Carlos Ghosn's escape surprised his own lawyers in Japan. Predictably, they were outraged.
However, somehow they understand it.
One of his lawyers, Takashi Takano, wrote on his blog that he was outraged and betrayed by his client's escape, AP reveals.
However, he said he understood Ghosn regarding his concern that he could not have a fair trial in Japan.
Takano stated that his anger at the escape gradually began to transform into something else.
"I was betrayed, but the one who betrayed me was not Carlos Ghosn," he said, referring to the Japanese judicial system.
The lawyer told Ghosn that in all the cases he has handled he had never had one like the former Nissan president in which evidence against a client was so scarce.
Takano believed there was a good chance Ghosn would be found not guilty even if the trial wasn't fair.
The lawyer called, for example, a human rights violation that Ghosn could not see his wife in person.
The last time the lawyer saw his client was on Christmas Eve, during a video call between the former president of Nissan and his wife. Ghosn could communicate with her through this medium as long as one of her lawyers was present.
Takano, who speaks English, remembers Ghosn telling his wife at the end of the call that he loved her.
The lawyer said he had never felt as much aversion to Japan's legal system as he was that time and that at the end of the call he apologized to Ghosn, saying he felt embarrassment.
Takano promised his client that he would do everything he could at the trial. Ghosn didn't answer. I already had to run away. (International Press)
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