I was just giddy with happiness. And he was putting artificial tracheas, the windpipe, into patients. TV & Film Producer, Director, Writer, Correspondent, Narrator. Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. He speaks 5 or 6 languages, and he works all over the world, and you know, dresses very beautifully. But on the afternoon that she met him, a day before she was supposed to begin filming him, something happened that gave her pause. She was floored when he told her John Legend would sing at their wedding and Pope Francis would officiate. I, I had just, in that moment I didn't have the information yet, but I just knew he was lying about everything. [00:01:28] Benita: I grew up in Australia, and I had an uncle, my mother's brother, who worked for Radio Free Europe. [00:39:49] Matthew Christopher: Um, so Paolo was going to have a place where he came out, after he did something with the Pope, and he said he's going to give her this ring, and there were going to be fireworks and blah, blah, blah, but he was going to be handed off to her in this dress, right, for a reception, and the dress was going to come out with this tulle overskirt, and it was going to ripped off by Paolo, and it was going to have a dance gown underneath, like Dancing with the Stars. Firstly , on a personal observation , girl , you absolutely need a makeover. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. "I went full on into investigator mode as I knew he wouldnt tell me the truth," Benita said. Anyone that knows anything about private schools in New York knows how hard that is. [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. I love some pressure, let's go for it. I mean it got to the point where he loved to surprise me, everywhere we went. 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. 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. I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. And it's Paolo who helps Benita figure out the best way to say goodbye. And I just thought, okay, you've got some stupid little schoolgirl crush on this doctor, which is absurd. Benita was also the Co-Executive Producer and narrator for the 2016 TLC documentary, "Breaking the Silence," about sexual abuse. And we got involved and started doing the story, and it got very intense. [00:09:12] Bob: And so, Benita travels to Boston to meet the miracle worker for herself. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. In 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. This is totally different. I had tried, at one point I pushed him away, and we didn't see each other for about three months. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? And everybody was sort of envious in a, in a sweet way, you know, everybody would say to me, "I want what you have." You will be asked to register or log in. In fact, the scientist was embroiled in lawsuits and accusations at work. And so we, we thought, you know, this is a perfect case to focus a story around, and so we started doing Hannah's story. This was, I didn't even know what to say. And this trip had been planned for a very long time. [00:23:14] Bo Lindquist: And then we traveled to different places. For more compelling true crime coverage, follow our Crime magazine on Flipboard. How to tell her, how to get her through this, and how is life going to change for her, and what does this mean for me? [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. It has led to extensive reform work internally at KI in order to improve and clarify a number of regulations and routines.". Use tab to navigate through the menu items. She was taking an incredible risk by getting involved with Paolo. You know this man adores you. Benita now uses her personal story of survival and resilience to help other women who have been love conned find the road to recovery. He worked at the place that awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine, Karolinska Institute in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden. But our guest list was insane because now that the Pope was marrying us, he kept inviting all these dignitaries, you know, so world leaders were coming to our wedding. "I put it all in a message. Season 1 (206) 2018 13+ 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. "He said he was having trouble finding a priest to marry us," she said. 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. The third season, called "Dr. Death: Miracle Man" includes 6 episodes, along with a bonus episode that is an interview with Benita by host Laura Beil. I'll take care of it." 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. He says to me, "I want to take over the wedding planning and I want to surprise you with everything. And I think I was even blushing. Which sounds a bit absurd, however, he is an Italian surgeon. And then um, (sigh) oh her sisters, the two bridesmaids, and then two flower girl dresses. And spent months, you know, this did not happen overnight. But at this point, they're just questions. Macchiarini proposed to Benita Alexander on Christmas Day 2013, Alexander said. [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. ", Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, What is graupel? Alexander then married, Edson Jeune, a ballroom dancer. Documentary producer Benita Alexander thought it was love when her job introduced her to internationally renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. The slip from "Prince Charming to pathological liar" took place over just two years, she said. And so that meant me quitting my job at NBC and leaving New York and pulling my daughter out of her very difficult to get into private school in New York. Cetir's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer of the plastic tube used in Macchiarini's procedure. And each surprise was a bigger wow factor than the last one. [00:11:55] Bob: And how old were you then? It said he'd be in South America and that the "trip had been planned for quite some time," Alexander said. 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. [00:36:55] Bob: Benita, the TV producer, is very used to managing all the details of a big event. Meanwhile, the doctors were still trying to save Cetir's life. 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. [00:35:53] Bob: And while the dresses are being made, while the other wedding preparations are underway, Matthew meets Paolo. View this post on Instagram The Karolinska Institute commissioned an external investigation into the allegations. Perfect. That was insane. The self-proclaimed love con expert is essentially currently utilizing her platform to expose various cases and empower brave women to not be shamed into silence, as per her Instagram. I mean, and we didn't know what to do. But everything else, I'm planning everything, and you can't ask me any questions." See production, box office & company info, Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon. 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. I'm your host, Bob Sullivan. His six papers on the transplant surgery were retracted. 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. He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. [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. 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. I mean I'm going to achieve this; you know what I mean? "He comes around the corner, he looks right at me and in that second something happened. 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. Macchiarini remains married to Emanuela Pecchia, his wife of nearly 30 years. 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 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. [00:38:37] Bob: But even without asking any questions, one thing is clear, this wedding is going to be big. He also directed ABC News to a list of reforms the Institute was implementing in the wake of the scandal. 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. He was put on trial after his patients reportedly suffered bodily harm during his experimental surgeries but he always denied any criminal wrongdoing. 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. And, and, and embraced me and held me so hard. Alexander was assigned to work on the documentary about Paolo Macchiarini who has considered a pioneer in organ transplant. Despite her work ethic, she fell in love with Macchiarini. 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. Paolo showers Benita with affection. Kind of like being in a fairy tale, you know. I said, I just, I can't do this. And I said, "Well how's that going to work, because we're both divorcees," or so I thought, and I'm not Catholic. Both have covered Macchiarini in their work. Um, and so he had, we were coming back into the room after dinner one night, and I was kind of teasing him. Um, which is just something I never thought I would do, you know. [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. That's next week on The Perfect Scam. But despite his seemingly busy schedule, Alexander said Macchiarini offered to plan their wedding. 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. It was, it was a huge change and a huge change for my daughter. 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. His work, if controversial, is also groundbreaking. 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. TV producer's romance with star surgeon begins against better judgment: Part 1Benita Alexander met Paolo Macchiarini while covering his pioneering work for a. [00:06:46] Benita: And he was, as I said, called the super surgeon, and he was the pioneer in this field. There was no evidence the Obamas had heard of him, either. I loved my life at NBC. Claiming he was in demand. Macchiarini claims the synthetic trachea didn't shorten Tuulik's life or the lives of any of his other patients, or cause their deaths. And then every month there was a new surprise. It was eight months later when they became properly engaged after Macchiarini presented her with a $100K ring. Bo has begun asking questions about this medical miracle worker, so had some fellow researchers. receive communications related to AARP volunteering. [00:34:17] Bob: Well, at some point you transition from wow to okay, I've got to get to work on this, right? ABC7's Dallas Raines explains the difference, Jury selection begins for convicted torturer accused of escaping jail. View our online Press Pack. [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. 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. Oh, and a dance gown too, that was crazy fun. If I had a checklist, he, he was everything I would want in a partner, everything you would want in a man. He wrote love notes in lipstick on her mirror and left roses on the bed in the shape of hearts. 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. Of the eight patients given artificial tracheas by Macchiarini, only one is still alive today. What started as dream relationship developed into a nightmare filled with lies and deceit. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. I'm kind of a control, you know, right, I'm kind of a control freak. And it's, I was proud to work there. He had told her, as personal surgeon to the Pope, the leader of the Catholic church wanted to marry the couple, she explained. Star-Studded Wedding Becomes Brides Worst Nightmare, Part 1, Journalist exposes her celebrity fianc, part 2, Computer hacker drains couple's life savings. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try [00:31:04] Matthew Christopher: I'm a couture wedding gown designer. And I literally, I was really like, what? [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. 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. 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. [00:13:10] Benita: When I met Dr. Paolo Macchiarini, and when I was working on this story, I was at an extremely vulnerable place in my life. I was so career-driven, and so career-oriented, but I was madly in love. I also believe that exposing what happened, and exposing him, might keep him from hurting others. My friends and my family all adored him. 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. Benita and Macchiarini's wild relationship was featured in a special episode of ABC's 20/20 on Friday. [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. He was giving people who had no other hope. "That's when he told me that there was this kind of clandestine network [of doctors] who are on call, basically, for these people.'". Best Known For For her appearance in ID Now (2017), Dateline NBC (1992) and Inside the Obama White House (2009). Um, I almost actually passed out. "I wanted to get all the information that I could before I really confronted him.". [00:10:23] Benita: Yeah, the thing about this was, I am, and I'm, I'm very serious when I work. She graduated magna cum laude from WSU with a degree in journalism in 1987. 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 . They live in the same area outside Florence. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. [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. I'm never viewed like that, but I was definitely like, huh? It was at this point that Benita said she started to feel that something was not right. 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. ET on ABC. 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 Alexander-Jeune started her career as a journalist for a few minor television stations. I mean my, I mean my jaw was on the floor. And whatever that is, let's, let's push that away, you know. 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. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. [00:33:44] Bob: And you, you had outfitted Broadway stars, famous people, but even for you this was a big deal. 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. And, and then he would tell me the priest won't marry us, and this went on and on and on. And so I did, you know, I sat back, and even when I was tempted to ask questions, I didn't. And so there was a lot of palpable excitement about this wedding, you know, people were really eager and excited for this wedding. She reflected on their relationship and wondered how she could've missed all the red flags. And you know, dozens of roses and champagne and always the best champagne. [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? Among the high-powered clients who Macchiarini claimed were on this network were the Clintons, the Obamas and even Pope Francis. So it was scary. And there are special considerations now that the wedding is going to be at the Vatican, so she asks the store how she can get in touch with the designer? A successful TV journalist, the single mother-of-one was interviewing him for a report on cutting-edge medicine. Macchiarini did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News. After sweeping Alexander off her feet by taking her to jet-setting and romantic locales all over the world for months, Macchiarini proposed. Instead, he says their underlying health conditions were fatal and may have been a factor in their deaths. "Paolo was a really good listener," Alexander said. He is Italian. He is one of the world's leading cardio thoracic surgeons. I have to tell you, and I'm like, you know, I'm a very boisterous, fun guy, that's, you know, and very um, slap-happy fun, and I literally stopped in my tracks, and was like, "Huh?" He was incredibly generous with them as well. [00:40:30] Benita: Paolo lived in Barcelona, and so we had talked about what were we going to do after the wedding. Her multiple awards include: Edward R. Murrow, 2 Emmys, 7 Emmy nominations, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia, NABJ and Sigma Delta Chi. 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. 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. He's also never spoken publicly about his relationship with Alexander. It was an excellent place. The couple shares a daughter named Jessina, born in 2003. Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. Death." Fans can also watch He Lied About Everything on InvestigationDiscovery.com. 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. But unfortunately, her personal life has been marred by a turbulent childhood in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and a series of unsuccessful relationships. I, my friends sort of joke now that, you know, I was blushing all the time, and I was just giddy. Alexander said she never thought she'd be part of Macchiarini's life, particularly because he was a subject in her work. 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. Dashing, successful and charming, Macchiarini, she thought, was the perfect man for her. Together, they'd spend long weekends traveling to different countries, like Mexico, Russia and Greece. 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. I want to focus on work. 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Javascript must be enabled to use this site. But there was something, yeah, something happened between us the, the moment we met. I want him to look around that courtroom and see the families of the patients whose lives he destroyed, and see my face and at last be forced for whatever few seconds to look us all in the eye and maybe understand what he did," Alexander said. One of the reasons I am so adamant about continuing to talk about this is because I think victim-shaming is terrible. Reality struck Alexander's fantasy romance eight weeks before she was supposed to marry Macchiarini in 2015, when she received an email from a colleague with the subject line saying, "The Pope.". [00:01:59] Benita: I had worked my way up from working in, from tiny little newspapers in Detroit, Michigan, which is where I went to college and where I'd, my family had moved after Australia. After she called Macchiarini, furious about what she'd read, she began to wonder what else he might have lied about. 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