I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. 5. "None of these people were coming," Benita said she tragically discovered. Paolo Macchiarini proposes to Benita Alexander before leaving US for work: Part 2Alexander seemed to be living a fantasy lifestyle. And it's presented to me by Paolo, it's not even about our wedding or about our love story. He responded wow,'" Benita claimed. And everybody was sort of envious in a, in a sweet way, you know, everybody would say to me, "I want what you have." 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. In the meantime, please feel free She is honestly proud of how far she has come (as she should be), and its evident shell never let anything or anyone take this journey/narrative away from her. 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. I mean most 8-year-olds will change their minds, you know, many times, but I never changed. 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. I don't know if I was 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. I mean I, I loved NBC. [00:31:07] Bob: But what is a couture wedding gown designer? News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. Alexander felt compelled to cancel the wedding, yet while she tried to figure out the extent to which Macchiarini had lied, she said she let him think they would still marry one day. In July 2015 their "cat and mouse game" came to an end when she revealed to him everything she found through the private investigation. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. When she continued to press Macchiarini about the pope, she said he blamed Vatican politics, alleging that the more conservative former Pope Benedict went behind Pope Francis' back to stop him from officiating the wedding. [00:11:55] Bob: And how old were you then? So it was uh, quite, quite in--, incredible or remarkable to, for those words to come out of her mouth. And I said, "Well what are we going to do?" I truly was for a period there, happier than I think I've ever been. I just, I felt like somebody punched me in the stomach. Cetir's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer of the plastic tube used in Macchiarini's procedure. And after he left, I said to my parents, that's what I'm going to do when I grow up. 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. [00:31:04] Matthew Christopher: I'm a couture wedding gown designer. The Love Con: Directed by Star Price. 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. I loved everything about it, and to be sort of plunging into the unknown, even though I felt very secure with Paolo, happily in love. I was just giddy with happiness. [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. And I think I was even blushing. Death." The Perfect ScamSMis a project of theAARP Fraud Watch Network, which equips consumers like you with the knowledge to give you power over scams. By the time Alexander discovered these things about Macchiarini, she said she'd spent over $50,000 on wedding preparations and quit her job. I had tried, at one point I pushed him away, and we didn't see each other for about three months. He had told her, as personal surgeon to the Pope, the leader of the Catholic church wanted to marry the couple, she explained. [00:26:36] Benita: Paolo wanted a big, Catholic wedding. Among several lies, Macchiarini told Alexander, one of those was Pope Francis officiating their wedding. Learn how to subscribe to AARP Podcasts on any device. Benita was also the Co-Executive Producer and narrator for the 2016 TLC documentary, Breaking the Silence," about sexual abuse. "I went full on into investigator mode as I knew he wouldnt tell me the truth," Benita said. 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. [00:23:14] Bo Lindquist: And then we traveled to different places. She works in Rockefeller Center and flies all around the world, and on one of these trip, she meets the man of her dreams. Her multiple awards include: Edward R. Murrow, 2 Emmys, 7 Emmy nominations, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia, NABJ and Sigma Delta Chi. If you want to tell somebody's story well, it, it helps if you can really tell it from their perspective. He's also had his artificial trachea removed. ET on ABC. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music| Spotify | Stitcher|TuneIn. Macchiarini and Benita quickly started planning an extravagant wedding, she said. It was, it was a huge change and a huge change for my daughter. He was put on trial after his patients reportedly suffered bodily harm during his experimental surgeries but he always denied any criminal wrongdoing. If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. I don't want you to do anything except find your dresses and just, all you have to do is show up and look beautiful. I'm kind of a control, you know, right, I'm kind of a control freak. You know, it was awful for her family. They set their wedding for 11 July 2015 in Rome. Yeah. Meanwhile, the doctors were still trying to save Cetir's life. 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. Benita graduated magna cum laude from Wayne State University in Michigan, with a B.A in journalism. Benita Alexander has been working as a Macchiarini at NBC News. He is Italian. He actually brought him home on Christmas Day, and he and I are still in touch. And basically giving up everything. I did not think that by pulling that thread, we would completely undo the sweater.". You know this man adores you. Of the eight patients given artificial tracheas by Macchiarini, only one is still alive today. Macchiarini took Alexander to several romantic getaways in Europe. If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. You are no longer 21 !!! [00:34:17] Bob: Well, at some point you transition from wow to okay, I've got to get to work on this, right? [00:33:22] Matthew Christopher: Right. 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. "He comes around the corner, he looks right at me and in that second something happened. [00:35:01] Matthew Christopher: No, no, just her friends who are so much fun. "I wanted to get all the information that I could before I really confronted him.". 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. This was, I didn't even know what to say. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. It wasnt surprising being a surgeon in Italy. And they kind of laughed. 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. And that frees up Benita to go public about their relationship. "The surgeons in Turkey tried to repair it and there were some complications," said Rosemary Pinto, a personal injury lawyer later hired by Cetir's family. The emotions of the moment overwhelm her. But on the afternoon that she met him, a day before she was supposed to begin filming him, something happened that gave her pause. The true tale of the love affair between award-winning investigative producer Benita Alexander and world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Be sure to find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. A presence. Fans can also watch He Lied About Everything on InvestigationDiscovery.com. "As furious as it makes me what he did [to me and] my daughter, the thought that this is a man who has people's lives in his hands. [00:09:12] Bob: And so, Benita travels to Boston to meet the miracle worker for herself. I was really taken back. The famous surgeon, a miracle worker who gives hope to hopeless patients, who's rewriting the rules of medicine. [00:33:44] Bob: And you, you had outfitted Broadway stars, famous people, but even for you this was a big deal. Wake up to the real world! Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. In fact, we both worked for NBC in New York at the same time, but we didn't know each other then. It really affects you. [00:05:31] Bob: Benita worked on several stories about medical miracles, and at the time, there was one kind of medical miracle that just kept coming up. 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He was dying and Macchiarini became someone Alexander could lean on. He's Catholic. "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. I want to focus on work. ", Alexander, who waited in the car, said that the last time she saw Macchiarini, he had turned around and walked back up the stairs. It was going to be this four-day event in Rome, you know, with a red carpet event the night before the wedding, and a big brunch the day after the wedding, and people bought plane tickets, they bought fancy, you know, red carpet attire for this wedding. to search for ways to make a difference in your community at Macchiarini had been credited with developing innovative surgical techniques using stem cells in synthetic trachea transplants. [00:01:59] Benita: I had worked my way up from working in, from tiny little newspapers in Detroit, Michigan, which is where I went to college and where I'd, my family had moved after Australia. The personal relationship between Alexander and Macchiarini continued to blossom. Documentary 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. He also directed ABC News to a list of reforms the Institute was implementing in the wake of the scandal. One of the reasons I am so adamant about continuing to talk about this is because I think victim-shaming is terrible. Macchiarini denied the accusations coming from his colleagues at the Karolinska Institute to Alexander, and she doubled down on supporting Macchiarini. So now, if you wish to learn more about the latters narrative as well as her current inspirational standing, weve got the details for you. I said, I just, I can't do this. So it was scary. 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. He proposed to Alexander on Christmas in 2013 and she said yes. 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. I was just kind of like, um, 'cause Benita's so awesome and like, you know she was totally in love with him. And it was so fun to work with, with all of them, you know, anybody that, and they have private appointments that wanted to come in. However, while filming with Macchiarini, Alexander's ex-husband, the father of her young daughter, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. And Paolo never talks about his personal life. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. 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. "I put it all in a message. 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. And then in radio, producing a radio talk show, and then in local television. [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. She started her career at a local news station before moving on to work at NBC in New York. None of the promises Alexander said her fianc Paolo Macchiarini had made for their wedding day would come true. Benita Alexander's documentary chronicles her fairytale romance with a celebrity surgeon that turned into a scam. [00:25:22] Bob: And while Paolo loves to talk about his work, he isn't always charming. Ole Petter Ottersen, president of the Karolinska Institute since 2017, told ABC News in a request for comment on Macchiarini, "It is obvious that KI's initial handling of this case was insufficient and inadequate on several points. Benita's story is also told on BBCs Outlook" podcast. Macchiarini has not yet entered a plea, but has denied all of the charges. I mean it got to the point where he loved to surprise me, everywhere we went. Alexander was in head over heels for Macchiarini. 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. 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. 5. That makes me crazy. 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. [00:36:00] Matthew Christopher: On Valentine's Day, I met him. Paolo says to me, "I want to take over the wedding planning and I want to surprise you with everything. [00:35:21] Bob: It does sound like the kind, I mean we were talking about what, 10 gowns? And, and, and embraced me and held me so hard. She finds that story in South Korea. She was 100% Daddy's Little Girl, and he utterly adored her. [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. Of course, it's Valentine's Day, I'm like, oh my God. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try And, and then he would tell me the priest won't marry us, and this went on and on and on. What started as dream relationship developed into a nightmare filled with lies and deceit. In a 500-page complaint filed in 2014 that detailed their allegations, the doctors accused Macchiarini of promoting a medical procedure that showed few signs of success while endangering the lives of his patients. 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. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. I mean, I got this sort of chill through my body, like there was some sort of electric spark, and I remember, in my head, thinking, 'What the hell was that?'". Prior to this, Benita spent 17 years in network television, producing long-form documentaries, breaking news, investigations, specials and hard news features for NBC. He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. I, I thought it was ridiculous. 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 I just thought, okay, you've got some stupid little schoolgirl crush on this doctor, which is absurd. "I, to this day, have no idea why he lied about our entire relationship.". And each surprise was a bigger wow factor than the last one. [00:35:53] Bob: And while the dresses are being made, while the other wedding preparations are underway, Matthew meets Paolo. I mean not, not physically, but he could be quite uh frightening actually when he got angry. Who lost her dad. Benita has become a recognized love conned expert and along with speaking engagements, she is a regular guest correspondent on "The Dr. Oz Show." But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a discovery that may prove the doctor is not all he claims to be. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. Um, she was being brought to Illinois, the Children's Hospital of Illinois because a Korean nurse there had found Hannah in the hospital in Seoul and had sort of lobbied to bring her to the US. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. 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. She said she later sent a lengthy text message to him, and received a single-word response: "Wow! Alexander is well-known for her career in production and film and was also in a relationship scam that made headlines and fueled her documentary, "He Lied About Everything." The slip from "Prince Charming to pathological liar" took place over just two years, she said. Not, not that kind of just instant, immediate spark. He says to me, "I want to take over the wedding planning and I want to surprise you with everything. I'm, you know, I like, I like information. It defeats the point, Benita recently said. (chuckle). And I literally, I was really like, what? And as they ride the motorcycle away from the river, the magic carpet ride takes off. He was a flair for the dramatic and plans one romantic encounter after another. He was listed as one of . She's a star producer for NBC News in New York, working alongside Meredith Viera creating primetime TV specials. [00:15:28] Bob: As Hannah's story becomes more intense, the news on Benita's ex-husband, John, gets worse. And that presence was really something, it was really something. Benita Alexander and Paolo Macchiarini fall in love Alexander, an award-winning documentary TV producer, met Macchiarini in 2013 while working on a story about the surgeon's pioneering work. We need to be pointing the finger at the con man.. Macchiarini.". [00:25:28] Bo Lindquist: He was definitely prone to getting angry and, and could be quite violently. With Whoopi Goldberg. His work, if controversial, is also groundbreaking. 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? They said that the patient was doing fine and that's not true: One of his lungs was completely obliterated from a chronic infection.". [00:36:44] Bob: I feel like there's some people you meet who are simultaneously uh impressive but uncomfortable. 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. Dashing, successful and charming, Macchiarini, she thought, was the perfect man for her. And I was, I was really moved by that. [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? Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. Six years later, in 2009, they filed for divorce. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. But everything else, I'm planning everything, and you can't ask me any questions." And he was not doing well, and I was really struggling with the fact that I was about to become a single mother. Benita has spoken about her experience in numerous national and international TV and radio programs. [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. 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. That's pretty unusual too. 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. 5. And I had seen paperwork that he had done work at the Vatican, consulting work. 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. Macchiarini had reported that after his first patient underwent the procedure, a healthy trachea was beginning to develop, Lindquist said. 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 Benita had a veil, and I brought over some dresses, and we were having some champagne, giggling and sketching, and it was so fun. Well actually, dresses. But Macchiarini showered her in flowers and jewelry. She is an executive producer, narrator, writer and director known for her work in the true crime genre. Her mother was Korean, and her dad, Canadian. From what we can tell, Benita still resides in New York alongside her daughter, where shes primarily a freelance executive producer for Lion Television, all the while serving as a public figure. [00:18:58] Bob: I love you in rose petals on the bed. related to AARP volunteering. He was incredibly generous with them as well. 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. He gave me really sage, solid, kind advice.". Alexander hired a private investigator to investigate all the secrets and lies about Macchiarini. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Benita Alexander has been working as a Macchiarini at NBC News. Anyone that knows anything about private schools in New York knows how hard that is. Once you confirm that subscription, you will regularly A love story gone bad for Benita Alexander, an award-winning documentary television producer and Paolo Macchiarini, an internationally renowned surgeon. And he said, you know, I actually met with Pope Francis. And I went, What? You know and he said, And I, I have great news. Um, Hes, hes going to help us um, were going to have somebody that will marry us, and he offered to do it himself. You know I said, What? You know, and I actually kind of called BS on him because I, I said, Thats absurd. [00:08:14] Benita: But we, we started looking into him, and then he was about to do a transplant on this beautiful, beautiful little toddler, um, her name was Hannah, from Seoul, South Korea. And so I thought, okay, maybe its not as crazy as it, as it sounds. She couldn't eat. 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