I did not think that by pulling that thread, we would completely undo the sweater.". Benita graduated magna cum laude from Wayne State University in Michigan, with a B.A in journalism. Copyright 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. 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. [00:25:28] Bo Lindquist: He was definitely prone to getting angry and, and could be quite violently. [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. Lindquist's three-part documentary series "The Experiments" began airing just over a week after the damning Vanity Fair article was published in early January 2016. Famous For Being an American actress and producer. Oxygen.com interviews filmmaker and reporter Benita Alexander, an executive producer of the 90-minute documentary "Seduced by Evil," about con man Derek Alldred. "From that moment on, it felt like my head was spinning," Alexander said, "and it didn't stop spinning.". [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. By the time he performed the artificial trachea transplant on Cetir, he had already performed the same procedure on four other patients. We need to be pointing the finger at the con man.. The Karolinska Institute commissioned an external investigation into the allegations. In fact, the scientist was embroiled in lawsuits and accusations at work. She said she'd never fantasized about a "Prince Charming." Perfect. [00:36:44] Bob: I feel like there's some people you meet who are simultaneously uh impressive but uncomfortable. In the meantime, please feel free And he's Italian, and he wanted this big Catholic wedding in Italy. I couldn't fall apart because if he's lying to me like this, there's no way he's not lying in his medical and professional life.". 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. In her personal life, she's also looking for a medical miracle, a miracle that, well it wasn't going to come. [00:12:41] Bob: And you went forward with that weekend pushing the feeling aside, right? She was devasted to learn all the lies told by Macchiarini. Claiming he was in demand. [00:18:58] Bob: I love you in rose petals on the bed. Capping off a whirlwind romance filled with gondola rides in Venice and quiet dinners in the Greek islands, she was. 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. And they kind of laughed. I didn't, you know, how do you, how do you not ask any questions, but all my friends convinced me, they said, "You know, Benita, you know he has amazing taste. 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. "The headline is that it started out as a beautiful love story and it ended up as a total nightmare," said Benita. Cetir died waiting for the lung transplant she desperately needed. [00:30:34] Bob: Now your wedding is a cause. Benita now uses her personal story of survival and resilience to help other women who have been love conned find the road to recovery. 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. Creating artificial body parts. He also directed ABC News to a list of reforms the Institute was implementing in the wake of the scandal. Benita Alexander attended Wayne State University, where she studied journalism. She graduated magna cum laude from WSU with a degree in journalism in 1987. [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. 5. 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. There was no evidence the Obamas had heard of him, either. [00:36:00] Matthew Christopher: On Valentine's Day, I met him. Benita Alexander grew up like a regular American kid. And so now his son, who I think was about 8 or 9 at the time, was in Brazil with her family, and he was engaged in this very difficult and complicated fight to try and get his son back, and such a loving father. [00:25:22] Bob: And while Paolo loves to talk about his work, he isn't always charming. You will be asked to register or log in. [00:18:02] Benita: Oh, there was so many. However, while filming with Macchiarini, Alexander's ex-husband, the father of her young daughter, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. ", Heartbroken, Alexander continued to discover more of Macchiarini's lies in the ensuing months. He soon proposed, only for her to realize her fianc was a complete liar around a year later. He spent months supposedly going to different churches in Italy, and he would send me pictures of these places, and all these details, and asked me if I liked them or not. [00:23:07] Bob: The first time you met him was where? She was able to get the Vatican to verify that he had never been the pope's personal doctor. "I put it all in a message. 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. related to AARP volunteering. [00:34:26] Matthew Christopher: You put your, I am going to make the most gorgeous dress you've ever seen. I found him very um, hmm, he had a presence about him. 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. All Bo knew was that Paolo was very charming. She found out exactly what hed lied about - and she said it was extensive. Instead, he says their underlying health conditions were fatal and may have been a factor in their deaths. Are you new to podcasts? A post shared by Benita Alexander (@loveconned). What did he do this time?" 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. Although her family said the injury wasn't serious enough to necessitate a tracheal transplant, she still underwent the procedure and went on to experience tremendous pain. By what name was He Lied About Everything (2018) officially released in Canada in English? 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. And I was raised Episcopalian, but I said, "I know, I know enough about the Catholic religion to know that no priest is going to marry two divorcees," and he, he, you know, he said, "Don't worry. And after he left, I said to my parents, that's what I'm going to do when I grow up. [00:06:37] Bob: Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, he's doing surgeries that most doctors could only dream about. Benita Alexander-Jeune started her career as a journalist for a few minor television stations. The qualified journalist then began working at a string of local television stations. Despite her work ethic, she fell in love with Macchiarini. "I made a very strategic decision to start playing a cat-and-mouse game, basically," she said. [00:25:56] Bob: How did he take to being questioned? He responded wow,'" Benita claimed. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. I mean I, I loved NBC. As a journalist, Alexander knew she couldn't get involved with the subject of her story. He, he was supposed to be their last hope. [00:19:03] Benita: (laugh) Yeah, yep, yeah. [00:25:58] Bo Lindquist: I think he liked the challenge. In July 2015 their "cat and mouse game" came to an end when she revealed to him everything she found through the private investigation. I'm kind of a control, you know, right, I'm kind of a control freak. [00:10:23] Benita: Yeah, the thing about this was, I am, and I'm, I'm very serious when I work. They became friends and over time she felt herself falling for him, despite her journalistic integrity impeding the romance. NBC News is pulling "A Leap of Faith" Meredith Vieira's documentary on controversial . 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. 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? 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. [00:24:45] Bo Lindquist: I mean he basically said that he was going to revolutionize medicine, and, and not just invent a new kind of a trachea or a new kind of transplant, but actually revolutionize surgery. She won a slew of honors for her work with the greatest in television reporting, including two Emmys. 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. That's next week on The Perfect Scam. He was put on trial after his patients reportedly suffered bodily harm during his experimental surgeries but he always denied any criminal wrongdoing. [00:31:42] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, I do, you know, I've done tons of celebrity stuff, tons of Broadway stuff. Sought after worldwide, people believed Macchiarini would one day revolutionize the field of organ transplantation, journalist Bo Lindquist said. 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.'". And I literally, I was really like, what? Her purpose for doing so is simple; to not only move on but also build a safe community for survivors like her a place where theres self-healing through sharing and unconditional support. How do we, how do we tell this story? "He said he was having trouble finding a priest to marry us," she said. [00:00:34] Welcome back to The Perfect Scam. 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 . Macchiarini told Alexander he was having difficulty finding a Catholic priest who would marry two divorcees, but he told her not to worry, he would talk to his contact in the Vatican. And I think I was even blushing. 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. [00:34:35] Bob: The first step is working with Benita on ideas for the wedding dress. He was giving people who had no other hope. And uh I decided to, to take his favorite flowers, birds of--, bird of paradise, and I ended up going to a flower shop and getting three birds of paradise; one for me, my, one for my daughter, and one for John, and Paolo um, loved motorcycles, and we had been shooting him on a motorcycle. In the next 24 hours, you will receive an email to confirm your subscription to receive emails Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. By the time Alexander discovered these things about Macchiarini, she said she'd spent over $50,000 on wedding preparations and quit her job. 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. I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. "She was having problems with infections so, at that point, she came into contact with Dr. 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. Paolo says to me, "I want to take over the wedding planning and I want to surprise you with everything. 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. She is an executive producer, narrator, writer and director known for her work in the true crime genre. She was 100% Daddy's Little Girl, and he utterly adored her. 5 Journalist Benita Alexander (right) has revealed chilling clues that disclosed her lover and famed surgeon Paolo Macchiarini as a "romance scammer" Credit: Instagram / loveconned 5 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. She was taking an incredible risk by getting involved with Paolo. Wake up to the real world! He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. [00:09:18] Benita: Yeah, so we, we started focusing our story around Hannah and her family, and Hannah was actually, she was going to be the youngest person in the world to ever get one of his experimental transplants; the first toddler, and also the first patient to be operated on in the United States. In 2013, the successful documentary producer met world-renowned, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini while working on a project for a major network. [00:24:07] Bob: For many months, Paolo plays his cards very close to the vest as Bo starts asking questions about the patients Paolo has worked on. But Benita's intuition overtook her and she hired a private investigator to look into the surreal wedding. TV producer's romance with star surgeon begins against better judgment: Part 1Benita Alexander met Paolo Macchiarini while covering his pioneering work for a. 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. [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. In fact, we both worked for NBC in New York at the same time, but we didn't know each other then. receive communications related to AARP volunteering. Fans can also watch He Lied About Everything on InvestigationDiscovery.com. But unfortunately, her personal life has been marred by a turbulent childhood in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and a series of unsuccessful relationships. One name kept coming up over and over again, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini. [00:36:51] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, yes, oh my gosh. 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. Because the, in itself, more gowns were added into the wedding. Meanwhile, the doctors were still trying to save Cetir's life. "He comes around the corner, he looks right at me and in that second something happened. The Love Con: Directed by Star Price. "Paolo was a really good listener," Alexander said. View this post on Instagram 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. [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? 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. The famous surgeon, a miracle worker who gives hope to hopeless patients, who's rewriting the rules of medicine. I, I thought it was ridiculous. I think he needs to be behind bars. Benita Alexander is an American television producer, director, writer, and reporter. Macchiarini had told her that he and his wife were separated, but that the divorce hadn't yet been finalized legally. It wasnt surprising being a surgeon in Italy. I mean most 8-year-olds will change their minds, you know, many times, but I never changed. I love some pressure, let's go for it. One of the reasons I am so adamant about continuing to talk about this is because I think victim-shaming is terrible. [00:02:15] Bob: Still a young journalist, she found her way to the top of her profession very quickly. 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. 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. [00:04:24] Benita: Right, yeah, and they're not always happy endings, and you do, you, unfortunately, you know, you report on a lot of very, very difficult things in news. What to tell her. [00:19:01] Bob: It's just making it harder for every man in the world. Who lost her dad. But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a discovery that may prove the doctor is not all he claims to be. And everybody was sort of envious in a, in a sweet way, you know, everybody would say to me, "I want what you have." 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. She later tied the knot with a ballroom instructor Edson Jeune in 2012, yet even that didnt work out. 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. And so I was sort of, by becoming involved with him and by falling in love with him, I was breaking this cardinal rule in journalism that you don't get involved with a subject of your story, and even though when we did fall in love, it was, we were at the end of the production of the story, we kept it quiet because of that. Benita Alexanders personal life story was part of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything. "I, to this day, have no idea why he lied about our entire relationship.". Elton John was going to be performing. And the two go on a magic carpet ride together. 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. But at this point, they're just questions. 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. The slip from "Prince Charming to pathological liar" took place over just two years, she said. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try In the months leading up to the airing of A Leap of Faith, in June 2014, Macchiarini and Alexander went on trips to the Bahamas, Turkey, Mexico, Greece, and Italy. At the time, Macchiarini was employed by the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden. It was an excellent place. And you know, dozens of roses and champagne and always the best champagne. In 2019, she produced the Oxygen doc Seduced By Evil, which chronicles another con-man, Derek Alldred. [00:04:22] Bob: And you had a happy ending. What is happening? Alexander was working on a documentary about Macchiarinis success in the medical field. 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. Macchiarini.". 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. But Macchiarini showered her in flowers and jewelry. Prior to this, Benita spent 17 years in network television, producing long-form documentaries, breaking news, investigations, specials and hard news features for NBC. 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. Benita has become a recognized love conned expert and along with speaking engagements, she is a regular guest correspondent on "The Dr. Oz Show." The Korean girl that had undergone Macchiarini's procedure in Illinois, whose story Alexander had been sent to cover, had died in the time following the surgery. "That wasn't true. Best Known For For her appearance in ID Now (2017), Dateline NBC (1992) and Inside the Obama White House (2009). 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. And so he took me on his motorcycle along the Illinois River. [00:17:24] Bob: He was there when she needed somebody. Gerdin also said Macchiarini had failed to obtain ethical permits to perform the transplants, which he said amounted to experimentation on human subjects. I was so conflicted about it. 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. Had a presence about him and you know, many times, but I never changed 's ex-husband the! 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