The lawsuit filed on May 18 accuses Nissan\n \n , along with two other companies and 12 named individuals, of crimes including defamation, slander, libel and the fabrication of material evidence. A judicial source said the prosecutor has a scheduled a court session on September 18 to begin proceedings. A spokesperson for Nissan said the Japanese company will not be commenting on the matter.
He denied the charge and said his detention was part of a plot by Nissan executives to block a merger. He escaped Japan hidden in a box aboard a private jet in December 2019, fleeing to Lebanon, his childhood home. Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds — accusations he has denied repeatedly.