The lawyers of Carlos Ghosn asked the judges Thursday the cancellation of the lawsuits. Philippe Ries, specialist of Japan and support of the former boss, argues this decision at the microphone of Europe 1.

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"An empty folder." For Philippe Ries, journalist specialist of Japan and support of Carlos Ghosn, the former boss of Renault-Nissan would have been the subject of "biased" procedures in the air of "lawsuit of Moscow". While the lawyers of Carlos Ghosn demand Thursday "the cancellation of the prosecution", he refers to the microphone of Europe 1 accusations that weigh on the former boss for almost a year.

Since the beginning of the case, "the prosecution and its allies, especially in the Japanese press, and with some French auxiliaries, have had the monopoly of speech," says Philippe Ries. Carlos Ghosn's lawyers on Thursday presented their defense against the charges against the former boss of Renault and Nissan, accusing prosecutors of "illegal acts."

"Rogue methods"

"There are 10 grounds for annulment of the procedure," he agrees. Among them, it refers to "private house rape", "breach of solicitor-client privilege" or "destruction of evidence when they did not go in the direction of the accusation". "Rogue methods, used by Nissan and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Tokyo."

"He physically recovered"

Carlos Ghosn spent a total of 130 days in pre-trial detention. Released on bail in the spring, he is currently under house arrest in Tokyo where he has been preparing his defense since May with his lawyers. He is under four counts of indictment. Philippe Ries is currently writing a book "that will do justice", co-written with Carlos Ghosn. During his daily meetings with the former boss of Nissan, he meets a man who "physically recovered" but is still subject to "very painful" forbidding him to communicate and live with his wife.