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The Au Pair Affair Part 2: Brendan Banfield Takes the Stand | The Verdict & Sentencing

The Au Pair Affair Part 2: Brendan Banfield Takes the Stand | The Verdict & Sentencing

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens) vor 6 Monaten

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"It's easier to fall in love with someone that saved you."

Those were the words of Brendan Banfield as he attempted to
explain away an affair, a dead wife, and a dead stranger to a
jury of twelve. In Part 2 of our deep dive into the VA v. Brendan
Banfield trial, we move past the "catfish" plot and into the
courtroom moments that sealed the defendant's fate.

In this episode, we discuss:

Brendan's Performance: Was he a grieving
husband or a cold-blooded manipulator? We analyze his claims
that Christine could speak after seven stab wounds to the
neck.

The Forensic "Gotcha": Why the defense's own
digital investigator became the prosecution's best witness
during cross-examination.

The Fatal Flaw: The specific pattern of
FetLife logins that proved "Anastasia 9" only existed when
Brendan or Juliana were home.

The Rebuttal: How a brief testimony from
Brendan's supervisor, T. Smith Patrick, turned a "work
meeting" alibi into a documented lie.

Closure: The sentencing of Juliana Magalhães
and what this case says about the "Double Murder" plot that
nearly worked.

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