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Pretty Lies And Alibis

RECAP: Brendan Banfield Trial - Day 2 Afternoon - The Au Pair Doesn't Remember Anything On Cross

Pretty Lies And Alibis

GiGi McKelvey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

The afternoon session of Day 2 in the Brendan Banfield murder trial focused on continued cross-examination of the au pair, where her inability to recall key details became a central issue in the courtroom.

In this recap, we break down the most important moments from cross-examination, the questions the au pair struggled to answer, and why these memory gaps could matter as the trial moves forward. If you missed the afternoon session or couldn’t watch the full proceedings, this episode covers the testimony and exchanges that stood out most.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pretty Lies and Alibis. Let's seek the truth and travel the long road to justice together.

0:08.3

What you know, alibis, welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. Good to have you here. It's Wednesday, January 14th.

0:16.7

We're going to go over the afternoon session in the Brendan Banfield trial, y'all.

0:21.5

It was the Hot Mess Express.

0:24.3

She has no remorse whatsoever for her role in any of this.

0:31.5

In fact, on Cross today, we really saw this smugness come out, this defiance.

0:39.9

And I'll tell you what, I like this defense attorney, John Carroll. He definitely has the patience of a saint because she was so unresponsive

0:46.4

to him. Everything was, I don't know. Also, she mumbles a lot. So it's really hard to understand

0:51.8

sometimes what she says. but let's jump in.

0:55.0

The defense brings in communications with Kate Brower.

0:58.5

This is somebody that she was talking to who was in the media.

1:01.9

Since January 28th, 2025 to October of last year, there were 236 messages back and forth between

1:10.0

Juliana and Kate.

1:11.7

Juliana says that sounds about right.

1:13.8

December 9th, 2024.

1:15.9

There's a message from Juliana that says,

1:18.0

now I'm sending a message because I'm talking to Josh.

1:21.8

Each time he sends a message,

1:23.5

he transfers 50 credits,

1:25.2

which is necessary to send a message.

1:27.5

So what this means is whatever app she's using in the jail to communicate,

1:32.7

some systems call them stamps, it may be credits in another,

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