Carlos Ghosn Calls Upon The Press To Defend Himself In Beirut

Wanted in Japan, the executive said his main goal now is to clear his name.

This is probably the most extended video we have ever shared here at InsideEVs. Believe us when we say we have listened to every minute of it. It was a story worth covering: the escape of Nissan’s EV spearhead, Carlos Ghosn, from Japan to Lebanon. If you think the getaway was worthy of a movie, you’ll remember many more of them with what he had to say.

Gallery: Carlos Ghosn Flees Japan And Accuses Country Of Holding Him Hostage

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Ghosn’s description reminds us of Midnight Express. Or The Trial, based on a book from Franz Kafka. It starts not with an arrest at his private jet in the Tokyo airport on November 19, 2018, as the media reported. Ghosn said he went to a room where the prosecutor told him what he was being accused of.

According to Ghosn, the charge was underreporting a compensation payment that was not fixed, was not decided, and was not paid. That is an accurate way of describing what Japanese prosecutors accuse him of doing. The difference is that the prosecutors view that as a fraud attempt. But how can there be a fraud on a payment still under discussion by the board of the company? Minority Report, anyone?