This article popped up in my recommended reading list. I scanned it and saw the references to other works so I decided to actually read it.
Seven years ago, world-renowned surgeon Paolo Macchiarini was the subject of an ongoing Vanity Fair investigation. He had seduced award-winning NBC producer Benita Alexander while she was making a special about him, proposed, and promised her a wedding officiated by Pope Francis and attended by political A-listers. It was only after her designer wedding gown was made that Alexander learned Macchiarini was still married to his wife, and seemingly had no association with the famous names on their guest list.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/dr ... acchiarini
Paolo Macchiarini, the former stem cell surgeon who was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison by a Swedish court for aggravated assault against patients he treated, is expected to begin his sentence sometime in the coming weeks. But he is likely to serve his sentence in Spain, where he currently lives, not in Sweden.
https://www.science.org/content/article ... ded-prison
Meanwhile, the second season of Dr. Death stars Edgar Ramirez as Paolo Macchiarini, a brilliant but narcissistic stem cell surgeon, who was convicted of committing gross assault against patients, several of whom died as a result of his experimental surgical procedures. Indeed, one of the most chilling aspects of the current season is the fact that Macchiarini, who is set to begin serving a thirty-month prison sentence in the next few weeks, still has his medical license and is technically eligible to practice medicine and operate on patients.
https://movieweb.com/dr-death-true-story-explained/