@meghannmcuniff: Defense lawyer Thomas Otake began his closing argument in Gerhardt Konig's attempted murder trial in Honolulu, Hawaii, today (Tuesday, April 7) by focusing on the jury's duty when deciding the case. Konig is accused of trying to kill his wife, Arielle Konig, on a cliffside hiking trail on O'ahu on March 24, 2025. He's charged in Hawaii state court with second-degree attempted murder, but jurors have several lesser included charges to consider if they don't convict him of that. Near the beginning of his 60-minute argument, Otake referenced Deputy Joel Prosecutor's use of "unfaithful, unwilling, untrue" and "unbelievable." "I'll add another un-word: undeterred," Otake said. "They are undeterred by the evidence. It doesn't matter what it shows, they're going to spin it in their favor. They came up with a theory and they went to search for facts to support it. They didn't look at the evidence and say, 'What's the theory that points that out?' They came up with a theory and they tried to find any fact they could to fit it," Otake said. "They were undeterred, undeterred by the DNA. The DNA shows — and I'm going to go through it — she's holding the rock." "She's a trillion level DNA on the unstained sign," Otake said. But investigators say it was "because when she was blocking." Otake also referenced testimony in cross-exam from the hiker who said she looked into Konig's eyes and saw a cold, dark stare. But when shown a photo lineup, she identified the wrong man. "The eyewitness picks the wrong person out of the photo lineup, and still she stared at him, looked into his cold, dark eyes, saw him very clearly," Otake said. "Evidence should lead to theories. You don't come up with a theory and then search for evidence to spin it to fit your theory," Otake continued. You can watch Otake's entire one-hour closing argument on my YouTube channel and Facebook page. You can watch some of Garner's closing here @Meghann Cuniff and here @Meghann Cuniff, and you can watch his entire closing and rebuttal on my YouTube channel or Facebook page, too. #law #crime #court

hannah :

Me when I have an essay due at midnight and it’s 11:55 pm

hail_satan_420 :

I’m having a hard time following this dude’s argument

CAROLINE 🇵🇷💖🎀 :

Repeating things doesn’t make it true Mr. defendant attorney

ncrimea :

I liked this attorney what do you want him to say

usernames are.annoying :

undeterred by the overwhelming evidence his client undeniably guilty, this attorney holds impressive passion and dedication to his defense throughout the trial.

Camel Jockey :

Hopefully he's found innocent

Kyle 🐝 :

the word salad my god on today

Bri. :

alaskabbb :

I watched most of this trial. This guy did not do a very good job during the trial, but I think he did pretty good on the closing statement.! 🤨

HeatherAnn :

The evidence leads to theory? Shouldn’t it be that the evidence leads to facts?

spitFire3.0 :

temu attorney

ylinux :

When does the jury deliberate

Crispybreakfastfood :

Well I mean when the theory is just what’s super obvious, then all the facts support it…that’s not making facts fit a theory

Amanda ✨ :

he didn’t say one word lol

🌸🫶🏼Sincerely, Shelsey🌩️⚡️ :

how much you wanna bet both the prosecution and the defense attorneys use ChatGPT for their closing statement statements? Shit I would. 😂😅

The Big Skowalski :

I think it's a good theme, but I don't know anything about the facts.

CollinFu :

🤨🤨🤨🤨 sir….

Tensharp :

This guy was UNprepared.

Jamie Rae Welch :

I’ll add another un word. Unbelievable. That’s what Gehardts story is.

Paige B. 🤘✨ :

They didn’t come up with a theory. The witness is alive.

judy111713 :

This defense attorney should be doing parking tickets.

Douglas :

Who’s more unlikeable, the defendant or his attorney??

minnesotamud :

imagine if there was this much investigating of the Epstein files

D_NICE_💪 :

guilty guilty guilty PLAIN AND SIMPLE

cariesaunders :

"bruise, or...maybe it's dirt.."??????