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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Honolulu, HI) Arielle Konig took the stand yesterday 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 in Hawaii. She testified that he attempted to stab her with a syringe and, when that failed, she said he repeatedly bashed her head with a rock. 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. This incident occurred on March 24th, 2025. According to a petition that Arielle Konig filed last year requesting a temporary restraining order, the couple was on a trip celebrating her birthday. The Associated Press confirms that she filed for divorce in May of 2025. Gerhardt Konig, 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. He faces life in prison if he’s convicted.