The suit, filed at the
The damages have been calculated on the costs incurred by the automaker "due to Ghosn and his corrupt practices over many years".
These include the use of overseas residential property without paying rent, private use of corporate jets, payments to his sister, costs related to the firm's internal investigation into Ghosn and legal costs incurred in
The lawsuit is linked to the breach of trust charges against the former Nissan chief and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, who is also accused in
Nissan expects the damages to "increase in future" as the company seeks to recover fines to be paid to the
Nissan filed another civil lawsuit against Ghosn on
"Nissan has intensified its campaign to recover damages from its former chairman following his illegal flight from justice," the Japanese carmaker said in the statement, in which it also asserts its right to take separate legal action "over groundless and defamatory remarks made by Ghosn in comments to the media" after his escape.
Ghosn fled clandestinely from
The former Nissan chairman who has French, Brazilian and Lebanese passports, pulled off a daring escape from the Asian country and is currently in
"I fled injustice and persecution, political persecution," he has said. EFE
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