Excellent place. And he said, you know, I actually met with Pope Francis. And I went, What? You know and he said, And I, I have great news. Um, Hes, hes going to help us um, were going to have somebody that will marry us, and he offered to do it himself. You know I said, What? You know, and I actually kind of called BS on him because I, I said, Thats absurd. [00:10:16] Bob: And when they meet, well Benita is stunned by what happens. Um, it hit all of us very, very hard. [00:34:17] Bob: Well, at some point you transition from wow to okay, I've got to get to work on this, right? He's Catholic. I mean I'm going to achieve this; you know what I mean? And whatever that is, let's, let's push that away, you know. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. They said that the patient was doing fine and that's not true: One of his lungs was completely obliterated from a chronic infection.". This very personal film, which Benita narrates herself, documents how her fairytale romance with a world-renowned surgeon turns into a nightmare. In 2019, the film was nominated in the documentary category for the WIN Awards, Women's Image Network. [00:24:37] Bob: Paolo is a natural subject for a documentary film. Both have covered Macchiarini in their work. Cetir died waiting for the lung transplant she desperately needed. ABC7's Dallas Raines explains the difference, Jury selection begins for convicted torturer accused of escaping jail. How does one design a wedding dress for a wedding [00:34:25] Matthew Christopher: With the Pope? 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. [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. Eventually, she died. En Espanol [00:31:07] Bob: But what is a couture wedding gown designer? 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. Lindquist said the documentary sparked outrage in Sweden, and weeks later, new investigations into Macchiarini began. Macchiarini claims the synthetic trachea didn't shorten Tuulik's life or the lives of any of his other patients, or cause their deaths. The Perfect ScamSMis a project of theAARP Fraud Watch Network, which equips consumers like you with the knowledge to give you power over scams. Subtle message to him, perhaps. That makes me crazy. You know, "You've, you've renewed my faith in love.". [00:35:25] Matthew Christopher: Um, gosh, 1-2-3 for her. He was listed as one of . Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. He's also had his artificial trachea removed. She said she later sent a lengthy text message to him, and received a single-word response: "Wow! Along the way he promises her a fairy tale wedding to be officiated by the Pope. "I couldn't fall apart because I am a single mother with a daughter who needs me. [00:11:55] Bob: And how old were you then? In the next 24 hours, you will receive an email to confirm your subscription to receive emails Benita is the Executive Producer of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything, which premiered in the U.S. in 2018 on Investigation Discovery, and continues to be broadcast around the world. again. [00:36:44] Bob: I feel like there's some people you meet who are simultaneously uh impressive but uncomfortable. And so I did, you know, I sat back, and even when I was tempted to ask questions, I didn't. [00:25:56] Bob: How did he take to being questioned? And as they ride the motorcycle away from the river, the magic carpet ride takes off. Oxygen.com interviews filmmaker and reporter Benita Alexander, an executive producer of the 90-minute documentary "Seduced by Evil," about con man Derek Alldred. Alexander then married, Edson Jeune, a ballroom dancer. I didn't know what to think. In October, 2020, her story was the premiere episode of ABC's primetime series, "The Con," hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. Benita Alexander-Jeune started her career as a journalist for a few minor television stations. I think he needs to be behind bars. Of the eight patients given artificial tracheas by Macchiarini, only one is still alive today. None of the promises Alexander said her fianc Paolo Macchiarini had made for their wedding day would come true. [00:38:44] Benita: I should say this wedding turns into something akin to the wedding of the century. 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 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. 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. And, and then he would tell me the priest won't marry us, and this went on and on and on. There was no evidence the Obamas had heard of him, either. However, while filming with Macchiarini, Alexander's ex-husband, the father of her young daughter, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. 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 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. 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. And I said, "Well what are we going to do?" Hosted by Benita Alexander. In a 500-page complaint filed in 2014 that detailed their allegations, the doctors accused Macchiarini of promoting a medical procedure that showed few signs of success while endangering the lives of his patients. Benita was pursuing a big story when the ill-fated lovers met in 2013. But unfortunately, her personal life has been marred by a turbulent childhood in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and a series of unsuccessful relationships. So this is not really out of the realm of possibility that he would have contacts at the Vatican. They set their wedding for 11 July 2015 in Rome. 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. 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. related to AARP volunteering. Mathias Corbascio, another cardiothoracic surgeon who worked at the Karolinska Institute at the time, said the intensive care unit doctor responsible for her care began consulting with him on the literature written by Macchiarini on tracheal replacements. 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. It said he'd be in South America and that the "trip had been planned for quite some time," Alexander said. 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. He, he was supposed to be their last hope. But then I, and this was October of 2014, and I went and googled, the first thing I did was I went to my desk and googled, literally googled, Does the Pope marry people? And what popped up was an article from a month earlier where the Pope had just married 20 couples in the Vatican. Benita Alexanders personal life story was part of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything. 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. 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. As a journalist, Alexander knew she couldn't get involved with the subject of her story. If you want to tell somebody's story well, it, it helps if you can really tell it from their perspective. We had a long time together on the flight from Korea to Illinois. Benita was also the Co-Executive Producer and narrator for the 2016 TLC documentary, Breaking the Silence," about sexual abuse. I'm going to have to do the exact number but [00:12:07] Bob: And you hadn't felt that way ever, or at least not for 30 years, something like that. Kind of like being in a fairy tale, you know. [00:31:00] Bob: One of those nondisclosure agreements is signed by Matthew Christopher. The article's author, journalist Adam Ciralsky, had also uncovered fabrications in Macchiarini's professional life, and he documented a number of examples of Macchiarini misrepresenting his medical training and work history. . And basically giving up everything. I found him very um, hmm, he had a presence about him. Corbascio called the decision "absolutely insane.". 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. And so there was a lot of palpable excitement about this wedding, you know, people were really eager and excited for this wedding. [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. But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a . She was 100% Daddy's Little Girl, and he utterly adored her. [00:23:07] Bob: The first time you met him was where? The two-part special details how Alexander, an award-winning investigative news producer, met Dr. Paolo Macchiarini while she was producing an NBC News special about the renowned surgeons work in the field of regenerative medicine. We just made sure we took care of Benita. 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. Hundreds of Benita Alexander's friends and family had already bought their plane tickets to Italy to attend her extravagant wedding that was supposed to be officiated by the pope when it all came crashing down in a flurry of her fianc's deception. And I just thought, okay, you've got some stupid little schoolgirl crush on this doctor, which is absurd. Where is Benita Alexander now? For AARP's The Perfect Scam, I'm Bob Sullivan. And we got involved and started doing the story, and it got very intense. I mean it was crazy. But before the wedding can happen, Benita makes a discovery that may prove the doctor is not all he claims to be. She had spent her entire little life in the hospital, never left the hospital because she had a tube down her throat just to live. But her death was awful. Alexander was working on a documentary about Macchiarinis success in the medical field. She was taking an incredible risk by getting involved with Paolo. [00:25:22] Bob: And while Paolo loves to talk about his work, he isn't always charming. I want, I just want to get the job done. And the stem cells were supposed to magically integrate, and he was fixing people. 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. [00:34:26] Matthew Christopher: You put your, I am going to make the most gorgeous dress you've ever seen. [00:33:22] Matthew Christopher: Right. It does make it difficult sometimes, because you, some stories are so heavy and so difficult, and I would sometimes, it would take me weeks sometimes to sort of shake a story, and people would sit with me, and their stories would sit with me for a long, long time. Macchiarini took Alexander to several romantic getaways in Europe. After a few days there, she traveled to Macchiarini's home in Barcelona, Spain, with some friends who came along for support. I literally felt like I was floating on clouds. What started as dream relationship developed into a nightmare filled with lies and deceit. Macchiarini proposed to Benita Alexander on Christmas Day 2013, Alexander said. Benita Alexander has been working as a Macchiarini at NBC News. And he, so his reputation sort of proceeds him, but when he walked in to where we were sitting that day, he, when he walked in, he looked right at me, and our eyes met, and I've never in my life had something like this happen to me before, but I, I felt like a silly, little schoolgirl. But Macchiarini showered her in flowers and jewelry. [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. Star-Studded Wedding Becomes Brides Worst Nightmare, Part 1, Journalist exposes her celebrity fianc, part 2, Computer hacker drains couple's life savings. And so I thought, okay, maybe its not as crazy as it, as it sounds. They live in the same area outside Florence. I loved my work at NBC. He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. And one of those really, really tight embraces. Hosted by Benita Alexander. But Benita's intuition overtook her and she hired a private investigator to look into the surreal wedding. [00:33:17] Bob: What he thinks is this is going to be an incredible challenge. Macchiarini took Alexander to several romantic getaways in Europe. [00:42:58] Bob: If you have been targeted by a scam or fraud, you are not alone. [00:25:58] Bo Lindquist: I think he liked the challenge. The qualified journalist then began working at a string of local television stations. In 2015, Alexander sent emails to the Karolinska Institute expressing concerns about the acclaimed surgeon. "As furious as it makes me what he did [to me and] my daughter, the thought that this is a man who has people's lives in his hands. I was, I was conflicted about it. Lindquist had begun his own investigation into the claims brought forth by Macchiarini's colleagues. Elton John was going to be performing. [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. [00:34:59] Bob: When you went to her house, was Paolo there? If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. 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 . Emmy Award Winning . In need of a lung transplant, doctors arranged to transfer her to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. 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.". Paolo Macchiarini proposes to Benita Alexander before leaving US for work: Part 2Alexander seemed to be living a fantasy lifestyle. Cetir came to Macchiarini's attention after undergoing an elective procedure to correct a condition that caused excessive sweating. After Cetir's surgery, doctors say she had to undergo an additional 191 surgeries for other complications. As these events were unfolding, Maccharini allowed Lindquist to follow him for a documentary film. And each surprise was a bigger wow factor than the last one. [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." She is honestly proud of how far she has come (as she should be), and its evident shell never let anything or anyone take this journey/narrative away from her. And you know, dozens of roses and champagne and always the best champagne. And it's, I was proud to work there. It's a very aggressive form of brain cancer. Benita Alexander grew up like a regular American kid. Alexander said Macchiarini later called her, telling her he was at the Vatican and that he had some big news: Not only did he find someone willing to perform the ceremony but he said it was his own patient, the pope himself. She is currently the Executive Producer/Showrunner of the true crime series "Crimes Gone Viral," which airs on Investigation Discovery and is in its second season. 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. A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. So it was scary. That hideous under eye makeup , the obvious heavy Botox , that absurd VERY heavy makeup AND that over-dyed silly black hair says it all. Give it to me. 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. It has led to extensive reform work internally at KI in order to improve and clarify a number of regulations and routines.". And that's where we met for the first time. 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. 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. Paolo Macchiarini was born in Switzerland to Italian parents and has spoken of having had a difficult childhood in Basel, where by his own account he felt like a perpetual outsider in school. "It said that he had a normal functioning airway," Corbascio said. 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. And that frees up Benita to go public about their relationship. I'm your host, Bob Sullivan. And this trip had been planned for a very long time. 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. 5 Journalist Benita Alexander (right) has. 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. Not, not that kind of just instant, immediate spark. He also directed ABC News to a list of reforms the Institute was implementing in the wake of the scandal. 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. You know he loves to surprise you. The university even cited some of the whistleblowers, reprimanding them for their participation in some of Macchiarini's papers. And then John Legend was supposed to be playing piano in the church. But Bo at the time had no idea who it was. 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. And I tend to be a very empathetic kind of person, and I am very sensitive, and I care a lot about people and so I've always used that in journalism to really sort of get inside somebody else's shoes or, or their story. But on the afternoon that she met him, a day before she was supposed to begin filming him, something happened that gave her pause. They make it for you in the lab, right. [00:37:05] Benita: Everything was very, very secretive, and because the Pope was doing this, um, and Paolo told me that the Vatican would not even announce it until the day of our wedding so that the news didn't leak out. [00:06:46] Benita: And he was, as I said, called the super surgeon, and he was the pioneer in this field. [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. [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. But when it comes to the wedding, Paolo takes the lead. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? 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. [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. And Paolo had said to me, "You, you need to find a way to say good-bye to him," and he said, "I'll help you." 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. I was just kind of like, um, 'cause Benita's so awesome and like, you know she was totally in love with him. And I made it to this point. I don't know if I was nervous. 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. 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. Alexander was in head over heels for Macchiarini. Her colleague had sent an article that said the pope would not be in Rome, or even Italy, on the day of their wedding. In 2019, she produced the Oxygen doc Seduced By Evil, which chronicles another con-man, Derek Alldred. She works in Rockefeller Center and flies all around the world, and on one of these trip, she meets the man of her dreams. Benita has spoken about her experience in numerous national and international TV and radio programs. Meanwhile, the doctors were still trying to save Cetir's life. I had to expose him.". "That wasn't true. Yeah. He was kind of a rebel. So first it was about the wedding gown itself. 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. [00:08:01] Bob: Benita knows she wants to do a special about Paolo's work, but she needs a story, a patient that viewers can follow from beginning to end. While still trying to care for Cetir, Corbascio said his team found that Macchiarini had exaggerated the effectiveness of his surgeries and falsified data to make the surgeries seem more successful than they were. The couple divorced in 2009. You know, "What did he do this time? Benita and Macchiarini's wild relationship was featured in a special episode of ABC's 20/20 on Friday. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. Be sure to find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 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 It was an excellent place. She couldn't eat. 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