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The boy of a Hawaii expert accused of trying to termination his woman testified connected Tuesday that his begetter told him that his woman had been cheating connected him and that he had “tried to termination her”.
Emile Konig, 19, told jurors that he had received 2 FaceTime calls from his father, Gerhardt Konig, 47, connected nan greeting of 24 March 2025 – the aforesaid time prosecutors allege that Gerhardt attempted to execution his wife, Arielle Konig, 37, during a hike connected Oahu’s “Pali Puka” trail.
Emile, who lived pinch his father, stepmother and 2 younger half-siblings successful Maui astatine nan time, besides told jurors that his begetter told him connected FaceTime that he would “not beryllium making it backmost to Maui” and to “take attraction of nan younger kids and that Ari, my stepmom had been cheating connected him and that he tried to termination her”.
“During that call, nan adjacent scheme that he said was to jump disconnected nan cliff,” he said. The charismatic asked him really he reacted, to which Emile responded: “I told him not to.”
Emile testified for little than an hr and did not look astatine his begetter arsenic he walked into nan courtroom, according to NBC News.
Prosecutors allege that Gerhardt Konig attacked his woman during a hike for her day and that he pushed her toward a cliff. They allege that he past came astatine her pinch a syringe, earlier striking her successful nan caput pinch a stone aggregate times.
Gerhardt Konig, who is an anesthesiologist, pleaded not blameworthy to second-degree attempted murder. His attorneys argue that he acted successful self-defense, and that Arielle had attacked him first.
“This was an unplanned, unanticipated scuffle that happened betwixt a couple,” Gerhardt’s defense attorney, Thomas Otake, said during opening statements, per CNN. The defense has besides disputed that he tried to push her disconnected a cliff and that location was nary syringe involved.
Emile testified that his begetter made nary mention of acting successful self-defense during their call.
Arielle Konig, who testified past week, told jurors that nan onslaught began aft her hubby asked her to return a photograph adjacent nan cliff’s edge.
“I didn’t want to get excessively adjacent to nan separator of nan cliff,” she testified, adding that he past grabbed her and told her, “I’m truthful fucking sick of this crap get backmost complete there” earlier pushing her backmost toward nan edge.
“It was very shocking,” she continued. “So yes, my first guidance was that he must beryllium kidding.”
Arielle said she realized “he’s not kidding because he’s forcefully moving maine towards nan edge,” noting that nan brace wrestled earlier she threw herself “on nan ground”.
“He’s trying to propulsion maine and resistance maine and past he gets connected apical of me,” she said. She claimed that he past pulled retired a syringe, which she said that she knocked retired of his hand.
After that, she said, Gerhardt Konig picked up a stone and began hitting her successful nan look and head.
“I conscionable started screaming,” she said. “Because successful my mind, he was trying to sound maine unconscious to get to to beryllium capable to resistance maine complete nan edge. I conscionable was screaming past arsenic overmuch arsenic I could.”
She said nan onslaught stopped erstwhile adjacent hikers said they were calling 911. She heard a woman’s sound opportunity “we’re here, we’re calling 911.” After that, she testified that her hubby “kind of froze and knelt backmost distant from me, and I conscionable crawled distant really slowly.”
She testified that 2 women helped her get down to safety. The 2 women testified earlier successful nan trial, according to CNN, and said that they had conscionable begun their hike erstwhile they heard a female screaming and saw a man striking a female pinch a rock.
Arielle besides told nan tribunal that respective months earlier nan incident, her hubby had discovered that she was having an “emotional affair” pinch a co-worker. She said that they had attended couple’s counseling and appeared to beryllium making progress.
