She'd been in the intensive care unit in Turkey for three years, and her health was still deteriorating. The Karolinska Institute, which had renewed Macchiarini's contract in November 2015, launched another investigation into Macchiarini and reversed its previous conclusions -- Macchiarini was indeed guilty of scientific misconduct, the Institute determined. What to tell her. receive communications related to AARP volunteering. [00:08:01] Bob: Benita knows she wants to do a special about Paolo's work, but she needs a story, a patient that viewers can follow from beginning to end. While still trying to care for Cetir, Corbascio said his team found that Macchiarini had exaggerated the effectiveness of his surgeries and falsified data to make the surgeries seem more successful than they were. And it was very difficult for us um, with the story because, you know, we had all hoped for one of these happy endings, you know, this was, the hope was to do a two-hour special, and at the end of it, you know, Hannah's home in South Korea, running around the backyard with her, her big sister, and you know, being a happy toddler as, as she should have been all along, and you know, Hannah was the most vibrant little girl. ABCs The Con is a true-crime documentary series that unveils the curtain on the people behind some of the most atrocious scams in recent times. [00:15:45] Benita: There was a particular moment when my ex-husband had gone into a coma, and I was in Illinois, and I was, I was um, very upset about everything and trying to figure out a way, I was talking to Paolo about trying to figure out what to do and how to say goodbye, and uh crying about the fact that I hadn't been able to say goodbye. Benita Alexander thought she had found her modern day Prince Charming. Read More: Where Is Paolo Macchiarini Now? And as they ride the motorcycle away from the river, the magic carpet ride takes off. The qualified journalist then began working at a string of local television stations. I couldn't fall apart because if he's lying to me like this, there's no way he's not lying in his medical and professional life.". In response to Gerdin's report, Macchiarini denied all the findings. And it's presented to me by Paolo, it's not even about our wedding or about our love story. [00:31:42] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, I do, you know, I've done tons of celebrity stuff, tons of Broadway stuff. And he had been fighting with her in the courts in Brazil over this, and then she passed away, unfortunately. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. ", Heartbroken, Alexander continued to discover more of Macchiarini's lies in the ensuing months. "He and I started going to dinners and I was kind of pouring my heart out to him about all this stuff. And, and then he would tell me the priest won't marry us, and this went on and on and on. It was eight months later when they became properly engaged after Macchiarini presented her with a $100K ring. It just never stopped, to the point that I would come home from these trips, and all my friends were hanging on the edge of their seat. This was holy cow. And there are special considerations now that the wedding is going to be at the Vatican, so she asks the store how she can get in touch with the designer? Benita Alexander is a producer, director, writer, and narrator, who has actually been behind several episodes of ID's 'Now,' 'Dateline,' and even 'Inside the Obama White House.' It thus comes as no surprise that her professional success has given way to her confidence. Its so damaging. [00:31:37] Bob: Matthew is no stranger to dressing important people at important times. [00:13:10] Benita: When I met Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, and when I was working on this story, I was at an extremely vulnerable place in my life. That makes me crazy. But the biopsies showed the cells were dead and that there was actually fungi growing on the plastic, he said. And it's, I was proud to work there. My daughter who, you know, has been through a lot. He traveled to Illinois to operate on a Korean toddler who was born without a trachea and who was going to be the youngest person to ever receive an artificial one. And spent months, you know, this did not happen overnight. [00:31:09] Matthew Christopher: Um, a couture wedding gown designer is someone that actually design gowns from beginning to end, whether that's draping, whether that's sketching; couture means it's handmade. "That wasn't true. "He didnt know Pope Francis, he wasnt his personal doctor.". Most importantly, though, we need to mention that Benita not only attended the former doctor/her former fiancs trial in Sweden, but she also covered it as a correspondent for season 3 of the Dr. "She had suffered at least two strokes; she had lost much of her vision, so she was partially blind; she couldn't walk," Pinto said. She soon discovered that as she lived an apparent fairy tale romance -- with someone who not only seemed to care for her and her daughter but also lavished her with expensive gifts and trips -- others were already searching for the truth about Macchiarini. My then ex-husband, who I had moved to New York with and the father of our beautiful daughter, was dying of brain cancer. Of course, it's Valentine's Day, I'm like, oh my God. I had tried, at one point I pushed him away, and we didn't see each other for about three months. It was an excellent place. What is happening? Learn how vehicle tech like blind spot warnings and drowsy driving alerts can help make driving safer. He never did that with me, but I, I've, I have seen him really being quite, quite unpleasant with um, PhDs and people who were sort of subordinate. It hired Bengt Gerdin, a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, who spent six months examining some of Macchiarini's papers for evidence of research misconduct and in May 2015 determined that he was guilty, writing in his report that Macchiarini had made false claims about his patients' conditions improving, failed to report severe complications in some patients and made it seem as if some patients had been healthier for longer than they'd actually been following their surgeries. I was there for about 20 minutes, and I, I tossed these flowers into the water, and I was, you know, very emotional in saying goodbye to John. Um, maybe I felt like that at some point when I was really young and I had a, had a crush in school, I don't know, but I don't, I don't ever remember feeling like that. "He seemed like he was the miracle man," she said. I was so conflicted about it. [00:34:35] Bob: The first step is working with Benita on ideas for the wedding dress. And he came to visit us in Australia, and I was just, I was only 8, but I was ab--, absolutely infatuated with what he was doing and asked him all these questions. The two-part special He Lied About Everything premieres on ID on Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 8 to 10 p.m. And I was ready to ride off into the sunset, into this new life in Barcelona, and but it was also a very, very difficult decision for me. It was, it was really, really difficult. We have somebody who has been brave enough to share something thats already humiliating and devastating. I didn't know what to think. [00:23:44] Bo Lindquist: Paolo was very well-dressed and very careful with his looks. Journalist Benita Alexander is swept off her feet by a dashing Italian doctor, Paolo Macchiarini, while filming a documentary about his miraculous surgeries. "The outcry was such that the Karolinska Institute had to do something," said Ritchie. Macchiarini told Alexander he was having difficulty finding a Catholic priest who would marry two divorcees, but he told her not to worry, he would talk to his contact in the Vatican. And a very, very good listener and was giving me very wise, sage advice, you know, about all these questions; what to tell her, how to tell her, and I was sort of soaking it all up, and I was very touched by the fact that this man seemed so incredibly altruistic. He's Catholic. I also believe that exposing what happened, and exposing him, might keep him from hurting others. Some even believed he'd win a Nobel Prize one day, according to author Stuart Ritchie. She is currently the voice of the true crime series "Still A Mystery" on Investigation Discovery, and she has narrated four seasons of this ongoing, multi part show. She later tied the knot with a ballroom instructor Edson Jeune in 2012, yet even that didnt work out. Benita was also the Co-Executive Producer and narrator for the 2016 TLC documentary, "Breaking the Silence," about sexual abuse. Um, which is just something I never thought I would do, you know. Paolo Macchiarini was born in Switzerland to Italian parents and has spoken of having had a difficult childhood in Basel, where by his own account he felt like a perpetual outsider in school. And right about then, across the Atlantic Ocean, Bo is about to find out the real truth about Paolo too. "I talked to my editors and we started thinking, 'Well, let's just keep pulling on this thread. So he was very interesting and very fascinating and also because he was a pioneer, and he was pushing the envelope, you know, he was a little bit, a little bit radical, but doing, he was taking chances that nobody else would, and we actually need people like that in medicine. He responded wow,'" Benita claimed. The couple shares a daughter named Jessina, born in 2003. And Hillary Clinton got involved, different people in Congress got involved, but ultimately, after many trips back and forth to Brazil and a lot of emotion, he got his son home. The Korean girl that had undergone Macchiarini's procedure in Illinois, whose story Alexander had been sent to cover, had died in the time following the surgery. Excellent place. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Capping off a whirlwind romance filled with gondola rides in Venice and quiet dinners in the Greek islands, she was promised a wedding in the Italian countryside officiated by the Pope himself. And so it was kind of the perfect case for us to focus our story around. Macchiarini did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News. I mean it was crazy. 5. But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a . [00:33:49] Matthew Christopher: I mean yeah, I'm like oh, look. It's a very aggressive form of brain cancer. Her new podcast "Benita and the Berracas," will feature Benita talking to other women who open up to her about their own love conned stories, along with advice on how to avoid becoming a victim. It was magical. again. Paolo Macchiarini (born 22 August 1958): 2 is a Swiss-born Italian thoracic surgeon and former regenerative medicine researcher who became known for research fraud and manipulative behavior. She reflected on their relationship and wondered how she could've missed all the red flags. Alexander was working on a documentary about Macchiarini's success in the medical field. But as the wedding planning continued, Alexander's fianc became increasingly embroiled in work-related issues. He was speaking at a conference in Boston, and we went there to interview him, sort of ahead of Hannah coming to the US, about his work and about Hannah. [00:34:59] Bob: When you went to her house, was Paolo there? ID gives the viewer the opportunity to experience this along with Benita the highs and the lows and to discover, along with her, howhe lied about everything, says Henry Schleiff, Group President of Investigation Discovery, Destination America and American Heroes Channel in a press release about the documentary. 5 Journalist Benita Alexander (right) has. Cetir's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer of the plastic tube used in Macchiarini's procedure. They became friends and over time she felt herself falling for him, despite her journalistic integrity impeding the romance. [00:02:31] Benita: Yeah, right! Therefore, when Benita met the charming Paolo Macchiarini in the spring of 2013, thanks to NBCs A Leap of Faith, and he swept her off her feet, she crossed the professional line to start a romance with him. He was listed as one of . [00:18:58] Bob: I love you in rose petals on the bed. And I made it to this point. I had butterflies or something like some, some kind of electric spark went through my body, and I, my immediate thought was, what in the heck is that? He told her opera singer Andrea Bocelli would be singing in the church during their wedding and that John Legend would be playing the piano at their ceremony. Macchiarini proposed to Alexander on Christmas Day in 2013. Quack, quack, quack. The scale . The couple had the wedding planned for July 2015. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos and shows Alexanders search for the truth after such a shocking betrayal of the heart. [00:10:23] Benita: Yeah, the thing about this was, I am, and I'm, I'm very serious when I work. And so they got FDA approval for Paolo to do the surgery in Illinois, and they got him a special medical license to do the surgery in Illinois. Journalist Benita Alexander is swept off her feet by a dashing Italian doctor, Paolo Macchiarini, while filming a documentary about his miraculous surgeries. I didn't even, I, I, I stopped in hesitation. NBC News is pulling "A Leap of Faith" Meredith Vieira's documentary on controversial . And it was, it was things like this all the time. [00:02:54] Bob: Benita focused on emotional stories, many involving children in tragic circumstances. But the former NBC News producer would come to find out the hard way that even the most glamorous and convincing of appearances can be deceiving. You know the, the invitations talked about needing a password, a secret password to get into the wedding, and you couldn't get in unless you had the invitation with you. And so I was sort of, by becoming involved with him and by falling in love with him, I was breaking this cardinal rule in journalism that you don't get involved with a subject of your story, and even though when we did fall in love, it was, we were at the end of the production of the story, we kept it quiet because of that. And that presence was really something, it was really something. ET on ABC. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Paolo Macchiarini proposes to Benita Alexander before leaving US for work: Part 2Alexander seemed to be living a fantasy lifestyle. And he's getting noticed in the medical field. By the time Alexander discovered these things about Macchiarini, she said she'd spent over $50,000 on wedding preparations and quit her job. After sweeping Alexander off her feet by taking her to jet-setting and romantic locales all over the world for months, Macchiarini proposed. Benita Alexander is a producer, director, writer, and narrator, who has actually been behind several episodes of IDs Now, Dateline, and even Inside the Obama White House. It thus comes as no surprise that her professional success has given way to her confidence. [00:21:22] Benita: Tragically, Hannah passed away, which was, um, just devastating. Fans can also watch He Lied About Everything on InvestigationDiscovery.com. "And then I want him to be held accountable. This story is extremely personal and difficult for me to share, but the journalist in me couldnt let it be, Alexander says in the release. And then John Legend was supposed to be playing piano in the church. [00:00:34] Welcome back to The Perfect Scam. They live in the same area outside Florence. [00:06:46] Benita: And he was, as I said, called the super surgeon, and he was the pioneer in this field. By the time he performed the artificial trachea transplant on Cetir, he had already performed the same procedure on four other patients. It basically was, we've been asked to do this, and by virtue of being my fianc, because I'm this famous doctor, I feel that this is something we should do. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Journalist Benita Alexander (right) has revealed chilling clues that disclosed her lover and famed surgeon Paolo Macchiarini as a "romance scammer", The two fell for each other when Benita was interviewing Macchiarini for a story, The couple planned a lavish wedding set to take place in 2015 that felt too good to be true after Macchiarini said the Pope would officiate it, Benita decided to hire a private investigator, which led to her discovering her famous surgeon lover was actually facing legal trouble over his innovative techniques, Benita said she left her job of 17 years to marry Macchiarini, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). And I tend to be a very empathetic kind of person, and I am very sensitive, and I care a lot about people and so I've always used that in journalism to really sort of get inside somebody else's shoes or, or their story. She couldn't do anything that a normal child could do. She had already spent good money on her wedding preparations. [00:18:02] Benita: Oh, there was so many. [00:24:37] Bob: Paolo is a natural subject for a documentary film. For other inquiries, Contact Us. He soon proposed, only for her to realize her fianc was a complete liar around a year later. And he was not doing well, and I was really struggling with the fact that I was about to become a single mother. "He [the Pope] wanted to use us as the poster couple for the Catholic church, to prove people who are divorced can get married in the Catholic church.". Alexander was in head over heels for Macchiarini. If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. I had to understand what happened and why. If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. And I think I was even blushing. Macchiarini.". Elton John was going to be performing. [00:32:14] Matthew Christopher: She actually came to my private showroom which was really cool, and um, I had my whole staff there, and we had to sign a nondisclosure agreement, and I was like, what is going on here? related to AARP volunteering. Lindquist's three-part documentary series "The Experiments" began airing just over a week after the damning Vanity Fair article was published in early January 2016. [00:00:03] He was incredibly generous, you know, and so romantic and just so wonderful. And then in radio, producing a radio talk show, and then in local television. In 2013, the successful documentary producer met world-renowned, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini while working on a project for a major network. Alexander said that day marked the beginning of their relationship. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try One name kept coming up over and over again, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini. Previously, Benita Alexander had created a documentary called He Lied About Everything, where she opened up about Paulo Macchiarini and how she got love conned by him. Eventually, she died. And that frees up Benita to go public about their relationship. This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. Benita Alexander is a strong, independent, intelligent, warm, and loving woman who thought she found her love connection with a man that swept her off her feet, much like prince charming! Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. She said she called the castle where all the guests were supposed to be staying and asked them about the reservation, which they didn't have. All of this was happening around the same time that Alexander was preparing to share her own story publicly for the first time in a Vanity Fair article. But, she said he was in a "foul mood" the entire time they were there as he dealt with the continuing fallout from the allegations. Star-Studded Wedding Becomes Brides Worst Nightmare, Part 1, Journalist exposes her celebrity fianc, part 2, Computer hacker drains couple's life savings. [00:42:33] Bob: When Benita comes to her senses, she switches back into investigative reporter mode, and decides to find out the real truth behind Paolo. But Benita's intuition overtook her and she hired a private investigator to look into the surreal wedding. Perfect. [00:39:32] Bob: And as the day approaches, Benita gets to try on that custom-made wedding dress. As a journalist, Alexander knew she couldn't get involved with the subject of her story. In early 1982, shortly before her 16th birthday, Benita returned home from a sleepover to discover that her mother had left the family in the middle of the night. After a few days there, she traveled to Macchiarini's home in Barcelona, Spain, with some friends who came along for support. She is currently the Executive Producer/Showrunner of the true crime series "Crimes Gone Viral," which airs on Investigation Discovery and is in its second season. He has peoples lives in his hands.. Capping off a whirlwind romance filled with gondola rides in Venice and quiet dinners in the Greek islands, she was. And I open the door, and there's a trail of rose petals leading up to the bed, and it says "I love you" in rose petals on the bed. The first meeting between Benita Alexander, an award-winning producer for NBC News, and Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, the famous transplant surgeon, took place at the bar at Bostons Mandarin Oriental hotel. "He said he was having trouble finding a priest to marry us," she said. [00:21:08] Bob: Benita is proud of her work and happy with her husband-to-be, excited to put the finishing touches on Hannah's medical miracle story, but before the piece airs, the story takes a dark turn. [00:35:25] Matthew Christopher: Um, gosh, 1-2-3 for her. It does so much unnecessary damage. And it came down to how are we going to accomplish doing all these pieces for this wedding that is going to be so high profile, so exclusive, I mean I've never heard of anything so, it was, I mean in my career I've experienced some great things; this was wow. And so he took me on his motorcycle along the Illinois River. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. So just under two months before the wedding, and it was just difficult. In July 2015 their "cat and mouse game" came to an end when she revealed to him everything she found through the private investigation. She did what she had to but never let it take over her life, which in turn helped her graduate magna cum laude from Wayne State University in 1987. NEW YORK Dr Paolo Macchiarini, He Lied About Everything with Benita Alexander Armchair MBA 18K subscribers Join Subscribe 1.5K Share Save 128K views 2 years ago I chat with Benita Alexander. Her colleague had sent an article that said the pope would not be in Rome, or even Italy, on the day of their wedding. In fact, he told me that Paolo would often leave their interview to engage in some frantic texting with someone, probably a lover, probably Benita. [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. He was giving people who had no other hope. She was 100% Daddy's Little Girl, and he utterly adored her. 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That's next week on The Perfect Scam. Give it to me. I mean I, I loved NBC. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. [00:09:18] Benita: Yeah, so we, we started focusing our story around Hannah and her family, and Hannah was actually, she was going to be the youngest person in the world to ever get one of his experimental transplants; the first toddler, and also the first patient to be operated on in the United States. For more compelling true crime coverage, follow our Crime magazine on Flipboard. She's a star producer for NBC News in New York, working alongside Meredith Viera creating primetime TV specials. The way he used stem cells with his plastic tracheas would eventually develop into something quite extraordinary where you could use stem cells to target organs or other areas of the body where the, where there was a medical problem. 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? [00:11:55] Bob: And how old were you then? People often tell me that afterwards, that, you know, I'm very hyper-focused and very no-nonsense, you know, all business. [00:36:07] Matthew Christopher: Confident, rico-suave, I am Paolo, ha-ha, and I'm like, okay, you know, I'm like am I nervous? She had spent her entire little life in the hospital, never left the hospital because she had a tube down her throat just to live. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a discovery that may prove the doctor is not all he claims to be. Nobody, except my closest friends and family, knew about the Pope because we weren't allowed to talk about it, but they knew that was a big VIP wedding. Benita Alexander has everything going for her. Macchiarini had reported that after his first patient underwent the procedure, a healthy trachea was beginning to develop, Lindquist said. [00:15:28] Bob: As Hannah's story becomes more intense, the news on Benita's ex-husband, John, gets worse. Together, they'd spend long weekends traveling to different countries, like Mexico, Russia and Greece. I was just giddy with happiness. And I was, I was really moved by that. I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. And each surprise was a bigger wow factor than the last one. The true tale of the love affair between award-winning investigative producer Benita Alexander and world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Macchiarini proposed to Benita Alexander on Christmas Day 2013, Alexander said. 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