Ghosn free on bail, ready to fight 'meritless' charges

Ghosn sits in a vehicle as he leaves his lawyer's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, March 6. (Bloomberg)

March 05, 2019 04:44 AM

TOKYO — Carlos Ghosn, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, walked free of the Tokyo jail where he was confined for 108 days in a breakthrough that will help him fight what he calls the “meritless and unsubstantiated” criminal charges against him.

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