Michelle Sigona

And the prosecutor emphasized that this is the first time anyone has heard from Brendan, from his story, basically, from start to finish.

He did not give a full statement at the scene, at the hospital, in the days and weeks and months after his wife and Joseph Ryan died inside of his own bedroom.

And you hear portions from him in a 911 call or maybe, you know, some clips from a police body cam.

But that's it.

This is the first time from start to finish we're hearing this.

And Brendan said he wanted to tell his story earlier at Juliana's trial, but then she took a plea and he really didn't have an opportunity.

According to Brendan, he says Juliana is the one who started making advances towards him.

He went into great detail about how they started this physical relationship with one another inside the home.

He also said Juliana, basically, what he told her was, this is just an affair.

and that he had had previous affairs.

And this would not change his relationship with Christine.

Christine was his partner for 19 years.

Twelve of those years, they were actually married.

And right now, you can hear from his lawyer, John Carroll.

It felt like that part about Christine having affairs was just sort of slipped in, mentioned in passing very quickly.

And that is the real unfortunate part in these types of cases, Anne-Marie.

You know this.

The defense can make any kind of claim about a victim.

And unfortunately, Christine is not here to be a voice and to defend herself.

Brendan testified she had a previous BDSM affair when they lived in New York, was interested in sexual violence.