And right about then, across the Atlantic Ocean, Bo is about to find out the real truth about Paolo too. Um, and so he had, we were coming back into the room after dinner one night, and I was kind of teasing him. That makes me crazy. 5. [00:33:49] Matthew Christopher: I mean yeah, I'm like oh, look. In fact, we both worked for NBC in New York at the same time, but we didn't know each other then. 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. [00:31:37] Bob: Matthew is no stranger to dressing important people at important times. And we rode for probably 30, 45 minutes until I sort of found a spot that I thought was appropriate, and I got off the bike and I went to the water. 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. www.aarp.org/volunteer. 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. And when I looked at the email, there was an article, and it was an article about the fact that the Pope was not even going to be in Rome on July 11th, 2015, he was going to be in South America. How to, what do we do now? After a few days there, she traveled to Macchiarini's home in Barcelona, Spain, with some friends who came along for support. And so I thought, okay, maybe its not as crazy as it, as it sounds. ", Alexander, who waited in the car, said that the last time she saw Macchiarini, he had turned around and walked back up the stairs. 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. She couldn't eat. People often tell me that afterwards, that, you know, I'm very hyper-focused and very no-nonsense, you know, all business. [00:39:49] Matthew Christopher: Um, so Paolo was going to have a place where he came out, after he did something with the Pope, and he said he's going to give her this ring, and there were going to be fireworks and blah, blah, blah, but he was going to be handed off to her in this dress, right, for a reception, and the dress was going to come out with this tulle overskirt, and it was going to ripped off by Paolo, and it was going to have a dance gown underneath, like Dancing with the Stars. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Buy Season 1 [00:02:26] Bob: I remember walking into 30 Rock thinking it was the equivalent of walking into Yankee Stadium or something. You know, "You've, you've renewed my faith in love.". The Perfect ScamSMis a project of theAARP Fraud Watch Network, which equips consumers like you with the knowledge to give you power over scams. And he was putting artificial tracheas, the windpipe, into patients. 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. And that frees up Benita to go public about their relationship. My friends and my family all adored him. An astonishing true story of love, betrayal and unimaginable deception. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Macchiarini claims the synthetic trachea didn't shorten Tuulik's life or the lives of any of his other patients, or cause their deaths. "He seemed like he was the miracle man," she said. I found him very um, hmm, he had a presence about him. She finds that story in South Korea. He seemed that way in his work as well, but here he is talking to me and spending all this time listening to me and seemed very vested in this little girl that he had never met. And I literally, I was really like, what? I think he was looking for challenges, and uh, things that makes life much, much more exciting. [00:04:39] Benita: I think one of the things that can make you a good journalist if, is if you're able to put yourself in the other person's shoes, and if you're able to sympathize with them and empathize them and really try to understand what it is they're going through. again. They became friends and over time she felt herself falling for him, despite her journalistic integrity impeding the romance. [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. "I was doing a story about regenerative medicine and his name kept coming up," Benita, a New York resident, said on the podcast Dr Death: Miracle Man. He responded wow,'" Benita claimed. Previously considered a pioneer for using both biological and synthetic scaffolds seeded with patients' own stem cells as trachea . [00:40:30] Benita: Paolo lived in Barcelona, and so we had talked about what were we going to do after the wedding. Call the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline at 877-908-3360. [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. I loved my life at NBC. And I got so irritated with him, I actually hung the phone up on him. 5. Macchiarini had told Alexander that he was on a work trip in Russia, but when Alexander pulled up near his home, she said he was standing on the steps with his dog. And then in radio, producing a radio talk show, and then in local television. Benita graduated magna cum laude from Wayne State University in Michigan, with a B.A in journalism. At the time, Macchiarini was employed by the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden. I mean my, I mean my jaw was on the floor. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. He is one of the world's leading cardio thoracic surgeons. And it's Paolo who helps Benita figure out the best way to say goodbye. Who lost her dad. Alexander said that day marked the beginning of their relationship. "I was angry as hell. 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. Benita Alexander thought she had found her modern day Prince Charming. 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. [00:26:12] Bob: So while Bo follows Paolo around the world learning more about the miraculous procedures he is performing, Hannah's Story finally airs on NBC. This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. Since her romance with Paolo imploded in 2015, the brunette beauty has continued working on documentaries and docuseries'. 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. 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. You know, no, how do we take viewers through a two-hour journey of this little girl coming, you know, halfway across the world to get this radical surgery, and then she doesn't make it? I was just kind of like, um, 'cause Benita's so awesome and like, you know she was totally in love with him. Yeah. 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. They said that the patient was doing fine and that's not true: One of his lungs was completely obliterated from a chronic infection.". And we finally decided that we would live in Barcelona. "None of these people were coming," Benita said she tragically discovered. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. While Macchiarini continued to deny any wrongdoing, he lost his job at the Institute and Swedish prosecutors began looking into whether his behavior was criminal. And her parents were just distraught, you know, they wanted, they had been told she might live 6 or 7 years, and there's no cure. And you know, dozens of roses and champagne and always the best champagne. People could be dying because of this man, and therefore, I couldn't stay silent, I couldn't crawl under the covers. 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. [00:35:53] Bob: And while the dresses are being made, while the other wedding preparations are underway, Matthew meets Paolo. [00:36:51] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, yes, oh my gosh. He was often described as a George Clooney look-alike, you know, he's, he's very elegant. Uh, I think he actually appreciated being challenged to an extent. 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 failing organ. 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. 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. And whatever that is, let's, let's push that away, you know. She was taking an incredible risk by getting involved with Paolo. We had 300+ people coming from all over the world. Benita Alexander, an award-winning documentary TV producer and Paolo Macchiarini fall in love after meeting in 2013 while she is working on a story about the. The self-proclaimed love con expert is essentially currently utilizing her platform to expose various cases and empower brave women to not be shamed into silence, as per her Instagram. [00:00:03] He was incredibly generous, you know, and so romantic and just so wonderful. [00:36:44] Bob: I feel like there's some people you meet who are simultaneously uh impressive but uncomfortable. I want him to look around that courtroom and see the families of the patients whose lives he destroyed, and see my face and at last be forced for whatever few seconds to look us all in the eye and maybe understand what he did," Alexander said. 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. We need to be pointing the finger at the con man.. Track SoCal rain with LIVE Megadoppler 7000 HD, Emily Whipp, Laura Dimon, Colleen Halpin, Emma Piscia and Anthony Rivas. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. And so does anyone who has anything to do with the wedding. [00:31:04] Matthew Christopher: I'm a couture wedding gown designer. [00:36:55] Bob: Benita, the TV producer, is very used to managing all the details of a big event. In 2013, she was featured in the NBC documentary "A Leap of Faith." She has won numerous awards for her work. She was even more stunned when she began to realize that so much of what Macchiarini had told her about his personal and professional life was a lie. This is a surgeon. He actually brought him home on Christmas Day, and he and I are still in touch. She was able to get the Vatican to verify that he had never been the pope's personal doctor. In 2019, she produced the Oxygen doc Seduced By Evil, which chronicles another con-man, Derek Alldred. 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ABC News reported that Macchiarini has never spoken publicly about his relationship with Benita. 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. [00:39:38] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, I mean we were going through fittings, we were going through the process of um getting things together. 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. 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. With the celebrations set to last four days, Alexander had her dress designer make four different gowns. 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. The group eventually grew into four doctors, who compared the journal reports Macchiarini had published about his procedure -- all of which reported relatively positive results -- to the actual medical records of those patients. In 2013, the successful documentary producer met world-renowned, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini while working on a project for a major network. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. She said Macchiarini had told her that for their wedding, the Vatican had offered them the pope's summer residence in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo. So it was uh, quite, quite in--, incredible or remarkable to, for those words to come out of her mouth. In October, 2020, her story was the premiere episode of ABC's primetime series, "The Con," hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. Bo has begun asking questions about this medical miracle worker, so had some fellow researchers. And everybody was sort of envious in a, in a sweet way, you know, everybody would say to me, "I want what you have." The Love Con: Directed by Star Price. (chuckle). And basically giving up everything. Macchiarini had been credited with developing innovative surgical techniques using stem cells in synthetic trachea transplants. I loved my work at NBC. Soon afterward, he took her on an "over the top" romantic trip to Italy, where they ate extravagant meals, went shopping and island hopped on a private boat, she said. Benita Alexander, and swept her off her feet with a marriage proposal and promises of a wedding . "I made a very strategic decision to start playing a cat-and-mouse game, basically," she said. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. And I said, "Well how's that going to work, because we're both divorcees," or so I thought, and I'm not Catholic. I mean I'm going to achieve this; you know what I mean? [00:12:57] Bob: And there is another reason Benita must focus on her work at the time. View our online Press Pack. [00:18:58] Bob: I love you in rose petals on the bed. 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. receive communications related to AARP volunteering. [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. And she was Daddy's Little Girl. And that presence was really something, it was really something. And we first met in early 2013. 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. [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. I mean not, not physically, but he could be quite uh frightening actually when he got angry. And after he left, I said to my parents, that's what I'm going to do when I grow up. And he's getting noticed in the medical field. [00:09:12] Bob: And so, Benita travels to Boston to meet the miracle worker for herself. 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. We were sitting together on the, on the plane, and I just sort of started pouring my heart out to him, and he was a very good friend. 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. You'll start receiving the latest news, benefits, events, and programs related to AARP's mission to empower people to choose how they live as they age. Since her romance with Paolo imploded in 2015, the brunette beauty has continued working on documentaries and docuseries. See the shocking new details about Paolo Macchiarini's alleged medical crimes, new interviews and new revelations Friday on "20/20" at 9 p.m. 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. Perfect. So he goes to the Vatican, ostensibly, to ask for help finding someone who will marry us, and he calls me after that meeting and says to me, tells me I need to sit down, um, he has good news, but I need to sit down. "He and I started going to dinners and I was kind of pouring my heart out to him about all this stuff. You know, part of it is you meet so many different people that you would never meet otherwise, but when you can tell a story that actually makes a difference in someone's life, that, to me, that's one of the most beautiful things about journalism. This was holy cow. As these events were unfolding, Maccharini allowed Lindquist to follow him for a documentary film. Best Known For For her appearance in ID Now (2017), Dateline NBC (1992) and Inside the Obama White House (2009). After doing her own research, Alexander found that Pope Francis had just married 20 couples and began to believe it was possible after all. Corbascio called the decision "absolutely insane.". [00:25:49] Bob: But, and this made him a fun interview, he doesn't mind debating his controversial techniques. [00:23:44] Bo Lindquist: Paolo was very well-dressed and very careful with his looks. It was, it was really, really difficult. The couple divorced in 2009. But despite his seemingly busy schedule, Alexander said Macchiarini offered to plan their wedding. Of the eight patients given artificial tracheas by Macchiarini, only one is still alive today. Benita Alexander, an award-winning documentary television producer and single mother, shares her story in ABC's "The Con." ABC News At the time, Macchiarini was employed by the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Before their wedding, the couple visited Italy, where Alexander asked Macchiarini to show her where their wedding celebrations would take place. I have to tell you, and I'm like, you know, I'm a very boisterous, fun guy, that's, you know, and very um, slap-happy fun, and I literally stopped in my tracks, and was like, "Huh?" 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. After sweeping Alexander off her feet by taking her to jet-setting and romantic locales all over the world for months, Macchiarini proposed. Cetir died waiting for the lung transplant she desperately needed. And that was the moment I just thought, oh, I'm, I'm falling for this man, you know, and I just, I just sort of melted into his arms. ABC7's Dallas Raines explains the difference, Jury selection begins for convicted torturer accused of escaping jail. That's pretty unusual too. We had, we had a very good relationship still when it came to our daughter and sharing custody and you know, both of us were very focused on our daughter. It really affects you. And I just thought, okay, you've got some stupid little schoolgirl crush on this doctor, which is absurd. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. Subtle message to him, perhaps. Thats what I have the power to do now. You know, all these celebrities were coming. 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. As a journalist, Alexander knew she couldn't get involved with the subject of her story. The two-part special He Lied About Everything premieres on ID on Wednesday, Feb. 14 from 8 to 10 p.m. [00:34:42] Matthew Christopher: We were going to meet later, so we just discussed the idea and it started with the wedding gown itself, and then had dinner at her house, and made dinner, and it was fun, and we were discussing things and how all these pieces were going to grow. 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. And this trip had been planned for a very long time. 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. So this is not really out of the realm of possibility that he would have contacts at the Vatican. [00:31:00] Bob: One of those nondisclosure agreements is signed by Matthew Christopher. Death podcast. What is happening? Alexander hired a private investigator to investigate all the secrets and lies about Macchiarini. Alexander then married, Edson Jeune, a ballroom dancer. 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. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. [00:34:26] Matthew Christopher: You put your, I am going to make the most gorgeous dress you've ever seen. [00:17:35] Benita: Around this time that my ex-husband, John, passed away, we became romantically involved. That was insane. And he said, he finally said, "Well, I'm going to go and talk to my contacts at the Vatican." 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? 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. 5. She won a slew of honors for her work with the greatest in television reporting, including two Emmys. Benita Alexander has been married twice. Benita has become a recognized love conned expert and along with speaking engagements, she is a regular guest correspondent on "The Dr. Oz Show." Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Fans can also watch He Lied About Everything on InvestigationDiscovery.com. [00:02:31] Benita: Yeah, right! Benita is still wearing the second ring throughout the documentary! By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. In the course of that operation, the surgeons had nicked her trachea. How does one design a wedding dress for a wedding [00:34:25] Matthew Christopher: With the Pope? Paolo showers Benita with affection. 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 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! 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. And he was not doing well, and I was really struggling with the fact that I was about to become a single mother. [00:35:01] Matthew Christopher: No, no, just her friends who are so much fun. [00:33:22] Matthew Christopher: Right. Um, it hit all of us very, very hard. I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. [00:31:35] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, it is a special process. But unfortunately, her personal life has been marred by a turbulent childhood in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and a series of unsuccessful relationships. In her personal life, she's also looking for a medical miracle, a miracle that, well it wasn't going to come. Her colleague had sent an article that said the pope would not be in Rome, or even Italy, on the day of their wedding. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. [00:35:25] Matthew Christopher: Um, gosh, 1-2-3 for her. And I, I think at least that it makes me a better writer and a better journalist. [00:32:33] Matthew Christopher: (laugh) She said to me as I um, she said to me, "Well, Matthew, (or team)" she goes, "Well, I'm getting married by the Pope." 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. With a purported VIP list of friends and clients that included former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Russian president Vladimir Putin and entertainment icons such as Elton John, their wedding was expected to be one of the biggest events of the year. He was dying and Macchiarini became someone Alexander could lean on. [00:01:28] Benita: I grew up in Australia, and I had an uncle, my mother's brother, who worked for Radio Free Europe. The 56-year-old actually has a podcast appropriately titled Benita & the Berracas for the same, and she continues to be an active advocate on the matter. 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. And so he took me on his motorcycle along the Illinois River. There's so much she couldn't do, but she had this sparkling personality. ET on ABC. Benita's story is also told on BBCs Outlook" podcast. 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