Jeff Lanza, retired FBI agent and president of the Lanza Group, joins CNBC's "Power Lunch" team to break down former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan. Since arriving in Lebanon, Ghosn said he has been “reborn” and the anxiety and emotions he felt during his escape have diminished by the joy of seeing his family, specifically his wife: “I’m a different man today,” he said.
Ghosn, who simultaneously led three automakers as part of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance, said he did not attempt to contact Greg Kelly, a former colleague and alleged co-conspirator who remains in Japan awaiting trial, about escaping with him.
Calling Kelly a “great person,” Ghosn said contact between the two was “forbidden” as a condition of his bail.
Ghosn described his captivity in Japan to reporters earlier Wednesday as a “nightmare” that included intense interrogations of up to eight hours a day, without access to a lawyer, and threats that his family would suffer if he didn’t confess.
“The feeling of hopelessness was profound,” he said. He later added, “I left Japan because I wanted justice. It is the only way to reestablish my reputation. If I don’t get it in Japan, I will get it somewhere else.”
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