[00:31:37] Bob: Matthew is no stranger to dressing important people at important times. And so I thought, okay, maybe its not as crazy as it, as it sounds. 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. After Cetir's surgery, doctors say she had to undergo an additional 191 surgeries for other complications. I love some pressure, let's go for it. [00:12:41] Bob: And you went forward with that weekend pushing the feeling aside, right? Star-Studded Wedding Becomes Brides Worst Nightmare, Part 1, Journalist exposes her celebrity fianc, part 2, Computer hacker drains couple's life savings. I did not think that by pulling that thread, we would completely undo the sweater.". Um, and so he had, we were coming back into the room after dinner one night, and I was kind of teasing him. She couldn't do anything that a normal child could do. What started as dream relationship developed into a nightmare filled with lies and deceit. Her new podcast "Benita and the Berracas," will feature Benita talking to other women who open up to her about their own love conned stories, along with advice on how to avoid becoming a victim. [00:35:25] Matthew Christopher: Um, gosh, 1-2-3 for her. Which sounds a bit absurd, however, he is an Italian surgeon. www.aarp.org/volunteer. [00:25:22] Bob: And while Paolo loves to talk about his work, he isn't always 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. [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? If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. And so I did, you know, I sat back, and even when I was tempted to ask questions, I didn't. And she meets Christopher at his shop. Come on. I thought he was playing some kind of silly game with me. [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. She is an executive producer, narrator, writer and director known for her work in the true crime genre. 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. His six papers on the transplant surgery were retracted. [00:33:44] Bob: And you, you had outfitted Broadway stars, famous people, but even for you this was a big deal. I want, I just want to get the job done. 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. It was beyond Benita's wildest dreams - Macchiarini reportedly told her he invited Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Elton John, and that the Pope himself would oversee the ceremony. 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. Of the eight patients given artificial tracheas by Macchiarini, only one is still alive today. And I said, "Well how's that going to work, because we're both divorcees," or so I thought, and I'm not Catholic. As a producer, for me that was next to impossible. Her first marriage was to fellow journalist John Noel. My daughter who, you know, has been through a lot. [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. [00:21:22] Benita: Tragically, Hannah passed away, which was, um, just devastating. My friends and my family all adored him. [00:11:55] Bob: And how old were you then? 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 surgeon's pioneering w Show more. The true tale of the love affair between award-winning investigative producer Benita Alexander and world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Well actually, dresses. Not, not that kind of just instant, immediate spark. 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. Who lost her dad. TV producer's romance with star surgeon begins against better judgment: Part 1Benita Alexander met Paolo Macchiarini while covering his pioneering work for a. After relocating to New York, Benita worked for NBC and was featured in NBC's documentary "A Leap of Faith" in 2013. [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. 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. ET on ABC. [00:35:38] Bob: I mean it sounds like that could cost an infinity if you wanted it to. I had tried, at one point I pushed him away, and we didn't see each other for about three months. If your response is to point a finger at a victim, thats really sad. Famous For Being an American actress and producer. And Paolo never talks about his personal life. Fans can also watch He Lied About Everything on InvestigationDiscovery.com. Macchiarini had been credited with developing innovative surgical techniques using stem cells in synthetic trachea transplants. Capping off a whirlwind romance filled with gondola rides in Venice and quiet dinners in the Greek islands, she was. With the celebrations set to last four days, Alexander had her dress designer make four different gowns. ", Heartbroken, Alexander continued to discover more of Macchiarini's lies in the ensuing months. And so does anyone who has anything to do with the wedding. You know the, the invitations talked about needing a password, a secret password to get into the wedding, and you couldn't get in unless you had the invitation with you. [00:30:34] Bob: Now your wedding is a cause. So I just found him very, I don't want to say intimidating, because intimidating's not the word. "He said he was having trouble finding a priest to marry us," she said. [00:19:03] Benita: (laugh) Yeah, yep, yeah. But there was something, yeah, something happened between us the, the moment we met. And the stem cells were supposed to magically integrate, and he was fixing people. [00:31:35] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, it is a special process. I mean things don't move forward if we don't have people who are willing to, you know, you know, push things a little bit and he, he was that guy, you know, and he, he was very fascinating. [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. 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But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a discovery that may prove the doctor is not all he claims to be. He, he was supposed to be their last hope. She was floored when he told her John Legend would sing at their wedding and Pope Francis would officiate. "I talked to my editors and we started thinking, 'Well, let's just keep pulling on this thread. 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 [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. 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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. "None of these people were coming," Benita said she tragically discovered. (chuckle). [00:15:28] Bob: As Hannah's story becomes more intense, the news on Benita's ex-husband, John, gets worse. Quack, quack, quack. Hosted by Benita Alexander. It could go out the window. [00:23:07] Bob: The first time you met him was where? 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 . 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. Star Benita Alexander-Noel See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 12 User reviews Photos Add photo Powered by WordPress.com VIP. "He didnt know Pope Francis, he wasnt his personal doctor.". Macchiarini did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News. I just, I felt like somebody punched me in the stomach. You know we went on this incredibly romantic trip to Greece, and he was always videotaping me. [00:14:35] Benita: The thing about Paolo is he's a very good listener, and we, after a shoot sometimes, would go out to dinner, or we would be in a group of people talking. She reflected on their relationship and wondered how she could've missed all the red flags. That hideous under eye makeup , the obvious heavy Botox , that absurd VERY heavy makeup AND that over-dyed silly black hair says it all. (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 . And then every month there was a new surprise. ABC News reported that Macchiarini has never spoken publicly about his relationship with Benita. 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. In the meantime, please feel free That was insane. 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 response to Gerdin's report, Macchiarini denied all the findings. [00:23:20] Bob: Bo also spent many months following Paolo around the world, getting to know him, getting Paolo to open up to him. And it was, it was things like this all the time. And I got so irritated with him, I actually hung the phone up on him. Since her romance with Paolo imploded in 2015, the brunette beauty has continued working on documentaries and docuseries. Then, two years later, her father, whod married a neighbor, asked her to pack up her bags and leave for good. The Karolinska Institute commissioned an external investigation into the allegations. I was really taken back. 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 mean I, I loved NBC. 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 somehow, when I read that email, I guess all those little red flags that I had been ignoring, the things that were eating at my gut, I just knew. And I also had my beard uh, uh, cut there. 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. 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. 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. Wake up to the real world! She is currently the voice of the true crime series "Still A Mystery" on Investigation Discovery, and she has narrated four seasons of this ongoing, multi part show. She 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. I was so conflicted about it. But the former NBC News producer would come to find out the hard way that even the most glamorous and convincing of appearances can be deceiving. "It said that he had a normal functioning airway," Corbascio said. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos and shows Alexanders search for the truth after such a shocking betrayal of the heart. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. 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. There's so much she couldn't do, but she had this sparkling personality. "When I started reading specifically the papers that Paolo himself had written, then we could quite quickly come to the conclusion that what was written in the papers was not what was going on in reality," Corbascio said. 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. "The headline is that it started out as a beautiful love story and it ended up as a total nightmare," said Benita. 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. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. So it was scary. We had been divorced for a couple of years at that point and for three years, and he was diagnosed with glioblastoma which is a very, there's no good kind of cancer, no good kind of brain cancer, but the, you know, the outlook is not good, you know they, they kind of give someone two years at the most. In need of a lung transplant, doctors arranged to transfer her to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. [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. Oxygen.com interviews filmmaker and reporter Benita Alexander, an executive producer of the 90-minute documentary "Seduced by Evil," about con man Derek Alldred. 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. [00:02:15] Bob: Still a young journalist, she found her way to the top of her profession very quickly. But this magic carpet ride takes so many twists and turns that well, you just have to hear them for yourself. Macchiarini convinced Alexander that the Obamas, the Clintons, the Beckhams, Elton John, and John Legend were few of many personalities to attend their wedding. Once you confirm that subscription, you will regularly 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. Benita Alexander, and swept her off her feet with a marriage proposal and promises of a wedding . He actually brought him home on Christmas Day, and he and I are still in touch. 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. 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, it was awful for her family. Alexander then married, Edson Jeune, a ballroom dancer. [00:22:38] Bob: What Benita doesn't know at the time, she couldn't have known, is that Hannah's death also sparks the interest of the European journalist named Bo Lindquist, a Swedish filmmaker, he's already working on a documentary film about Paolo, but it isn't designed with a happy ending in mind. [00:25:58] Bo Lindquist: I think he liked the challenge. related to AARP volunteering. "She was having problems with infections so, at that point, she came into contact with Dr. But on the afternoon that she met him, a day before she was supposed to begin filming him, something happened that gave her pause. ", Alexander, who waited in the car, said that the last time she saw Macchiarini, he had turned around and walked back up the stairs. [00:10:23] Benita: Yeah, the thing about this was, I am, and I'm, I'm very serious when I work. This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. Their guest list, Alexander said, included Elton John, the Beckhams, the Obamas, the Clintons and Russell Crowe. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. to search for ways to make a difference in your community at 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. [00:06:46] Benita: And he was, as I said, called the super surgeon, and he was the pioneer in this field. It was killing me, and but I was also so in love with him. They said that the patient was doing fine and that's not true: One of his lungs was completely obliterated from a chronic infection.". Sought after worldwide, people believed Macchiarini would one day revolutionize the field of organ transplantation, journalist Bo Lindquist said. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. And after he left, I said to my parents, that's what I'm going to do when I grow up. Um, I almost actually passed out. 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. He was giving people who had no other hope. She was devasted to learn all the lies told by Macchiarini. [00:26:36] Benita: Paolo wanted a big, Catholic wedding. The famous surgeon, a miracle worker who gives hope to hopeless patients, who's rewriting the rules of medicine. 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. 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.'". Um, (laugh) I was uh, in my 40s. You then transplant, doctors arranged to transfer her to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia wasnt his doctor. 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