Carlos Ghosn, the previous Nissan chairman who fled monetary misconduct fees in Japan, is in search of greater than $1bn (£785m) from the carmaker in a lawsuit.

The tycoon, as soon as thought-about probably the most highly effective automotive trade determine on the planet, accused Nissan, together with twodifferent corporations and 12 named people, of crimes together with defamation, slander, libel and the fabrication of fabricproof.

A listening to within the case, filed in Lebanon, was scheduled for 18 September in keeping with the Reuters news company.

The lawsuit will probably be broadly seen as one thing of an tried fightback by the 69-year-old, who at all times denied the costs he confronted in Tokyo.

He escaped Japan hidden in a field meant for music tools aboard a personal jet in December 2019.

That aircraft took him to Lebanon, his childhood dwelling, the place he has remained ever since.

The two nations don't have any extradition treaty.

A US particular forces veteran and his son later admitted illegally helping Ghosn flee Japan.

Ghosn, who had been awaiting trial in Japan on fees of under-reporting earnings, breach of belief and misappropriation of firm funds, stated he was escaping a "rigged" justice system and that he supposed to clearhis identify.

In 2021, he lost a claim that he was wrongly dismissed from his position as chairman of the Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.