Dorothy Newell

Yes.

The defense said Brian and Anna were happy, that Brian didn't even know about the relationship.

and that they were planning for their future together and that their biggest struggle was the federal case against Brian for selling fake Andy Warhol paintings.

As to why he Googled about the best way to get a divorce, the defense said that came down to the art fraud case too, that Walsh knew he was heading to prison and was worried about the well-being of Anna and the kids, so he was considering a divorce to free them up.

So I thought this was fascinating.

The jurors were listening to the audio recordings of Brian's early interviews with investigators, and he seems, you know, chatty, comfortable.

The kids are playing in the background.

He sounds so incredibly normal, Andrea, almost unconcerned.

And yet the jury knows, as they are listening to Brian talk about his happy life with his beautiful wife, that she was already dead and that he knew it.

Presumably the prosecution wants the jury to believe that you can't trust anything he says.

But maybe Walsh's attorneys are hoping that if Brian admits to some lying, maybe the jury will give him the benefit of the doubt when he says he is telling the truth about Anna's death.

I'm curious to see how it all plays out.

Yeah, the defense attorney said at least one time, as Brian Walsh will tell you.

So does that mean he's going to testify?

I couldn't say for certain, but it definitely caught my attention.

Absolutely no idea that this was brewing.

Yeah, it was a complete surprise.

But I have to think that this was in the works for a while.

So Anna was an immigrant from Serbia, and she came to the United States in her early 20s.

She was talented, ambitious, charming by all accounts.