Domestic Violence and Crime

At a trial held one year after the incident, Arielle Konig testified that her husband, Oahu anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig, forced her toward a cliff during a hike — she says she threw herself to the ground, clung to vegetation, saw him with a syringe which she knocked away, and that he struck her head with a rock up to 10 times until two passing hikers intervened while 911 audio captured a caller saying, "There's a man trying to kill her." Defense attorney Thomas Otake has characterized the episode as an unplanned scuffle tied to an alleged emotional affair and suggested Arielle struck first; Gerhardt Konig fled, was arrested later that evening, has remained in custody after a judge denied release, and Arielle filed for divorce in May 2025 seeking sole custody of their two young children.