Au Pair Affair Trial: “I Wish I Shot Him Earlier," Brendan Banfield Tells His (Wild) Story
Rogue Energy
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3.0 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Amy and T.J. go over the explosive, direct testimony of Brendan Banfield today. This morning we got to hear for the very first time, Banfield’s version of how his wife Christine and a stranger, Joe Ryan died in his master bedroom. Prosecutors say Banfield, along with this lover and family’s au pair lured Ryan to the home to kill and frame for his wife’s murder. Banfield had a MUCH different narrative, pointing the finger directly at Joe Ryan.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:16.2 | It is Thursday, January 29th, and Brendan Banfield, the man accused in the so-called O'Pair Affair, double |
| 0:23.8 | murder trial, is on the stand. |
| 0:26.2 | And today, for the first time, any of us, have heard his version of events the day his |
| 0:34.1 | wife and another man were killed in his bedroom. |
| 0:37.1 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:40.5 | We've heard the prosecution story. |
| 0:42.1 | We've heard their star witness's story, Robs. |
| 0:44.6 | This is a much different story. |
| 0:47.1 | He's gone through the whole thing. |
| 0:48.6 | You tell me, first of all. |
| 0:49.8 | Is this a believable story? |
| 0:51.4 | This was a hard one for me to fully get my head around because the way Brendan Banfield told |
| 0:57.4 | the story, I have to believe, and the jury has to believe that Joseph Ryan came over to |
| 1:05.4 | Christine Banfield's house to kill her. That is hard for me to get my head around because so far what we've |
| 1:14.5 | seen in terms of any sort of text messaging back and forth, it seemed as though Joe Ryan was just a guy |
| 1:21.6 | who was into some role play, some some kinky sex. There's nothing in his past, nothing that I've heard yet, that would |
| 1:29.5 | suggest or give any kind of motive. When someone has a gun on you to start stabbing that person's |
| 1:36.7 | wife, or if he thought it was the police, why would he then murder? I had a hard time with his |
| 1:42.2 | version of events. And that was key, and I think you're right, Robes. You couldn't get you. Hey, he had me up to that point. |
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