Au Pair Affair Murder Trial: Frustrated Au Pair Tells Defense “I am not going to do this” As Prosecution Shows Jurors Bloody Crime Scene Photos
Amy & T.J.
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3.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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The au pair at the center of the Brendan Banfield aggravated murder trial finished a grueling day of cross examination late Wednesday, and at times she grew visibly frustrated with the line of questioning. 25-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhães repeatedly told Banfield’s defense attorney that she could not remember key moments in the planning and lead up to the murders. Thursday’s testimony began with detectives describing the bloody aftermath of the master bedroom, as jurors took in photos and descriptions of the murder weapons, bloodied clothing and crime scene.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.0 | It is Thursday, January 15th, and the opair and the so-called Opaire Affair double murder trial has wrapped her testimony. |
| 0:18.8 | And we got a few problems. |
| 0:20.1 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:23.9 | Robs, it got testy. |
| 0:25.7 | Didn't get nasty. |
| 0:26.7 | But you could tell she got annoyed at time. |
| 0:29.0 | The defense seemed to make the points they want to make. |
| 0:31.8 | But there are some bigger things at play. |
| 0:34.4 | But first of all, I was surprised she wasn't up there longer. |
| 0:38.3 | I was surprised that they wrapped at the end of the day yesterday because, yes, this is key, |
| 0:44.9 | her testimony, Juliana Perez, Mahales, her testimony key to the prosecution, and it's key |
| 0:53.4 | to the defense too because they needed to destroy or at least |
| 0:58.1 | question her credibility. And they made some headway doing just that yesterday from this |
| 1:05.4 | observer. Let me ask this. If the jury doesn't believe this woman, does that mean they would have to vote for an acquittal? |
| 1:16.5 | What I'm saying is, can you be sitting on that jury and go, I don't believe that woman at all and still find him guilty? |
| 1:24.2 | I don't know. |
| 1:25.4 | That's the answer because we're listening and we're hearing now what they are presenting the prosecution is presenting some blood evidence. |
| 1:32.8 | But yeah, based on his version of events, he would have had blood on him. |
| 1:37.7 | So it would be a very significant amount of evidence that would be needed to forensically tie him to the actual |
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