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Lady Ballers: An Honest Review
The period in which Benita Alexander began to be swept off her feet by Paolo Macchiarini was when he was at his most respected in the medical field. As far as his published papers and a host of news reports covering him were concerned, Macchiarini was a medical genius whose development of a new form of 3D-printed windpipe looked set to revolutionize the performing of tracheotomies across the world. However, it was not long before colleagues blew the whistle on what they realized was medical malpractice, as well as falsifying research to suggest that his innovations were effective, rather than deadly as they were in reality.
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Whereas she formerly wrote puff pieces to lionize and aggrandize the man she loved, in the aftermath of the allegations against Macchriarini being definitively proved Alexander turned against him, and worked to dig into her own part in the story. Since the break-up, she was an executive producer of the documentary film “He Lied About Everything,” which came out on Investigation Discovery in 2018. She has also been a contributor to ABC’s “20/20” and “The Con,” and various news reports and podcasts. Alexander is also a regular contributor to “The Dr. Oz Show.”
