Killer Conversation: Rick Valentini aka Bryan Stewart

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Who was Rick Valentini, aka Bryan Stewart? He was a man who forged a new identity for himself before dating and murdering his then-girlfriend Jamie Laiaddee in 2010. 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty and producer Judy Rybak discuss what it was like to interview a conman with a warped sense of the truth. Get early, ad-free access to episodes of Killer Conversation by subscribing to 48 Hours Plus on Apple Podcasts. The series is widely available everywhere else you get your podcasts. Subscribe to 48 Hours+: https://apple.co/4aEgENo To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	Did you kill Jamie? No. Did you two fight that night? Were you angry with her?
0:38.3	No.
0:38.9	I've never killed anybody in my life.
0:41.3	Not ever.
0:45.8	Meet Brian Stewart, also known as Rick Valentini.
0:50.0	He was my first killer.
0:52.4	What do I mean by that?
0:53.6	Well, my name is Judy Ryback, and I'm a longtime 48-Hours producer.
0:59.0	Back in 2011, my very first assignment for 48 hours was to convince the man with two names
1:05.8	to do an interview with Aaron Moriarty.
1:08.6	He agreed, under one condition, that we only call him Brian.
1:13.6	You're not really Brian Stewart at all, are you?
1:16.6	To me, I am.
1:18.6	But not legally, are you?
1:20.6	Well, legally, I'm not anything. That's the problem.
1:23.6	Well, you're Rick Valentini.
1:25.6	His legal name was Rick, but we all agreed to call him Brian
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