JEALOUS DR. KONIG: SHE GRABBED ME BY THE B*LLS
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. We are in a verdict watch here at Crime Stories. That's right. The jealous Dr. Gerhard Koenig actually puts up a defense to beating his wife's head in with a rock. Wait for it. She grabbed me by the balls. That's his defense? Yes, that's his defense. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories.
What is the background of Dr. Gerhardt Konig's attempted murder trial?
I want to thank you for being with us. The wife of a beloved doctor faces death at a sheer cliff's edge on a romantic getaway planned by... I've never heard that defense before, except maybe as a joke. A jealous doctor, overwhelmed because his wife sent flirty texts, and that was it. Nothing more was proven in court. There he is. There they are. Guys, she's a nuclear engineer. She does not need a man telling her what to do. This guy, Dr. Gearheart Koenig, actually takes a stand and tells a jury with a straight face. Basically, as I was trying to push her off the cliff, she grabbed me by the balls, so I bashed her head in with a rock. Straight after Susan Hendricks joining us, investigative reporter Susan Hendricks, also author of the bestseller, Down the Hill, My Descent into the Double Murders in Delphi.
Susan, really? I've tried a lot of cases. You've covered a lot of cases. Have you ever heard, she grabbed me by the balls as the defense? Because I have not. This is new.
I have not, and I have not seen someone nervy enough, you could say, Nancy, to take the stand in his own defense and describe this to jurors thinking he's getting away with it.
I want to go through. Oh, this is excruciating. There you see wife, Arielle. She can barely walk. Look at the blood gushing down her face. Her skull actually bashed in by husband, Dr. Gerhard Koenig. Straight out to Crime Stories, investigative reporter Sydney Silvani. Sydney, wait, wait, wait. Now, let me understand. He's jealous over what?
What events led to the alleged attempted murder during the hike?
What he called an emotional affair. Ariel Koenig had some flirty text messages back and forth with a coworker. They discussed music they enjoyed. They had lengthy conversations back and forth over text. And for this couple, that was described as an emotional affair. They started couples therapy because of Ariel's behavior. And Koenig wanted complete access to all of her communications at any time.
Well, he sounds like a complete wackadoodle. Did I understand this? Josh Colesroo, joining us, veteran criminal defense attorney, former U.S. attorney, founder of Colesroo Law Offices. Let me understand something. Since when did talking about music equal an emotional affair or an affair? Music really matters? What? He talked about the symphony? And she gets bashed in the head with a rock?
Well, you're right about one thing, Nancy, and that is this case will come down to credibility. The victim's credibility versus the defendant's credibility. And yes, she had an emotional affair by her own admission. And the husband wanted to know what was going on. But those aren't the only things that the jury is going to be looking at when determining whether or not she's credible. uh for example you know let's look at what what her statements were during and around the time that this happened you know her statements became more severe more dramatic and more incriminating i mean do you remember that the medical testimony in this case said There were only two to three impacts on her head from the lava rock, but she said... Only two or three impact blows to the skull?
How many do you want, Colesrud?
How did the defense justify Dr. Konig's actions?
Well, there was no traumatic brain injury. There was no concussion. And she still tried to convince... her primary care doctor to say that there was after this happened, probably knowing that it didn't happen because she had already been to the Queen's Hospital, where that was never described in the diagnosis. Now, whenever you get hit in the head, it looks horrible because you have so many blood vessels where the skin is. and that the tissue gets torn and it looks horrible, but the pictures look much, much worse than the actual injury. And let's not forget about the syringe.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:40
2
What is the background of Dr. Gerhardt Konig's attempted murder trial?
0:40–2:48
3
What events led to the alleged attempted murder during the hike?
2:48–4:48
4
How did the defense justify Dr. Konig's actions?
4:48–10:42
5
What evidence was presented regarding Arielle's injuries?
10:42–11:44
6
What role did jealousy play in the case against Dr. Konig?
11:44–32:37
7
How did eyewitness accounts impact the trial?
32:37–32:58
Speakers
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