.

It was throughout this hike, she alleges her anesthesiologist husband tried to push her off a cliff, inject her with one thing in a syringe, and started “bashing” her head with a rock.

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

On March 28, Arielle filed a petition for a brief restraining order towards her husband. Per AP, a choose signed off on the order, which says Konig should keep away from 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 just a few months after Konig accused her of getting an affair again in December.

This, she stated, “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.”

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

At one level through the hike, Arielle stated she “turned uneasy” and took a break, as he saved strolling, finally returning to her. When he acquired again, she claims he wished to take a photograph close to the cliff’s edge, one thing she wasn’t snug 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 rapidly realized he was severely attempting to make me fall off the cliff,” she stated, claiming he then reached for 2 syringes in his bag and tried “to make use of them on her, however she was capable of get them away from him,” in keeping with courtroom doc seen by KABC.

“I have no idea what was within the syringe, however Gerhardt is an anesthesiologist and has entry to a number of probably deadly medicines as a part of his employment,” wrote Arielle within the petition.

After biting him on the arm, she stated he then “started bashing me repeated on the top” with a rock — one thing two girls on the path allegedly witnessed earlier than calling 911.

One of many witnesses, per earlier courtroom paperwork, stated 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 through FaceTime, telling him, “I simply tried to kill Ari however she acquired away.” She claimed he additionally advised his son he wished to kill himself by leaping off the cliff.

He was later arrested that very same day and charged with second-degree homicide.

Arielle said that she suffered a damaged thumb, bruising on he head and physique, and extreme lacerations to her scalp and face, per KABC. In keeping with her legal professional, she was hospitalized for her accidents and subsequently launched.

The anesthesiologist has been suspended by Maui Well being — a Kaiser Permanente affiliate — pending investigation. He is being held in Oahu Group Correctional Heart with out bail.

His trial is ready to start June 9. In the meantime, he is additionally dealing with a home abuse swimsuit filed by Arielle, in keeping with KSL, which has its first listening to set for this Friday.