As these events were unfolding, Maccharini allowed Lindquist to follow him for a documentary film. He, he was supposed to be their last hope. Benita Alexander has been working as a Macchiarini at NBC News. Although her family said the injury wasn't serious enough to necessitate a tracheal transplant, she still underwent the procedure and went on to experience tremendous pain. Despite her work ethic, she fell in love with Macchiarini. But Macchiarini showered her in flowers and jewelry. 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. 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. But despite his seemingly busy schedule, Alexander said Macchiarini offered to plan their wedding. Six years later, in 2009, they filed for divorce. I'm going to have to do the exact number but [00:12:07] Bob: And you hadn't felt that way ever, or at least not for 30 years, something like that. In her personal life, she's also looking for a medical miracle, a miracle that, well it wasn't going to come. He was incredibly generous, you know, and so romantic and just so wonderful. What to tell her. And he said, "Just tell me when you want to stop." Corbascio called the decision "absolutely insane.". She was taking an incredible risk by getting involved with Paolo. 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. That hideous under eye makeup , the obvious heavy Botox , that absurd VERY heavy makeup AND that over-dyed silly black hair says it all. Learn how to subscribe to AARP Podcasts on any device. [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. And it's presented to me by Paolo, it's not even about our wedding or about our love story. "That wasn't true. 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. And each surprise was a bigger wow factor than the last one. [00:05:44] Benita: Yeah, I mean the, we wanted to do a story about this field called regenerative medicine which added base core, the most simplistic way to define this is, it's sort of sci-fi, futuristic medicine where the, the goal is to be able to create body parts or organs in the lab, man-made. A new two-hour "20/20" reports on Benita Alexander, a television producer who fell head over heels in love with world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini while producing a report on his revolutionary new surgery technique. It was, it was a huge change and a huge change for my daughter. Elton John was going to be performing. We just made sure we took care of Benita. [00:35:41] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, and we definitely um, we made sure that through this process, we made sure we took care of her, you know what I mean. That was insane. [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. I'm, you know, I like, I like information. 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. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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. Spouse John Noel, Edson Jeune, Macchiarini, Source of Wealth Acting and Producing career. And we got involved and started doing the story, and it got very intense. 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. [00:00:03] He was incredibly generous, you know, and so romantic and just so wonderful. And so I did, you know, I sat back, and even when I was tempted to ask questions, I didn't. ABC News produced a tv series, The Con, that explores stories of people taken in by claims and promises that proved too good to be true, revealing how the victims were fooled and the cost of their false trust. One of the reasons I am so adamant about continuing to talk about this is because I think victim-shaming is terrible. [00:30:47] Benita: It was all very hush-hush, you know, everybody that was involved in the wedding planning, including the people that designed the wedding invitations, the people that made my wedding dresses, everybody had to just, had to sign nondisclosure agreements. ", Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, What is graupel? The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos and shows Alexanders search for the truth after such a shocking betrayal of the heart. I mean not, not physically, but he could be quite uh frightening actually when he got angry. He spent months supposedly going to different churches in Italy, and he would send me pictures of these places, and all these details, and asked me if I liked them or not. In September 2020, Swedish prosecutors announced charges against Macchiarini for aggravated assault in connection to three surgeries that he had performed at the Karolinska University Hospital, including Cetir's. Exploring the troubling tales of people manipulated by claims and promises that proved too good to be true, it reveals how the perpetrator fooled their victims and made them pay the price for their misplaced trust both emotionally and financially. He actually brought him home on Christmas Day, and he and I are still in touch. [00:35:25] Matthew Christopher: Um, gosh, 1-2-3 for her. I literally felt like I was floating on clouds. Track SoCal rain with LIVE Megadoppler 7000 HD, Emily Whipp, Laura Dimon, Colleen Halpin, Emma Piscia and Anthony Rivas. And she was Daddy's Little Girl. Alexander said that day marked the beginning of their relationship. [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? She had already spent good money on her wedding preparations. 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They got married in October 2012. Benita Alexanders personal life story was part of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything. I love some pressure, let's go for it. Death podcast. [00:06:46] Benita: And he was, as I said, called the super surgeon, and he was the pioneer in this field. again. 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. Season 1 (206) 2018 13+ 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. Benita Alexander thought she had found her modern day Prince Charming. 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 will be asked to register or log in. "I talked to my editors and we started thinking, 'Well, let's just keep pulling on this thread. He is Italian. 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 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. 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. And they kind of laughed. Just like, oh, the dance dress was crazy. They become engaged and plan a lavish dream wedding, to be attended by celebrities and officiated by none other than Pope Francis himself. Cetir came to Macchiarini's attention after undergoing an elective procedure to correct a condition that caused excessive sweating. In 2019, she produced the Oxygen doc Seduced By Evil, which chronicles another con-man, Derek Alldred. I don't know if I was nervous. My daughter who, you know, has been through a lot. 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. The third season, called "Dr. Death: Miracle Man" includes 6 episodes, along with a bonus episode that is an interview with Benita by host Laura Beil. Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. There's so much she couldn't do, but she had this sparkling personality. 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. And uh I decided to, to take his favorite flowers, birds of--, bird of paradise, and I ended up going to a flower shop and getting three birds of paradise; one for me, my, one for my daughter, and one for John, and Paolo um, loved motorcycles, and we had been shooting him on a motorcycle. 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. 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. [00:25:56] Bob: How did he take to being questioned? But Benita's intuition overtook her and she hired a private investigator to look into the surreal wedding. Every time he took me on a trip, he just delighted in these, these big, over the top, elaborate surprises. Um, it hit all of us very, very hard. Her film "He Lied About Everything," about her own personal story with a con man, aired on Investigation Discovery in 2018 and continues to air around the world. And this trip had been planned for a very long time. "He said he was having trouble finding a priest to marry us," she said. Alexander said she never thought she'd be part of Macchiarini's life, particularly because he was a subject in her work. In fact, we both worked for NBC in New York at the same time, but we didn't know each other then. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. 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. ", Heartbroken, Alexander continued to discover more of Macchiarini's lies in the ensuing months. [00:25:49] Bob: But, and this made him a fun interview, he doesn't mind debating his controversial techniques. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. 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. And so that meant me quitting my job at NBC and leaving New York and pulling my daughter out of her very difficult to get into private school in New York. 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. I found him very um, hmm, he had a presence about him. She won a slew of honors for her work with the greatest in television reporting, including two Emmys. He had told her, as personal surgeon to the Pope, the leader of the Catholic church wanted to marry the couple, she explained. As a producer, for me that was next to impossible. I mean, and we didn't know what to do. It's, it's a very um, it has a lot of stature, that building and a lot of meaning. I mean it got to the point where he loved to surprise me, everywhere we went. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Short Press Reel. 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. An astonishing true story of love, betrayal and unimaginable deception. Macchiarini and Benita quickly started planning an extravagant wedding, she said. 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. This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. I'm your host, Bob Sullivan. It said he'd be in South America and that the "trip had been planned for quite some time," Alexander said. He responded wow,'" Benita claimed. After sweeping Alexander off her feet by taking her to jet-setting and romantic locales all over the world for months, Macchiarini proposed. 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. He was often described as a George Clooney look-alike, you know, he's, he's very elegant. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. TV producer's romance with star surgeon begins against better judgment: Part 1Benita Alexander met Paolo Macchiarini while covering his pioneering work for a. "Then he said he had connections to the Vatican. I was like why, why are you videotaping me again. "The headline is that it started out as a beautiful love story and it ended up as a total nightmare," said Benita. [00:01:28] Benita: I grew up in Australia, and I had an uncle, my mother's brother, who worked for Radio Free Europe. Two-hour special that investigates the perfect engagement gone wrong between Emmy award-winning journalist, Benita Alexander, and the internationally acclaimed surgeon, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini Two-hour special that investigates the perfect engagement gone wrong between Emmy award-winning journalist, Benita Alexander, and the internationally acclaimed surgeon, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini. In addition to her work at NBC, she was the Executive Producer of the Oxygen documentary, "Seduced by Evil," which premiered in 2019 and reveals how a group of women banded together to take down the man who stole everything from them. In mid-2013, they became a couple and in December that year they became pre-engaged as Macchiarini, who lived in Barcelona, Spain, said he was still legally married with two children but had been separated for a long time and was filing for divorce. I truly was for a period there, happier than I think I've ever been. And he's getting noticed in the medical field. I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. And I made it to this point. View our online Press Pack. Learn how vehicle tech like blind spot warnings and drowsy driving alerts can help make driving safer. Macchiarini has not yet entered a plea, but has denied all of the charges. And I was, I was really moved by that. The true tale of the love affair between award-winning investigative producer Benita Alexander and world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. He gave me really sage, solid, kind advice.". "We had to clear her throat basically every four to six hours, sort of 24 hours, seven days a week," said Oscar Simonson, a cardiothoracic surgeon who worked at the Karolinska Institute and its affiliated hospital at the time. I mean it was, I felt butterflies, you know. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. [00:15:28] Bob: As Hannah's story becomes more intense, the news on Benita's ex-husband, John, gets worse. [00:24:37] Bob: Paolo is a natural subject for a documentary film. [00:09:12] Bob: And so, Benita travels to Boston to meet the miracle worker for herself. Macchiarini proposed to Benita Alexander on Christmas Day 2013, Alexander said. The happy couple start planning their wedding in earnest, and well, we already know Paolo likes a challenge. So I just found him very, I don't want to say intimidating, because intimidating's not the word. Benita Alexander thought she had found her modern day Prince Charming. [00:31:35] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, it is a special process. 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. ABC7's Dallas Raines explains the difference, Jury selection begins for convicted torturer accused of escaping jail. Um, and so he had, we were coming back into the room after dinner one night, and I was kind of teasing him. [00:36:55] Bob: Benita, the TV producer, is very used to managing all the details of a big event. I was blissfully happy. 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. And, and then he would tell me the priest won't marry us, and this went on and on and on. Star-Studded Wedding Becomes Brides Worst Nightmare, Part 1, Journalist exposes her celebrity fianc, part 2, Computer hacker drains couple's life savings. How do we, how do we tell this story? They became friends and over time she felt herself falling for him, despite her journalistic integrity impeding the romance. "He and I started going to dinners and I was kind of pouring my heart out to him about all this stuff. You are no longer 21 !!! In 2013, she was featured in the NBC documentary "A Leap of Faith." She has won numerous awards for her work. I had tried, at one point I pushed him away, and we didn't see each other for about three months. Claiming he was in demand. Well actually, dresses. And she meets Christopher at his shop. How to, what do we do now? 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. "It said that he had a normal functioning airway," Corbascio said. Yeah. [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. ET on ABC. This was holy cow. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. In October, 2020, her story was the premiere episode of ABC's primetime series, "The Con," hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. It wasnt surprising being a surgeon in Italy. Gerdin also said Macchiarini had failed to obtain ethical permits to perform the transplants, which he said amounted to experimentation on human subjects. [00:36:00] Matthew Christopher: On Valentine's Day, I met him. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. I said, I just, I can't do this. The procedure uses the framework of a plastic tube lined with the patient's stem cells and is intended to help them replicate into a healthy version of the . [00:32:26] Bob: And so she comes in with a small team, right, and you all sit around a table, and what does she say to you? 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And we finally decided that we would live in Barcelona. But as the wedding planning continued, Alexander's fianc became increasingly embroiled in work-related issues. 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. Be sure to find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. It was at this point that Benita said she started to feel that something was not right. He's also never spoken publicly about his relationship with Alexander. [00:19:03] Benita: (laugh) Yeah, yep, yeah. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. Benita Alexander is an award-winning television producer who is known for her won on Investigation Discoverys ID Now, Crimes Gone Viral, Dateline and Inside the Obama White House among other works. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. A JOURNALIST revealed the chilling clue that disclosed her lover and famed surgeon as a "romance scammer.". The Perfect ScamSMis a project of theAARP Fraud Watch Network, which equips consumers like you with the knowledge to give you power over scams. You can also manage your communication preferences by updating your account at anytime. [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. During her investigation into Macchiarini, Alexander hired private investigators in the U.S. and Italy. [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. The Karolinska Institute commissioned an external investigation into the allegations. And Paolo had said to me, "You, you need to find a way to say good-bye to him," and he said, "I'll help you." [00:30:34] Bob: Now your wedding is a cause. Paolo showers Benita with affection. After Cetir's surgery, doctors say she had to undergo an additional 191 surgeries for other complications. And I think I was even blushing. Oh, and a dance gown too, that was crazy fun. View this post on Instagram He's also had his artificial trachea removed. And as they ride the motorcycle away from the river, the magic carpet ride takes off. When a magical romance with a world-renowned surgeon develops into a nightmare, his fianc uncovers a path of destruction that leaves dead patients and shattered families in its wake. I just, I felt like somebody punched me in the stomach. Sought after worldwide, people believed Macchiarini would one day revolutionize the field of organ transplantation, journalist Bo Lindquist said. He was a flair for the dramatic and plans one romantic encounter after another. In 2015, Alexander sent emails to the Karolinska Institute expressing concerns about the acclaimed surgeon. Macchiarini did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News. She's a star producer for NBC News in New York, working alongside Meredith Viera creating primetime TV specials. When Benita discovers that her fiance is not who he claims to be, she goes on an emotional journey to unravel a trail of destruction that leaves patients dead and their shattered families in shock. 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. Read More: Where Is Paolo Macchiarini Now? [00:38:44] Benita: I should say this wedding turns into something akin to the wedding of the century. 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. 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. [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. [00:31:37] Bob: Matthew is no stranger to dressing important people at important times. Are you new to podcasts? [00:24:20] Bo Lindquist: When we made our initial agreement to, to start filming, he said that his uh, personal life would be out of bounds, and I mean a bit odd that, that we couldn't even talk about where he went to school or, or something like that, but why should we? Then, just before New Year's Eve, he left the U.S., telling Alexander that he had a "really important surgery" to perform. 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