Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Juliana Peres Magalhães Takes The Stand — Former Banfield Au Pair Takes The Stand
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Juliana Peres Magalhães, former Banfield au pair, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.
Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with whom he was having an affair. Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to testify against Banfield. The defense maintains digital evidence does not support the state's catfishing theory.
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| 0:39.9 | Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:46.4 | Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Could you please state and spell your name for the court record? |
| 0:56.4 | Yes, Juliana, J-U-L-I-A-N-A-A-N-A-G-A-N-A-E-R-E-S, M-L-H-A-E-S. And how old are you now, Juliana? |
| 0:59.0 | 25. |
| 1:00.1 | And do you know the defendant? |
| 1:02.0 | Yes. |
| 1:02.7 | What's his name? |
| 1:04.4 | Bowman Field. |
| 1:05.7 | When did you meet him? |
| 1:08.3 | Back in October, 2021, uh, 22. When did you meet him? When did you meet him? |
| 1:20.5 | Can you specify? Sorry. When did you first meet him? Oh, uh, in person when i first came to the states and before that |
| 1:33.9 | through a video call with the family okay do you recall what month or year that was when i came to |
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