HONOLULU — An anesthesiologist mountain climbing together with his spouse on a precarious path in Hawaii grabbed her by means of the palms and began pushing her towards the threshold of a cliff prior to making an attempt to inject her with a syringe, the girl wrote in a petition for a short lived restraining order towards her husband, who used to be indicted Friday on tried homicide fees.
Gerhardt Konig and his spouse have been visiting Oahu from their house on Maui on Monday when he allegedly attempted to kill her at the mountain climbing path, prosecutors mentioned. An lawyer who represented Konig all the way through a listening to Thursday hasn’t replied to an e mail in the hunt for remark.
The petition for a restraining order mentioned that during December, Konig accused his spouse of getting an affair, “which resulted in excessive jealously on his phase.” They have got been in remedy and counseling since, she mentioned.
A pass judgement on signed an order Friday that claims Konig should keep away from his spouse and their youngsters.
The Related Press is not naming the spouse as a result of she says she is a sufferer of home violence.
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On Sunday, the couple traveled to Oahu to have a good time her birthday, she mentioned within the petition, whilst their sons, ages 2 and four, stayed house on Maui with a nanny and circle of relatives.
On Monday, Konig advised they cross on a hike in Honolulu that she described within the petition as having “slim ridge sections with steep drop-offs on either side.”
“Right through the hike, I was uneasy and knowledgeable Gerhardt that I didn’t wish to proceed,” she mentioned. “Gerhardt hiked somewhat additional after which got here again to get me.”
She then climbed a tree in order that her husband may just take a photograph of her, whilst he held her telephone and mountain climbing bag. He then advised taking a photograph close to the threshold of a cliff.
“I requested him to transport in order that I may just transfer clear of the cliff, as a result of I used to be feeling dizzy,” she mentioned. He moved.
Later, he grabbed her by means of her higher palms and began pushing her towards the cliff’s edge whilst yelling that he used to be unwell of her, the petition mentioned.
“To start with I believed he used to be joking, however I temporarily learned he used to be critically seeking to make me fall off the cliff,” she mentioned.
They started wrestling and she or he screamed and pleaded for him to forestall, fearing for her lifestyles, the petition mentioned.
Right through the battle, she mentioned he grabbed his bag and took out a syringe and attempted to inject her.
“I have no idea what used to be within the syringe, however Gerhardt is an anesthesiologist and has get admission to to a number of probably deadly medicines as a part of his employment,” she mentioned.
She mentioned she bit his arm in an try to protect herself.
He then gave the impression to chill out, however then grabbed a close-by rock and “started bashing me again and again at the head with it,” she mentioned.
Two girls at the path noticed what used to be going down and mentioned they have been calling 911.
The ladies helped her down the path whilst Konig went in some other route. An ambulance took her to a health facility and her husband used to be arrested that night.
She mentioned within the petition that she later realized that Konig contacted his grownup son, her stepson, and mentioned he had attempted to kill her however she were given away and that he sought after to kill himself by means of leaping off a cliff.
Konig is an anesthesiologist at Maui Well being, which operates hospitals and clinics in Maui County and is an associate of Kaiser Permanente. Maui Well being mentioned in a commentary to media organizations that he used to be suspended pending investigation.
Kaiser Permanente mentioned in a commentary that Konig isn’t an worker, however is hired by means of an unbiased entity gotten smaller to offer clinical products and services. Kaiser mentioned it has suspended his credentials and his skill to regard sufferers, pending investigation.
