Celebrity Surgeon Scam
Benita Alexander tells Nicky about the charming surgeon who persuaded her she would have a fantasy wedding鈥ut ended up accused of manslaughter.
Benita Alexander is an Emmy winning NBC journalist who was sent to interview a surgeon to the stars. Dr Paulo Macchiarini was rumoured to be up for a Nobel price and his groundbreaking trachea surgery was changing medicine. Within a year Benita and Paulo were engaged and he arranged a star studded wedding鈥ut weeks before the big day everything came crashing down. The wedding was a fabrication, but so was Paulo鈥檚 whole career and his patients were dying.
Produced by Audio Always Producer: Ailsa Rochester Editor: Jo Meek Sound Design: Ailsa Rochester
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