Maui doctor claims self-defense at trial: "I almost went off the cliff"

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The son of a Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife testified on Tuesday that his father told him that his wife had been cheating on him and that he had “tried to kill her”. Emile Konig, 19, told jurors that he had received two FaceTime calls from his father, Gerhardt Konig, 47, on the morning of 24 March 2025 – the same day prosecutors allege that Gerhardt attempted to murder his wife, Arielle Konig, 37, during a hike on Oahu’s “Pali Puka” trail. Emile, who lived with his father, stepmother and two younger half-siblings in Maui at the time, also told jurors that his father told him on FaceTime that he would “not be making it back to Maui” and to “take care of the younger kids and that Ari, my stepmom had been cheating on him and that he tried to kill her”.