Judge denies privacy in divorce case of Maui doctor charged with attempting to kill his wife
Gerhardt Konig's wife filed for divorce last month after he was indicted on an attempted murder charge . Konig has pleaded not guilty . Prosecutors say he pushed her toward the edge of a cliff, attempted to inject her with a syringe and then bashed her head with a rock while they were hiking in Honolulu in March.
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Clinton and Cristen Brink: What we know about the couple killed at Devil's Den State Park
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