Au Pair Affair Murders Trial: Prosecution Rests, Defense Begins
Rogue Energy
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3.0 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Amy and T.J. get you updated on one of the most salacious murder trials in recent history. A former IRS agent, Brendan Banfield is fighting for his freedom, charged with a double homicide for the murders of his wife, Christine and a stranger prosecutors say Banfield, along with the help of his au pair turned lover, lured to his home to set up for his wife’s death. The prosecution’s case against Banfield rests primarily on the testimony of the au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, who told jurors about their plan to “get rid of” Christine and pin the murder on Joseph Ryan, a man who believed he was coming to the Banfield home to participate in a BDSM sexual fantasy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, everybody. |
| 0:07.6 | Welcome to Amy and T.J. Presents. |
| 0:10.0 | We have been following one of the most salacious murder trials we have ever witnessed. |
| 0:17.3 | It has been dubbed the O'Pair Affair Murders Trial. It sounds catchy and maybe even a |
| 0:23.7 | little cutesy, but there is nothing about this trial that is any of those things. This is as |
| 0:30.5 | salacious as they get. Yes. And so folks, yes, we will focus on this Amy and T.J. presents |
| 0:36.4 | with the Brendan Banfield trial at a Fairfax County, Virginia, robs. This is one in which it's exactly what it sounds like. There was an affair involving an au pair. It's almost a cliche at this point. O'Pair comes from Brazil, ends up in an affair with the guy, and now two people are dead. One of those |
| 0:55.1 | is the wife of Brendan Banfield. The other is an unsuspecting stranger who was lured to the house |
| 1:00.7 | that Brendan Banfield, according to authorities robes, wanted to frame him for the murder of the wife. |
| 1:07.6 | Now, that's the short and quick and clean version. The details are what make |
| 1:13.0 | this thing unbelievable. Yes, according to prosecutors, Brendan Banfield, who by the way is a former |
| 1:18.3 | IRS agent, but they claim he, along with his opair, her name is Juliana Perez Mahales. |
| 1:27.2 | She was only 21 at the time. Her name is Juliana Perez Mahalais. |
| 1:31.0 | She was only 21 at the time. |
| 1:36.0 | The prosecutors say that they conspired because they had started this affair. |
| 1:38.6 | They wanted to live happily ever after together. |
| 1:40.5 | But he needed to get rid of his wife. |
| 1:45.1 | Prosecution said that for Brendan Banfield, divorce was not an option because of money and because of custody of his young daughter. And so, according to them, they came up with a |
| 1:51.6 | plan of going on to a fetish website called FetLife. Fetlife.com. I finally remember it. That's why I jumped |
| 1:58.6 | in. You got excited. Did you check it out like you said? |
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