The Au Pair Affair: Banfield Sentenced to Life
48 Hours
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4.1 • 7.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On Friday, June 5th, Brendan Banfield was sentenced to life in prison without parole for orchestrating an elaborate plot to murder his wife, Christine Banfield, while carrying on an affair with the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães. The scheme involved luring an unsuspecting man, Joseph Ryan, to the Banfield home and attempting to frame him for the crime.
‘48 Hours’ correspondent Anne-Marie Green and ‘48 Hours’ producer Michelle Sigona share the most passionate moments from victim impact statements. You’ll also hear from Brendan Banfield in court as he maintained his innocence.
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| 0:31.6 | One would hope that someday you will become tortured by what you have done to Christine, Joe, Christine's daughter, and their families. |
| 0:41.3 | But nothing I have seen suggests that you will. |
| 0:44.3 | The level of cruelty, calculation, and inhumanity in this case reflects something far deeper than anger or impulse. |
| 0:50.3 | It reflects evil, which is why I carry no burden and find no hesitation in sentencing |
| 0:56.8 | you to life. That was Fairfax County Circuit Judge Penny Escarate announcing the sentence for |
| 1:04.4 | former IRS special agent Brandon Banfield, life in prison without the possibility of parole. |
| 1:10.2 | Banfield was found guilty of murdering |
| 1:12.0 | his wife, Christine, and another man, Joseph Ryan, inside the Banfield's Northern Virginia home in |
| 1:17.8 | 23. The case had been dubbed the O'Pair affair because of Brendan's relationship with the |
| 1:25.4 | Banfield's Brazilian live-in nanny, Juliana Perez, Magalais. |
| 1:29.8 | Juliana pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for also shooting Joseph Ryan and cooperated with the government testifying against Brendan. |
| 1:40.2 | In February, Magalais was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, and on Friday, June 5th, the victim's family members spoke up to honor their loved ones and seek justice. |
| 1:51.8 | Somehow I found myself reliving something I had never experienced as if I had been there. |
| 1:56.8 | I envisioned Christine's fear, felt her terror, and wished I was there to take her place. |
| 2:02.0 | I no longer had a sister. I was no longer a sister. |
| 2:07.1 | The absence of Joe is not abstract. It is constant, visible, and devastating. |
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