QuoteBrendon Banfield allegedly logged into Fetlife.com — a BDSM and fantasy site — and created a fake profile posing as his wife, Christine, to seek a man to come to their Fairfax County home to carry out a twisted rape fantasy, the au pair detailed.

He allegedly dragged in Joseph Ryan, 39, who believed he was speaking with the wife, but was actually communicating with either Brendan or Magalhães, according to investigators, the outlet said.

Ryan was then allegedly invited to the Banfield home on Feb. 24, 2023, with a knife to play out the staged attack on Christine, as the husband and au pair hid nearby to carry out the murders, prosecutors said.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/cheating-husband-used-bdsm-site-to-recruit-unwitting-accomplice-in-wifes-murder-au-pair-says/

QuoteFurther investigation comparing the Y chromosome in the hair samples with those of modern relatives descending from Beethoven's paternal line point to a mismatch.

This suggests extramarital sexual activity in the generations leading up to the composer's birth.

"This finding suggests an extrapair paternity event in his paternal line between the conception of Hendrik van Beethoven in Kampenhout, Belgium in c.1572 and the conception of Ludwig van Beethoven seven generations later in 1770, in Bonn, Germany," said Tristan Begg, a biological anthropologist now at the University of Cambridge in the UK.

https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-from-beethovens-hair-reveals-a-surprise-close-to-200-years-later

Quote6 weeks ago my wife told me she's been cheating on me. I had been suspicious for sometime - I certainly knew something was horribly wrong in our marriage and that she had pushed me away emotionally. For some reason she decided to come clean -- sort of. To keep from dragging this out too much, I'll compress the details. She told me she'd been having an affair with a co-worker, but initially lied about the timeline and details. Over the next week, she told me the whole story and as it turns out, it was more than one affair. It was an affair 5 years ago with a co-worker that lasted a short time, her current affair with a co-worker that has lasted 3 years, and a one night stand on a business trip a year ago. Needless to say I am devastated, crushed, ripped apart. I was in no way prepared for that. It has been the worst 6 weeks of my life. She told me she had ended the affair and wanted to fix us. Not true. She has remained in contact with the current three year affair through WhatsApp. She changed jobs and moved away from where he works but.... what else is there to say. She hasn't stopped all contact, she has not provided transparency, she really has done nothing. She has begun individual counseling, we've gone to couples counseling twice, but I'm not sure she truly wants to work it out. I've been a complete mess. I'm all over the place. One minute I want to run and file for divorce, the next I can't imagine my life without her. I've told her I think we could get through this and I've also told her I want her out of the house. (She won't leave). I've begun intense counseling and have been reading everything I can get my hands on. I'm now at a place, 6 weeks in, where I feel like I can think a bit more clearly. She has moved into the spare room so we are in different rooms at least, but for most of the time over the last few weeks I have followed her around trying to get her to talk and explain to me, and beg me for forgiveness, etc. of course that pushed her away further. I have for the past few days tried to seriously implement a 180. I'm only moderately successful so far. I do love her, but I don't think I can get over this - I don't think she wants me too, even though she says she's done with the other guy and never wants to be with him ( he's married with two kids, and yes his wife now knows about the affair).

https://www.talkaboutmarriage.com/threads/marriage-destroyed-by-wifes-infidelity.404946/