A Brazilian au pair is testifying against her former employer and lover in a double homicide case that she says was part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of the man's wife.

Juliana Peres Magalhães gave dramatic testimony during the first day of trial, explaining her role in the alleged plot to help her former lover and boss, Brendan Banfield, “get rid of” his wife.

The murder trial of Brendan Banfield is now underway in Fairfax County. Banfield is accused of murdering his wife and another man — all amid an alleged affair with the family’s au pair.

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Brendan Banfield allegedly used fetish website to lure victim for elaborate murder plot that killed his wife and stranger in their Virginia home.

Jury selection begins in the Brendan Banfield trial as Joseph Ryan's mother remembers her son and disputes claims about his death.