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Disillusioned
He was cleared of nearly all the charges except for one year and they want over $11 milion from him? The real blame lays with the Japanese executives who let this go on for over a decade.
Alan Harrison
Nissan seeks ¥1.4 bil damages from ex-exec Kelly over Ghosn pay
Of course Nissan wants ¥1.4 bil damages from Kelly. That's all it was ever about. Scam the world to rebuild poor little Japan.
painkiller
Boycott Nissan!
Fiddlers
Another reason not to buy a Nissan car ever
Cricky
11mil worth of bad publicity for Nissan. If they hadn’t had enough of it already.
Alan Harrison
Boycott Nissan!
Well said. Nissan has exposed itself as being completely untrustworthy, and dishonourable. Am utter disgrace to Japan. As for Japanese (so-called) law. Say no more.
dagon
Nissan Motor Co has filed a lawsuit against its former executive Greg Kelly seeking about 1.4 billion yen ($11.7 million) in damages
Not a legal expert like most commenters, but would it be possible to counter-sue the the company, the Japanese Nissan executives, or the authorities for damages and harassment? Preferably in an American court?
TARA TAN KITAOKA
Very unfair action by nissan. What a bad example.
Jim
It should have been the other way round of Kelly sues Nissan for conspiring to set him up with false allegations and charges!
Lindsay
I’ve boycotted Nissan since Ghosn was first arrested and will continue to do so forever.
Yubaru
Hefty chunk of change. But good luck getting it! Probably spend that much in lawyer bills too!
Huh? Either someone failed to edit something here, or Nissan has yet to pay 1 billion to the government.
sakurasuki
People who reported Ghosn to prosecutor without even informing company board and asking board authorization, from this article that activity is unethical and illegal.
https://asiatimes.com/2022/02/lawyers-played-fast-and-loose-in-ghosn-case/
Shareholders never get their stock price back, for the price like before the arrest. It won't happen if this settled internally.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/business/corporate-business/nissan-investors-sue/
Pukey2
When a Japanese corporation sinks to the bottom, like Nissan pre-Ghosn, I hope no one from abroad comes to save it. Lessons learnt here.
Paul
How embarrassing! Nissan execs really want to rub their faces in crap some more!
Boycott Nisan like I have been since this story first broke. Neither I nor any member of my extended family will ever buy a Nissan, I made sure of that!
gaijintraveller
Any Japanese sued along side him? Did he act alone?
Ascissor
How much damages is Nissan seeking from Toshiaki Ohnuma et al?
therougou
They should be paying Kelly for ruining his life over charges he was eventually cleared of.
Tiger
I feel Nissan is very off-putting in this whole scandal. When I'm going to buy a car I'm certainly going to avoid Nissan.
yakyak
That's about how much it cost the Japanese taxpayers to prosecute him.
Numan
LOL! More signs that Nissan and the J-gov are corrupt shameless criminals. If I was Kelly, I would counter sue in the US. Where is the lawsuit against Saikawa and his Japanese co-conspirators?
Nissan and J-gov want to continue the propaganda campaign that the foreigners are the bad ones and not all the Japanese executives. The investors all blame the Japanese executives for causing them to lose money.
The J-gov and Nissan wants to continue the harassment because Ghosn is free, Kelly did not crack (no deep bows and apologies), the investors are still angry, and Nissan and the J-gov are embarrassed globally.
Now the world knows of the corruption at Nissan and J-gov. On top of that, a foreign company/country still owns Nissan.
I bet the J-gov regrets letting all those J-executives slide now! Nationalism got them embarrassed!
sf2k
he bowed and walked away, not a day in jail.
Simona Stanzani
they really have no shame. bloody crooks.
ThonTaddeo
Let me get this straight: Nissan is slapped with a fine that it does not wish to pay. So instead of appealing the fine and possibly having it reduced or overturned, they accept the decision and then sue their employee to make the individual effectively pay it for them?
Disgusting.
justasking
Nissan lost a lot of money and by suing, they are losing some more.
Dale Spenser
Terrible PR. It's like they want to self-destruct. Give it a rest already.
fxgai
Aren’t you supposed to stop digging once you find yourself in a deep hole?
stickman1760
Don’t agree with this at all but somebody had to take the fall and might as well be the gaijin. U know that’s how they were thinking .
sf2k
That's why the hilarious demand, they're trying to cover for their own incompetence, but in doing so showing the world how incompetent Nissan is, again, and again. Also showing that the courts are just a vassal for corporate demands no matter how ridiculous or any legitimate reasoning.
I don't know, their reasons escapes me like Ghosn on a rainy day
Happy he escaped after all this. Ghosn lives in the prosecutor's minds for free
The Avenger
https://asiatimes.com/2022/01/making-the-case-that-nissans-kelly-is-innocent/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fwsorj06tzpJT3bS_T3GGixvSrVbUYtM/view
Cuiv
I own a Nissan Leaf, because at the time it was the only pure EV available in Japan besides the Model S, and I really wanted an EV. I love the car - but I won't buy from Nissan again.
I already had decided to no longer buy from Nissan when Ghosn was arrested, but this makes me more resolute.
Mickelicious
Once again, it's a good job the ambassador saw Kelly safely off from HND.
bokuda
The same misstatement was committed 10 years.
Kelly was involved only once.
Who is gonna be sued for the remaining 9 years?
sangetsu03
Nissan’s coup to get rid of Ghosn has cost the company some $17 billion. Perhaps Nissan’s shareholders should file a lawsuit against the company’s board of directors for the losses to their portfolios.
Alan Harrison
Well number one point, it is Kelly who should sue Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office. The second point, let's all see Japan come and get the money. Once outside Japan, Japanese law can't take hostages. Incidentally has Japan paid Ghosn the compensation that he is owed for his unlawful detention.
bokuda
Japan is trying to keep Kelly out of the country to block his appeal.
Jim Mangieri
Nissan is unbelievable. Greg Kelly was found innocent except for the token charge that the judge leveled against him so that the judge could throw a bone to the prosecutors. Now Nissan through its ineptitude is trying to stick it to him financially since their little coup to oust Ghosn didn't pan out as they had hoped. What a pathetic organization. No honor for them but what else is new. Nissan--bad faith, bad business practices, badly corrupt. They make me want to vomit.
Alan Harrison
Prosecutors in Japan are selected by the Cabinet, and are attested by the Head of State. It would therefore seem that the blame for this farce goes right to the top.
Tom San
Boycott Nissan?
Should that be considered as a "sanction" too?
Don't hold your breathe.
Tom San
No more GT-R's for you!!!