After the "calvary which lasted thirteen months", Carlos and Carole Ghosn live "a new, completely different life" in Lebanon. In an interview with France 24, the wife of the former CEO, who tried to gain the support of France to the highest peak of the state, said she was "shocked" by those who shot the back to her husband. Targeted by a ban on leaving Lebanese territory, like her husband, Carole Ghosn denounces a measure "unjust (...) which hurts her".
Carlos Ghosn affirms for his part that he was "sacrificed on the altar of relations between France and Japan", and recalls that he nevertheless benefited from long years of the confidence of the French State when he was at the head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. He also regrets that this situation has resulted in "the destruction of the Alliance, the decline of Renault and the decline of Nissan".
Today, the former CEO says he is "serene" vis-à-vis the meeting with the delegation of French magistrates and investigators to take place in Beirut on May 31 - a meeting "that he has always wanted ".
He insists on the importance of the presumption of innocence but denounces a "gesture of presumption of guilt".
He asserts that the evenings at Versailles with which he is accused were "known" and that "everything was very transparent".
Finally, Carlos Ghosn claims to have been the victim of a "character assassination campaign" which would aim to destroy his reputation.
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