I loved my life at NBC. I had to understand what happened and why. His six papers on the transplant surgery were retracted. "He seemed like he was the miracle man," she said. ", Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, What is graupel? 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. Its so damaging. Mathias Corbascio, another cardiothoracic surgeon who worked at the Karolinska Institute at the time, said the intensive care unit doctor responsible for her care began consulting with him on the literature written by Macchiarini on tracheal replacements. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. It said he'd be in South America and that the "trip had been planned for quite some time," Alexander said. There was no evidence the Obamas had heard of him, either. And [00:14:24] Bob: It feels natural for Benita to share the family struggle with this world famous surgeon, a man who had spent his career cheating death, or trying anyway. Um, which is just something I never thought I would do, you know. "The Experiments" told the stories of some of Maccharini's patients, including young mother Julia Tuulik, who damaged her trachea in a car accident. He proposed to Alexander on Christmas in 2013 and she said yes. She said she later sent a lengthy text message to him, and received a single-word response: "Wow! Megan Hilty on the Tony's, like she got best dress, or Debra Messing, or you know, Carli Lloyd, like the whole soccer team coming in, I'm dressing Carli Lloyd for all these, for the ESPYs, and, you know, all these amazing people that I've dressed over the years, even the Oscars and I'm, I mean it's going wow, I made it to where I love what I do. And that frees up Benita to go public about their relationship. But unfortunately, her personal life has been marred by a turbulent childhood in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and a series of unsuccessful relationships. [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. And they kind of laughed. He is one of the world's leading cardio thoracic surgeons. This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. People often tell me that afterwards, that, you know, I'm very hyper-focused and very no-nonsense, you know, all business. [00:23:20] Bob: Bo also spent many months following Paolo around the world, getting to know him, getting Paolo to open up to him. What did he do this time?" 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. Benita Alexanders personal life story was part of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything. Dashing, successful and charming, Macchiarini, she thought, was the perfect man for her. Paolo had actually told her that Pope Francis would be officiating their wedding and that celebrities such as Elton John, the Clintons, the Obamas, and the Beckhams, among many others, would be in attendance, and shed somehow believed him. [00:10:16] Bob: And when they meet, well Benita is stunned by what happens. And when we went to Boston to interview Dr. Macchiarini, when he came in, it was um, I was with a colleague, and he, he came into this bar where we had arranged to have a coffee with him just to say hello the night before the interview, and you know there's, he's a very charming, good-looking man. They got married in October 2012. The famous surgeon, a miracle worker who gives hope to hopeless patients, who's rewriting the rules of medicine. My daughter who, you know, has been through a lot. Hundreds of Benita Alexander's friends and family had already bought their plane tickets to Italy to attend her extravagant wedding that was supposed to be officiated by the pope when it all came crashing down in a flurry of her fianc's deception. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. View our online Press Pack. Moreover, the Italian investigator found records showing that despite planning a wedding with Alexander for so long, Macchiarini was still legally married. Benita has spoken about her experience in numerous national and international TV and radio programs. You know, the equivalent of going to a drugstore and buying whatever, you, they, the idea is ultimately we'll get to the point that, you know, you have a failing organ or you lose a body part, you just order up a new one. Benita Alexander has been working as a Macchiarini at NBC News. Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Buy Season 1 [00:17:35] Benita: Around this time that my ex-husband, John, passed away, we became romantically involved. And he said, he finally said, "Well, I'm going to go and talk to my contacts at the Vatican." Um, made dinner, and did all this, and then we were discussing and showing fabrications and doing sketching and then like, you know, where were we going to begin? I want, I just want to get the job done. [00:12:46] Benita: Oh yeah, no, I immediately just sort of shoved it down and thought whatever that was, it was, it was silly, and uh, let's forget about that. He's also never spoken publicly about his relationship with Alexander. But everything else, I'm planning everything, and you can't ask me any questions.". This was, I didn't even know what to say. [00:23:14] Bo Lindquist: And then we traveled to different places. He was listed as one of . What do they discover? She finds that story in South Korea. In June 2013, they flew to Venice for what Alexander called an incredibly romantic weekend.. And that presence was really something, it was really something. My then ex-husband, who I had moved to New York with and the father of our beautiful daughter, was dying of brain cancer. Copyright 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. Paolo showers Benita with affection. 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. to search for ways to make a difference in your community at I was like why, why are you videotaping me again. And she, unfortunately, was born with no windpipe. And I said, "Well what are we going to do?" Alexander didn't initially believe him, but she said Macchiarini told her that the pope wanted to push forward his progressive agenda for the church. We had 300+ people coming from all over the world. Which clearly would completely change the face of, of medicine and, you know, all these people that been told they have no hope or no chance, it, it would be, it would be a gamechanger, right. Benita is the Executive Producer of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything, which premiered in the U.S. in 2018 on Investigation Discovery, and continues to be broadcast around the world. There's so much she couldn't do, but she had this sparkling personality. He was put on trial after his patients reportedly suffered bodily harm during his experimental surgeries but he always denied any criminal wrongdoing. After sweeping Alexander off her feet by taking her to jet-setting and romantic locales all over the world for months, Macchiarini proposed. And so I thought, okay, maybe its not as crazy as it, as it sounds. Read More: Where Is Paolo Macchiarini Now? After a few days there, she traveled to Macchiarini's home in Barcelona, Spain, with some friends who came along for support. And right about then, across the Atlantic Ocean, Bo is about to find out the real truth about Paolo too. I didn't even, I, I, I stopped in hesitation. She hence became the executive producer of a documentary film entitled He Lied About Everything, which chronicled her emotional journey as well as his scientific lies. She later tied the knot with a ballroom instructor Edson Jeune in 2012, yet even that didnt work out. I was just giddy with happiness. 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. But Bo at the time had no idea who it was. I found him very um, hmm, he had a presence about him. 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. And so we, we thought, you know, this is a perfect case to focus a story around, and so we started doing Hannah's story. "I was angry as hell. Benita Alexander's documentary chronicles her fairytale romance with a celebrity surgeon that turned into a scam. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. [00:41:47] Bob: But not as scary as what happens next. Give it to me. And somehow, when I read that email, I guess all those little red flags that I had been ignoring, the things that were eating at my gut, I just knew. He was kind of a rebel. That makes me crazy. All Bo knew was that Paolo was very charming. It was killing me, and but I was also so in love with him. ", Heartbroken, Alexander continued to discover more of Macchiarini's lies in the ensuing months. "It was the weirdest thing," Alexander said. It started with Andrea Bocelli was going to be singing in the church, because Paolo told me that his mother and Bocellis mother were friends. You can also manage your communication preferences by updating your account at anytime. 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 couldn't do anything that a normal child could do. [00:36:00] Matthew Christopher: On Valentine's Day, I met him. And so I did, you know, I sat back, and even when I was tempted to ask questions, I didn't. This is a true you must see it to believe it tale, with so many twists and turns, it will leave viewers stunned, asking only how this could have actually happened, Schleiff says. And so he took me on his motorcycle along the Illinois River. Macchiarini proposed to Benita Alexander on Christmas Day 2013, Alexander said. So first it was about the wedding gown itself. And he had been fighting with her in the courts in Brazil over this, and then she passed away, unfortunately. In 2015, she served as a co-executive producer on Breaking the Silence, which featured DWTS pro Cheryl Burke, and Counting On alums Jessa Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard. [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. He's also had his artificial trachea removed. He's Catholic. AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers people to choose how they live as they age. But at this point, they're just questions. In the most recent development, she narrated her story on ABC's The Con, so that more people can be made aware of such practices. Benita Alexander thought she had found her modern day Prince Charming. Yeah. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. I was, I was conflicted about it. Cetir died waiting for the lung transplant she desperately needed. And you know, dozens of roses and champagne and always the best champagne. The Karolinska Institute commissioned an external investigation into the allegations. Three months later, the Karolinska Institute ruled that while Macchiarini did not always rise to the level of its standards, he had not committed scientific misconduct. And spent months, you know, this did not happen overnight. And he actually said his barber in uh the south of Russia, he, he managed to find this excellent, excellent barber in Kazan there where he performed his Russian experiments, brilliant guy. They become engaged and plan a lavish dream wedding, to be attended by celebrities and officiated by none other than Pope Francis himself. Of the eight patients given artificial tracheas by Macchiarini, only one is still alive today. Then, two years later, her father, whod married a neighbor, asked her to pack up her bags and leave for good. I literally felt like I was floating on clouds. Then, one morning, she read in The New York Times that Macchiarini's colleagues at the Karolinska Institute had accused him of scientific misconduct and filed a complaint with the university. The qualified journalist then began working at a string of local television stations. [00:20:06] Benita: We had kind of quietly gotten engaged, but we weren't telling anybody um, because I mean the complicated thing about this is that there's a sort of unwritten rule in journalism that everybody understands, that, you know, there's, there is a line you just don't cross a kind of sacred line where you don't, you can empathize with a story subject, you can sympathize, but you don't become personally involved with a story subject for, for the reason, obviously, that your objectivity could be compromised, right. You know he loves to surprise you. So it was uh, quite, quite in--, incredible or remarkable to, for those words to come out of her mouth. En Espanol Their trained fraud specialists can provide you with free support and guidance on what to do next. Before their wedding, the couple visited Italy, where Alexander asked Macchiarini to show her where their wedding celebrations would take place. You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. Despite her work ethic, she fell in love with Macchiarini. Nothing anybody could do for her, and then like so many of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini's patients, they did a google search and found this kind of a magician of a surgeon who said I can help your little girl. And basically giving up everything. I was blissfully happy. Among the high-powered clients who Macchiarini claimed were on this network were the Clintons, the Obamas and even Pope Francis. [00:40:15] Bob: With that dramatic entrance comes a dramatic exit too. "The headline is that it started out as a beautiful love story and it ended up as a total nightmare," said Benita. His work, if controversial, is also groundbreaking. Benita Alexander has everything going for her. She was able to get the Vatican to verify that he had never been the pope's personal doctor. The latter refers to his misconduct that led to the deaths of several patients. [00:00:34] Welcome back to The Perfect Scam. Lindquist said the documentary sparked outrage in Sweden, and weeks later, new investigations into Macchiarini began. In the months leading up to the airing of A Leap of Faith, in June 2014, Macchiarini and Alexander went on trips to the Bahamas, Turkey, Mexico, Greece, and Italy. [00:25:58] Bo Lindquist: I think he liked the challenge. But Benita's intuition overtook her and she hired a private investigator to look into the surreal wedding. 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. And he was putting artificial tracheas, the windpipe, into patients. When her ex-husband died, Macchiarini helped Alexander cope. And it's a beautiful building, and it just has this feeling about it, you know, as you, it's a very special feeling too. You could uh, train stem cells so that, and then inject them into the body and the stem cells would do the work, the surgery, not the knife. So over the next few days he tells me that theres something hes never told me before, and that he is actually Pope Franciss private personal doctor. [00:40:30] Benita: Paolo lived in Barcelona, and so we had talked about what were we going to do after the wedding. [00:04:24] Benita: Right, yeah, and they're not always happy endings, and you do, you, unfortunately, you know, you report on a lot of very, very difficult things in news. It does make it difficult sometimes, because you, some stories are so heavy and so difficult, and I would sometimes, it would take me weeks sometimes to sort of shake a story, and people would sit with me, and their stories would sit with me for a long, long time. 5. Her purpose for doing so is simple; to not only move on but also build a safe community for survivors like her a place where theres self-healing through sharing and unconditional support. That's pretty unusual too. I mean we were there to speak about science, so I thought, okay. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. [00:35:21] Bob: It does sound like the kind, I mean we were talking about what, 10 gowns? Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. And it was, when I walked back to the motorcycle, he kind of, he just got off the motorcycle and I walked up to him, and I had tears streaming down my face, and he, he just grabbed me, you know. One name kept coming up over and over again, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini. [00:39:38] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, I mean we were going through fittings, we were going through the process of um getting things together. I don't know if I was nervous. But our guest list was insane because now that the Pope was marrying us, he kept inviting all these dignitaries, you know, so world leaders were coming to our wedding. "It said that he had a normal functioning airway," Corbascio said. It was kind of romance on steroids. Alexander hired a private investigator to investigate all the secrets and lies about Macchiarini. You know, all these celebrities were coming. It does so much unnecessary damage. [00:23:44] Bo Lindquist: Paolo was very well-dressed and very careful with his looks. He also directed ABC News to a list of reforms the Institute was implementing in the wake of the scandal. "The first thing we did was inform our boss, and then we also informed Paolo Macchiarini's bosses at the university," Corbascio said. Alexander, an award-winning documentary TV producer, met Macchiarini in 2013 while working on a story about the surgeon's pioneering work transplanting synthetic tracheas, or windpipes. [00:25:49] Bob: But, and this made him a fun interview, he doesn't mind debating his controversial techniques. And I literally, I was really like, what? And then John Legend was supposed to be playing piano in the church. [00:02:31] Benita: Yeah, right! As Alexander began to unravel the web of lies Macchiarini had told her, she began to wonder if the world-renowned thoracic surgeon had also misled people in his professional life. Benita Alexander is an American television producer, director, writer, and reporter. Macchiarini ran into some legal trouble regarding his stem cell treatments with Swedish prosecutors recently appealing a sentence given to the Italian surgeon, the Associated Press reported. She started her career at a local news station before moving on to work at NBC in New York. This is a surgeon. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. [00:03:01] Benita: Yeah, one of the ones um, there was a father in New Jersey, whose wife had abducted their son to Brazil, parental abduction, which is when one parent takes the child, against the other parent's will to another country. [00:35:38] Bob: I mean it sounds like that could cost an infinity if you wanted it to. You know this man adores you. I mean I, I loved NBC. [00:36:51] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, yes, oh my gosh. 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. Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. I was so conflicted about it. By the time Alexander discovered these things about Macchiarini, she said she'd spent over $50,000 on wedding preparations and quit her job. He Lied About Everything is the true tale of the love affair between award-winning investigative producer Benita Alexander, and world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Macchiarini did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News. Macchiarini denied the accusations coming from his colleagues at the Karolinska Institute to Alexander, and she doubled down on supporting Macchiarini. Be sure to find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And, and so we pivoted the story a bit to make it a little bit more about some of Paolo's other patients and more about, you know the field of regenerative medicine. Benita Alexander-Noel was born on April 21, 1966 in Australia. 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. The personal relationship between Alexander and Macchiarini continued to blossom. The couple divorced in 2009. ET on ABC. 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. 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. It was at this point that Benita said she started to feel that something was not right. A post shared by Benita Alexander (@loveconned). On your mark, get set, go. And I made it to this point. Free online workshop! He was giving people who had no other hope. And this is something very clandestine and secretive and he cant talk about, but hes been doing this for many years, and he is a celebrity surgeon to a number of famous people and celebrities, but that he cant talk about this because hes tied to people who want a private doctor who will attend to them but, you know, they have these private doctors, because they don't want anyone to know, you know, whats going on in their private life. I mean it got to the point where he loved to surprise me, everywhere we went. I mean it was crazy. And then every month there was a new surprise. Um, I almost actually passed out. In 2019, the film was nominated in the documentary category for the WIN Awards, Women's Image Network. I love some pressure, let's go for it. 5. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. 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