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Michael Taylor23 Jul 2019
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Ghosn sues Nissan and Mitsubishi

Embattled ex-boss launches €15 million suit against Nissan and Mitsubishi

Former Renault Nissan Alliance boss Carlos Ghosn has hit back at his former employers, suing both Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors in a Dutch court for €15 million.

Mercilessly shoved out of the top job in the Alliance over allegations of fraud and embezzlement, Ghosn’s lawyers insist “grave” errors were committed during his sacking.

The lawsuit, reported by Dutch newspaper NRC last week, was tabled in Amsterdam because the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance holding company is based in The Netherlands.

"In the Netherlands, if you want to fire an executive you have to first tell him what he's being accused of, and you have to provide him with the evidence for the accusations. Neither of those things has happened," Ghosn’s lawyer Laurens de Graaf told NRC.

The passport-hopping Ghosn (he holds French, Brazilian and Lebanese citizenship) is also a tax resident of The Netherlands.

No trial date has been set. Ghosn remains on a very limited bail in Japan after being released from prison in March, re-arrested and then released again in April on charges of financial misconduct and fraud.

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