'Nissan has built a very good case,' Carlos Ghosn said about the financial accusations against him. 'They built an image, and they attacked through legal, and they attacked through the media.'
publicly defended himself Wednesday — for the first time since his initial arrest in November 2018 — against accusations of financial misconduct and misuse of corporate resources.and defended his decision to become an international fugitive by fleeing Japan as a necessity to receive a fair trial and "escape injustice.""I want to be able to speak, I want to be able to defend myself," Ghosn told CNBC'sfollowing a more than two-hour press conference in Lebanon.
Ghosn said some reports of the cost of his escape have been "very, very generous," adding you "don't need that kind of money to be able to organize."
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