RECAP: Brendan Banfield Trial Day 2 - Au Pair Still On The Stand
Pretty Lies And Alibis
GiGi McKelvey
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
On cross the defense focused on letters she sent and received in jail as well as her speaking to media about her case
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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. |
| 0:08.4 | What you know, alibiers, welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. It's Wednesday, |
| 0:14.6 | January 14th. We are going to go through the morning session in the Brendan Bamfield trial. |
| 0:22.2 | Giuliana was still on direct when we got started. When questioned by police, she told the version Brendan told her to. |
| 0:28.5 | Ultimately, she was arrested in October. They bring in a document that has the conditions of her |
| 0:33.7 | pleading guilty to manslaughter. She is aware the maximum penalty is 10 years, but she hopes to get less. |
| 0:40.8 | The Commonwealth points out, Brendan's mom paid for her attorneys. |
| 0:45.2 | He and his mom were her outside line also to her family in Brazil. |
| 0:49.9 | She said she decided to take the plea because she thought it would be the right thing to do. |
| 0:54.0 | She said she just couldn't hold the feeling of shame, the guilt, and the sadness anymore. |
| 0:59.6 | She decided to testify against Brendan because it was the right thing to do, |
| 1:03.8 | but also it meant she had the potential to get less prison time. |
| 1:07.6 | After the murders, they did continue their romantic relationship. They eventually returned to |
| 1:13.2 | live at the house where the murders took place. Her and Brendan moved into her bedroom first and |
| 1:19.0 | eventually moved back into the master bedroom. In that room, she put up a Brazilian flag and there |
| 1:24.6 | were photos of them in frames. |
| 1:32.8 | Brendan's mom was also staying with them, and a few months later, they moved Brendan's grandmother from New York to come live with them. After she was arrested, she still talked to Brendan |
| 1:37.9 | and sent him letters. She also talked to Brendan's mom, his stepmom, and the grandmother as well. Brendan's mom was putting money |
| 1:46.3 | on her books and also keeping her in touch with her family in Brazil. The family, obviously, |
| 1:52.2 | stopped communicating after she took the plea deal. On cross, so I have to say I was expecting |
| 1:58.6 | some more fireworks. To me, this has been very repetitive and boring. |
| 2:03.1 | And what the defense attorney has done all morning is bring in communications from her jail account |
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