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It has led to extensive reform work internally at KI in order to improve and clarify a number of regulations and routines.". She found out exactly what hed lied about - and she said it was extensive. With the preparations nearly finished, Benita decides to take maybe the toughest step she's ever taken in her 20-year career as a journalist. Ole Petter Ottersen, president of the Karolinska Institute since 2017, told ABC News in a request for comment on Macchiarini, "It is obvious that KI's initial handling of this case was insufficient and inadequate on several points. [00:19:03] Benita: (laugh) Yeah, yep, yeah. "We had to clear her throat basically every four to six hours, sort of 24 hours, seven days a week," said Oscar Simonson, a cardiothoracic surgeon who worked at the Karolinska Institute and its affiliated hospital at the time. 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. Alexander is well-known for her career in production and film and was also in a relationship scam that made headlines and fueled her documentary, "He Lied About Everything." "I, to this day, have no idea why he lied about our entire relationship.". 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 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. And they kind of laughed. 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. It was an excellent place. [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. All Bo knew was that Paolo was very charming. [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. It was eight months later when they became properly engaged after Macchiarini presented her with a $100K ring. But Benita's intuition overtook her and she hired a private investigator to look into the surreal wedding. 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. Yeah. [00:26:36] Benita: Paolo wanted a big, Catholic wedding. And it was, it was things like this all the time. 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. She was even more stunned when she began to realize that so much of what Macchiarini had told her about his personal and professional life was a lie. But as the wedding planning continued, Alexander's fianc became increasingly embroiled in work-related issues. 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. [00:04:39] Benita: I think one of the things that can make you a good journalist if, is if you're able to put yourself in the other person's shoes, and if you're able to sympathize with them and empathize them and really try to understand what it is they're going through. Just like, oh, the dance dress was crazy. It was, it was a huge change and a huge change for my daughter. Her first marriage was to fellow journalist John Noel. He told her opera singer Andrea Bocelli would be singing in the church during their wedding and that John Legend would be playing the piano at their ceremony. Maybe help me, help with the invitations 'cause I don't want to deal with that. [00:31:00] Bob: One of those nondisclosure agreements is signed by Matthew Christopher. 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. 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. Nobody, except my closest friends and family, knew about the Pope because we weren't allowed to talk about it, but they knew that was a big VIP wedding. [00:04:22] Bob: And you had a happy ending. 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. So it was uh, quite, quite in--, incredible or remarkable to, for those words to come out of her mouth. And it's presented to me by Paolo, it's not even about our wedding or about our love story. I, I thought it was ridiculous. Documentary 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. ABCs The Con is a true-crime documentary series that unveils the curtain on the people behind some of the most atrocious scams in recent times. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. In October, 2020, her story was the premiere episode of ABC's primetime series, "The Con," hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The qualified journalist then began working at a string of local television stations. With Whoopi Goldberg. And we finally decided that we would live in Barcelona. "I went full on into investigator mode as I knew he wouldnt tell me the truth," Benita said. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Journalist Benita Alexander (right) has revealed chilling clues that disclosed her lover and famed surgeon Paolo Macchiarini as a "romance scammer", The two fell for each other when Benita was interviewing Macchiarini for a story, The couple planned a lavish wedding set to take place in 2015 that felt too good to be true after Macchiarini said the Pope would officiate it, Benita decided to hire a private investigator, which led to her discovering her famous surgeon lover was actually facing legal trouble over his innovative techniques, Benita said she left her job of 17 years to marry Macchiarini, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). So I just found him very, I don't want to say intimidating, because intimidating's not the word. But despite his seemingly busy schedule, Alexander said Macchiarini offered to plan their wedding. Benita Alexanders personal life story was part of the documentary film, He Lied About Everything. Nothing anybody could do for her, and then like so many of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini's patients, they did a google search and found this kind of a magician of a surgeon who said I can help your little girl. And I was really wrestling with all of it. If your response is to point a finger at a victim, thats really sad. [00:18:58] Bob: I love you in rose petals on the bed. However, while filming with Macchiarini, Alexander's ex-husband, the father of her young daughter, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. 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. And one of those really, really tight embraces. I was so career-driven, and so career-oriented, but I was madly in love. 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. One name kept coming up over and over again, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini. The couple shares a daughter named Jessina, born in 2003. And the two go on a magic carpet ride together. 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?" [00:10:16] Bob: And when they meet, well Benita is stunned by what happens. 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. After relocating to New York, Benita worked for NBC and was featured in NBC's documentary "A Leap of Faith" in 2013. He was kind of a rebel. How do we, how do we tell this story? 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 are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. 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. "That wasn't true. Benita is still wearing the second ring throughout the documentary! 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. So just under two months before the wedding, and it was just difficult. [00:19:01] Bob: It's just making it harder for every man in the world. And I literally, I was really like, what? And I think I was even blushing. You can also manage your communication preferences by updating your account at anytime. "He was a top doctor, he spoke six or seven languages. See production, box office & company info, Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon. 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. [00:19:53] Bob: While the romance is intense, it's also very secretive. In her personal life, she's also looking for a medical miracle, a miracle that, well it wasn't going to come. [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. 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. And everybody was sort of envious in a, in a sweet way, you know, everybody would say to me, "I want what you have." She reflected on their relationship and wondered how she could've missed all the red flags. You know, "You've, you've renewed my faith in love.". I see a woman and two kids," she said, adding that she knew about Paolo's wife in Italy. He never did that with me, but I, I've, I have seen him really being quite, quite unpleasant with um, PhDs and people who were sort of subordinate. They got married in October 2012. He gave me really sage, solid, kind advice.". "He was a good listener and gave me sage and solid advice.". 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. [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. It defeats the point, Benita recently said. I loved my work at NBC. 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. You know he; he was sort of like Mr. Which sounds a bit absurd, however, he is an Italian surgeon. The emotions of the moment overwhelm her. Thats what I have the power to do now. I love some pressure, let's go for it. [00:30:37] Bob: So now that she's been told the Pope is involved, Benita has another secret to keep. receive communications related to AARP volunteering. 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 responded wow,'" Benita claimed. This was holy cow. "I wanted to get all the information that I could before I really confronted him.". Their guest list, Alexander said, included Elton John, the Beckhams, the Obamas, the Clintons and Russell Crowe. She was able to get the Vatican to verify that he had never been the pope's personal doctor. Benita Alexander is a strong, independent, intelligent, warm, and loving woman who thought she found her love connection with a man that swept her off her feet, much like prince charming! And I said, "Well what are we going to do?" 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. Death." [00:12:41] Bob: And you went forward with that weekend pushing the feeling aside, right? She graduated magna cum laude from WSU with a degree in journalism in 1987. Benita has spoken about her experience in numerous national and international TV and radio programs. He, he had sort of slowly moved his way into my heart and I, I think I just really needed to be wrapped in love at the time, and I, yeah, we fell in love. [00:00:34] Welcome back to The Perfect Scam. 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. I also believe that exposing what happened, and exposing him, might keep him from hurting others. You know, the equivalent of going to a drugstore and buying whatever, you, they, the idea is ultimately we'll get to the point that, you know, you have a failing organ or you lose a body part, you just order up a new one. 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. again. The Karolinska Institute commissioned an external investigation into the allegations. "It said that he had a normal functioning airway," Corbascio said. And it was very difficult for us um, with the story because, you know, we had all hoped for one of these happy endings, you know, this was, the hope was to do a two-hour special, and at the end of it, you know, Hannah's home in South Korea, running around the backyard with her, her big sister, and you know, being a happy toddler as, as she should have been all along, and you know, Hannah was the most vibrant little girl. [00:36:44] Bob: I feel like there's some people you meet who are simultaneously uh impressive but uncomfortable. 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. It wasnt surprising being a surgeon in Italy. 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. 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. 5. [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. 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. [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. It's, it's a very um, it has a lot of stature, that building and a lot of meaning. I just, I felt like somebody punched me in the stomach. He is one of the world's leading cardio thoracic surgeons. The scale . 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 failing organ. I mean it was, I felt butterflies, you know. 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. Come on. I thought he was playing some kind of silly game with me. Benita Alexander is an award-winning investigative television producer, showrunner, correspondent, director, writer and narrator who has worked on a wide variety of film and TV programs. He, he was supposed to be their last hope. On the back of his motorcycle, he drove her along the Illinois River until they found a place where she could memorialize her ex-husband. I was torn up about it, and my last day at NBC was in May of 2015. I'll take care of it." [00:11:57] Benita: Ooh, you're going to make me do math. 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. "That's when he told me that there was this kind of clandestine network [of doctors] who are on call, basically, for these people.'". 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. 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. Death podcast. [00:31:56] Bob: Benita sees a dress made by Christopher in a New York City store, but it isn't quite right. She won a slew of honors for her work with the greatest in television reporting, including two Emmys. 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. [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? The happy couple start planning their wedding in earnest, and well, we already know Paolo likes a challenge. 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. He's Catholic. And we rode for probably 30, 45 minutes until I sort of found a spot that I thought was appropriate, and I got off the bike and I went to the water. And right about then, across the Atlantic Ocean, Bo is about to find out the real truth about Paolo too. I don't know if I was nervous. [00:33:49] Matthew Christopher: I mean yeah, I'm like oh, look. The slip from "Prince Charming to pathological liar" took place over just two years, she said. And so it was kind of the perfect case for us to focus our story around. And he said, "Just tell me when you want to stop." The famous surgeon, a miracle worker who gives hope to hopeless patients, who's rewriting the rules of medicine. They live in the same area outside Florence. [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. He was incredibly generous with them as well. "She was having problems with infections so, at that point, she came into contact with Dr. He was a flair for the dramatic and plans one romantic encounter after another. And that's where we met for the first time. The couple had the wedding planned for July 2015. (chuckle). None of the promises Alexander said her fianc Paolo Macchiarini had made for their wedding day would come true. "Paolo was a really good listener," Alexander said. Macchiarini did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News. 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. Alexander said she never thought she'd be part of Macchiarini's life, particularly because he was a subject in her work. 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 . [00:36:55] Bob: Benita, the TV producer, is very used to managing all the details of a big event. And then in radio, producing a radio talk show, and then in local television. Every time he took me on a trip, he just delighted in these, these big, over the top, elaborate surprises. Macchiarini claims the synthetic trachea didn't shorten Tuulik's life or the lives of any of his other patients, or cause their deaths. "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. In the course of that operation, the surgeons had nicked her trachea. After doing some digging, it transpired that Macchiarini was not the medical genius she thought he was. 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. And then every month there was a new surprise. And I was ready to ride off into the sunset, into this new life in Barcelona, and but it was also a very, very difficult decision for me. You know we went on this incredibly romantic trip to Greece, and he was always videotaping me. 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. 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.". I mean it was crazy. And basically giving up everything. Learn how to subscribe to AARP Podcasts on any device. I was just giddy with happiness. [00:34:17] Bob: Well, at some point you transition from wow to okay, I've got to get to work on this, right? 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. 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. Benita Alexander, an award-winning documentary television producer and single mother, shares her story in ABC's "The Con." ABC News At the time, Macchiarini was employed by the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden. I'm, you know, I like, I like information. I think he was looking for challenges, and uh, things that makes life much, much more exciting. I was, I was conflicted about it. And that frees up Benita to go public about their relationship. "He and I started going to dinners and I was kind of pouring my heart out to him about all this stuff. My then ex-husband, who I had moved to New York with and the father of our beautiful daughter, was dying of brain cancer. [00:38:44] Benita: I should say this wedding turns into something akin to the wedding of the century. 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. [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. Javascript must be enabled to use this site. He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. Yeah. [00:31:04] Matthew Christopher: I'm a couture wedding gown designer. And it's Paolo who helps Benita figure out the best way to say goodbye. [00:39:38] Matthew Christopher: Yeah, I mean we were going through fittings, we were going through the process of um getting things together. When her ex-husband died, Macchiarini helped Alexander cope. Benita Alexander grew up like a regular American kid. 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. Meanwhile, the doctors were still trying to save Cetir's life. And I had seen paperwork that he had done work at the Vatican, consulting work. [00:35:01] Matthew Christopher: No, no, just her friends who are so much fun. Three months later, the Karolinska Institute ruled that while Macchiarini did not always rise to the level of its standards, he had not committed scientific misconduct. Macchiarini proposed to Benita Alexander on Christmas Day 2013, Alexander said. 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. As these events were unfolding, Maccharini allowed Lindquist to follow him for a documentary film. Benita has become a recognized love conned expert and along with speaking engagements, she is a regular guest correspondent on "The Dr. Oz Show." 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. And then um, (sigh) oh her sisters, the two bridesmaids, and then two flower girl dresses. 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