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Prosecution's Star Witness Crumbles Under Cross

Defense attorney spent five hours picking apart the prosecution's star witness with her own words. Seventy letters. Seventy chances to watch her credibility collapse. Juliana Magaz pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and agreed to testify against her former boyfriend Brendan Banfield in exchange for a sentencing recommendation. But before she could sell her story to the jury, defense had to get through her first. They came prepared. Letter after letter, she read her own words back to the courtroom: "I would take the blame for both of us." "I would give my life for his." "I will never cooperate." For a full year after her arrest, she promised loyalty. Then she flipped. The defense exposed more than just contradictions. They revealed she's actively negotiating a Netflix documentary deal worth up to $25,000 while still in custody. The jury heard her own message: "I know I can make even more than $25,000." The prosecution's entire case depends on this witness believing her now. ⏰ KEY MOMENTS 00:00 - Cross-examination begins 17:41 - Defense questions her about "the plan" 33:13 - Reads her own letter: "It's too much pain, I don't want to live like this" 1:04:07 - "I can't make my words fit into the evidence" 2:35:09 - Hospital crisis timeline before she flipped 3:05:32 - Netflix deal revealed: negotiating up to $25,000 4:41:22 - Prosecution redirect: "I felt alone" 📜 FROM THE DESK OF JUSTICE: 📖 CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/va-... 📖 CASE BACKGROUND On February 24, 2023, Christine Banfield was stabbed to death in her Herndon, Virginia home. Joseph Ryan was found shot dead beside her. Brendan Banfield and au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães initially claimed self-defense, saying they discovered Ryan attacking Christine and fired to stop him. That story held for 570 days. Police found no forced entry. They found communications on FetLife between Ryan and an account in Christine's name, planning a sexual encounter involving a knife for the morning she was killed. They found a framed photo of Brendan and the au pair on his nightstand eight months later. Magalhães was arrested in October 2023. She pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in October 2024. Under her deal, she gets time served if she testifies against Banfield, then deportation to Brazil. She's the State's star witness. Banfield was indicted in September 2024 after an investigation marked by internal conflict. The digital forensics examiner concluded Christine controlled her own accounts and was transferred out of the unit. The lead detective testified he was pressured to support the catfishing theory and was moved after the arrest. Christine Banfield was 37, a forensic nurse who spent her career helping sexual assault survivors. She left behind a four-year-old daughter who was in the house when her mother was killed. 📂 PLAYLISTS & RESOURCES 🌐 Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com ► Live Broadcasts:    • LIVE BROADCAST: VA v. Brendan Banfield   ► No Breaks Edition:    • NO BREAKS EDITION: VA v. Brendan Banfield   ► Trial Podcast:    • TRIAL PODCAST: VA v. Brendan Banfield   ► Key Moments:    • Key Moments and Testimony: VA v. Brendan B...   ► Subscribe:    / @justiceisaprocess   ⚖️ ABOUT JUSTICE IS A PROCESS This channel continues the work of Steven M. Askin, a criminal defense attorney disbarred in 1998 for refusing to violate attorney-client privilege, then criminally convicted in 2010 for teaching people their constitutional rights from a coffee shop in West Virginia. He passed away in February 2024, but not before we started this channel together. I am Steven M. Askin II. I am not an attorney. I am a watchdog. I cover trials to educate the public about due process, presumption of innocence, and constitutional protections. Every video is part of building the machine the system feared my father would create: a public trained to watch, question, and demand accountability. ⚖️ FAIR USE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. § 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings with timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #BanfieldTrial #BrendanBanfield #VirginiaTrials #TrueCrime #CourtroomCoverage #CriminalJustice #LegalAnalysis