[00:25:49] Bob: But, and this made him a fun interview, he doesn't mind debating his controversial techniques. . [00:36:44] Bob: I feel like there's some people you meet who are simultaneously uh impressive but uncomfortable. [00:24:37] Bob: Paolo is a natural subject for a documentary film. [00:02:26] Bob: I remember walking into 30 Rock thinking it was the equivalent of walking into Yankee Stadium or something. She is also the CEO of Berraca Productions, a company she founded to further her advocacy work empowering women who are the survivors of fraud. You know, we should do this to help Pope Francis, we should do this to help the Catholic church, and so it was almost like an obligation. And he had been fighting with her in the courts in Brazil over this, and then she passed away, unfortunately. And you know, dozens of roses and champagne and always the best champagne. 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. 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. The providers terms, conditions and policies apply. 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. The happy couple start planning their wedding in earnest, and well, we already know Paolo likes a challenge. You know, all these celebrities were coming. 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. [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. What is happening? 5. ABC News reported that Macchiarini has never spoken publicly about his relationship with Benita. So this is not really out of the realm of possibility that he would have contacts at the Vatican. Previously considered a pioneer for using both biological and synthetic scaffolds seeded with patients' own stem cells as trachea . [00:12:41] Bob: And you went forward with that weekend pushing the feeling aside, right? Meanwhile, the investigation into Macchiarini's professional life was ramping up -- the Karolinska Institute was investigating whether he'd fabricated aspects of his medical research. 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. The way he used stem cells with his plastic tracheas would eventually develop into something quite extraordinary where you could use stem cells to target organs or other areas of the body where the, where there was a medical problem. I want, I just want to get the job done. Be sure to find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. But Macchiarini showered her in flowers and jewelry. 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. Macchiarini denied the accusations coming from his colleagues at the Karolinska Institute to Alexander, and she doubled down on supporting Macchiarini. It has led to extensive reform work internally at KI in order to improve and clarify a number of regulations and routines.". Thank you to our team of scambusters; Executive Producer, Julie Getz; Researcher, Haley Nelson; Associate Producer, Annalea Embree; and of course, our Audio Engineer, Julio Gonzalez. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. [00:30:34] Bob: Now your wedding is a cause. Subtle message to him, perhaps. Her daughter has thus been the only constant in her life. With Whoopi Goldberg filling the narrators seat, the series kicks off with the story of Paolo Macchiarini, a former world-renowned thoracic surgeon now known for research fraud and his strange involvement with an unsuspecting producer by the name of Benita Alexander. Um, (laugh) I was uh, in my 40s. He's also never spoken publicly about his relationship with Alexander. 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. 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. I was torn up about it, and my last day at NBC was in May of 2015. "He comes around the corner, he looks right at me and in that second something happened. 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, 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. Star Benita Alexander-Noel See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 12 User reviews Photos Add photo The story with making a couture gown is, you know, it goes through, gosh, a team of pattern makers, drapers, um, stitchers, sewers, hand stitchers, beading and embroiderers, lace, and all that kind of stuff. All of this was happening around the same time that Alexander was preparing to share her own story publicly for the first time in a Vanity Fair article. "I talked to my editors and we started thinking, 'Well, let's just keep pulling on this thread. I had to understand what happened and why. He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. Quack, quack, quack. And that's where we met for the first time. Among several lies, Macchiarini told Alexander, one of those was Pope Francis officiating their wedding. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. The university even cited some of the whistleblowers, reprimanding them for their participation in some of Macchiarini's papers. And so there was a lot of palpable excitement about this wedding, you know, people were really eager and excited for this wedding. Meanwhile, the doctors were still trying to save Cetir's life. My friends and my family all adored him. And after he left, I said to my parents, that's what I'm going to do when I grow up. But when it comes to the wedding, Paolo takes the lead. Corbascio called the decision "absolutely insane.". I don't know if I was nervous. You can also manage your communication preferences by updating your account at anytime. Short Press Reel. "The Experiments" told the stories of some of Maccharini's patients, including young mother Julia Tuulik, who damaged her trachea in a car accident. By the time Alexander discovered these things about Macchiarini, she said she'd spent over $50,000 on wedding preparations and quit her job. [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. And it was, it was things like this all the time. View our online Press Pack. A love story gone bad for Benita Alexander, an award-winning documentary television producer and Paolo Macchiarini, an internationally renowned surgeon. And they kind of laughed. [00:23:07] Bob: The first time you met him was where? Every time he took me on a trip, he just delighted in these, these big, over the top, elaborate surprises. Benita Alexander grew up like a regular American kid. Macchiarini claims the synthetic trachea didn't shorten Tuulik's life or the lives of any of his other patients, or cause their deaths. Hosted by Benita Alexander. And she was Daddy's Little Girl. He was giving people who had no other hope. [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. 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. In 2020, she appeared on the ABC documentary series The Con to discuss her personal life and narrate what happened between her and Paolo Macchiarini. Benita Alexander thought she had found her modern day Prince Charming. [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. There's so much she couldn't do, but she had this sparkling personality. 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. "He didnt know Pope Francis, he wasnt his personal doctor.". 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. You know this man adores you. I mean my, I mean my jaw was on the floor. By what name was He Lied About Everything (2018) officially released in Canada in English? It does so much unnecessary damage. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Um, and so he had, we were coming back into the room after dinner one night, and I was kind of teasing him. 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. [00:36:07] Matthew Christopher: Confident, rico-suave, I am Paolo, ha-ha, and I'm like, okay, you know, I'm like am I nervous? 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. Come on. I thought he was playing some kind of silly game with me. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. [00:23:14] Bo Lindquist: And then we traveled to different places. I want to focus on work. [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, I had just, in that moment I didn't have the information yet, but I just knew he was lying about everything. [00:11:55] Bob: And how old were you then? TV & Film Producer, Director, Writer, Correspondent, Narrator. "I went full on into investigator mode as I knew he wouldnt tell me the truth," Benita said. These were made in a lab out of the very same plastic that a soda bottle is made out of, and then he would bathe this in the patient's own stem cells in something called a bioreactor, and then transplant that, this plastic windpipe into people. They become engaged and plan a lavish dream wedding, to be attended by celebrities and officiated by none other than Pope Francis himself. By the time he performed the artificial trachea transplant on Cetir, he had already performed the same procedure on four other patients. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Sought after worldwide, people believed Macchiarini would one day revolutionize the field of organ transplantation, journalist Bo Lindquist said. Their guest list, Alexander said, included Elton John, the Beckhams, the Obamas, the Clintons and Russell Crowe. On Feb. 14, Investigation Discovery, in conjunction with Efran Films, will premiere the astonishing and true story of love gone wrong in a new documentary special called, He Lied About Everything. [00:25:58] Bo Lindquist: I think he liked the challenge. Cetir died waiting for the lung transplant she desperately needed. The first meeting between Benita Alexander, an award-winning producer for NBC News, and Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, the famous transplant surgeon, took place at the bar at Bostons Mandarin Oriental hotel. [00:17:51] Bob: Their relationship blossoms quickly. Anyone that knows anything about private schools in New York knows how hard that is. And I, I think at least that it makes me a better writer and a better journalist. And one of those really, really tight embraces. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. [00:41:47] Bob: But not as scary as what happens next. 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. [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? In her personal life, she's also looking for a medical miracle, a miracle that, well it wasn't going to come. [00:21:08] Bob: Benita is proud of her work and happy with her husband-to-be, excited to put the finishing touches on Hannah's medical miracle story, but before the piece airs, the story takes a dark turn. She said she'd never fantasized about a "Prince Charming." [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. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? I said, I just, I can't do this. [00:26:36] Benita: Paolo wanted a big, Catholic wedding. A JOURNALIST revealed the chilling clue that disclosed her lover and famed surgeon as a "romance scammer.". [00:31:42] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, I do, you know, I've done tons of celebrity stuff, tons of Broadway stuff. [00:19:53] Bob: While the romance is intense, it's also very secretive. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. Then, just before New Year's Eve, he left the U.S., telling Alexander that he had a "really important surgery" to perform. 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. [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. All Bo knew was that Paolo was very charming. Best Known For For her appearance in ID Now (2017), Dateline NBC (1992) and Inside the Obama White House (2009). 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. [00:41:50] Benita: The day after I quit my job, I got an email from a colleague and the headline just said, "The Pope." Its so damaging. "I put it all in a message. Benita graduated magna cum laude from Wayne State University in Michigan, with a B.A in journalism. 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. Benita Alexander has been married twice. In February, 2021 it was featured as a two-hour special on ABCs 20/20. Her story is now featured as the third season of Wondery's hit podcast, "Dr. I'm never viewed like that, but I was definitely like, huh? Despite her work ethic, she fell in love with Macchiarini. 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. I loved my work at NBC. [00:10:16] Bob: And when they meet, well Benita is stunned by what happens. 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. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. What do they discover? (Pasadena, Calif.) - This Valentine's Day, Investigation Discovery (ID) presents a love story gone wrong with HE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING, the astonishing true tale of the love affair between award-winning investigative news producer Benita Alexander, and the brilliant, world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.What started as a picture-perfect dream relationship between two people at the . In fact, we both worked for NBC in New York at the same time, but we didn't know each other then. Star-Studded Wedding Becomes Brides Worst Nightmare, Part 1, Journalist exposes her celebrity fianc, part 2, Computer hacker drains couple's life savings. This was worldwide. They live in the same area outside Florence. I mean it was crazy. But as the wedding planning continued, Alexander's fianc became increasingly embroiled in work-related issues. 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. Along the way he promises her a fairy tale wedding to be officiated by the Pope. [00:02:31] Benita: Yeah, right! "He said he was having trouble finding a priest to marry us," she said. Um, you know, they come in and I'd say, "Welcome to your closet." 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. As these events were unfolding, Maccharini allowed Lindquist to follow him for a documentary film. And so I did, you know, I sat back, and even when I was tempted to ask questions, I didn't. [00:34:59] Bob: When you went to her house, was Paolo there? When Benita Alexander eventually realized her whole relationship with Dr. Paolo Macchiarini was nothing short of a scam, she decided she wanted the world to know the truth about him. Paolo Macchiarini proposes to Benita Alexander before leaving US for work: Part 2Alexander seemed to be living a fantasy lifestyle. And she meets Christopher at his shop. 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. 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. This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. Well actually, dresses. I literally felt like I was floating on clouds. You will be asked to register or log in. The Pope doesnt marry people. 5. I mean it got to the point where he loved to surprise me, everywhere we went. Oh, and a dance gown too, that was crazy fun. The qualified journalist then began working at a string of local television stations. We had 300+ people coming from all over the world. I was just giddy with happiness. "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. Which sounds a bit absurd, however, he is an Italian surgeon. 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. 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. [00:25:56] Bob: How did he take to being questioned? 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. Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Buy Season 1 She was just like a little ray of sunshine, and a) I was just, it was so devastating when she didn't make it. Perfect. [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. After Cetir's surgery, doctors say she had to undergo an additional 191 surgeries for other complications. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. He wrote love notes in lipstick on her mirror and left roses on the bed in the shape of hearts. Alexander, who said she'd become close to the girl's family, was "devastated," and that Macchiarini was "depressed" about it, as they both had become attached to her. Who lost her dad. [00:42:58] Bob: If you have been targeted by a scam or fraud, you are not alone. I mean not, not physically, but he could be quite uh frightening actually when he got angry. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. And I also had my beard uh, uh, cut there. Macchiarini was already being scrutinized for his work, including by doctors who had been trying to save the life of one of his patients, Yesim Cetir. So this is a lot of very heady information to take in, and he basically tells me that because hes the Popes private, personal doctor, um, and because this is such a progressive Pope, who has such a forward-thinking agenda, that the Pope a) wants to thank him for all the work hes done at the Vatican and for being his private doctor, and b) wants to use us for lack of a better term, as kind of a poster couple, so that by marrying two divorcees, you know, the Pope is going to use us to sort of open the doors of the Catholic church to allow divorcees to finally get married in a Catholic church. [00:35:53] Bob: And while the dresses are being made, while the other wedding preparations are underway, Matthew meets Paolo. We just made sure we took care of Benita. I, my friends sort of joke now that, you know, I was blushing all the time, and I was just giddy. [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? 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. "He was a top doctor, he spoke six or seven languages. You know he; he was sort of like Mr. [00:36:55] Bob: Benita, the TV producer, is very used to managing all the details of a big event. But Bo at the time had no idea who it was. I mean, and we didn't know what to do. On your mark, get set, go. And as they ride the motorcycle away from the river, the magic carpet ride takes off. Alexander was working on a documentary about Macchiarini's success in the medical field. What started as dream relationship developed into a nightmare filled with lies and deceit. And it's Paolo who helps Benita figure out the best way to say goodbye. 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. 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. I had to expose him.". 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 . How do we, how do we tell this story? My then ex-husband, who I had moved to New York with and the father of our beautiful daughter, was dying of brain cancer. Eventually, she died. You know, it was awful for her family. And I literally, I was really like, what? "I wanted to get all the information that I could before I really confronted him.". [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. "The outcry was such that the Karolinska Institute had to do something," said Ritchie. 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. She said that in November 2014, they had planned a trip to California to spend Thanksgiving with her family, "and he had been really stressed in the weeks before, and he had been talking to me for some time about how there were people that were against him, and his 'enemies.'". Famous For Being an American actress and producer. 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. Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. I mean we were there to speak about science, so I thought, okay. It was kind of romance on steroids. He has peoples lives in his hands.. When her ex-husband died, Macchiarini helped Alexander cope. After doing some digging, it transpired that Macchiarini was not the medical genius she thought he was. The doctors also raised the issue that Macchiarini had reported on a patient in a way that suggested the patient was still alive, even though they had died before the paper was published. [00:01:54] Bob: Benita didn't start her career working for a larger network in New York. 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. 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