Both dispute the charges. Rachida Dati is suspected of having received 900,000 euros from RNBV, a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan alliance, without compensation for real work, between 2010 and 2012, while she was a lawyer and European MP (2009 -2019) — which could have served to hide lobbying activity in the European Parliament. In this case, Carlos Ghosn has been targeted since April 2023 by an international arrest warrant.
Facts prescribed or not?
“An indictment is only the prosecution’s view of a case. It does not reflect reality,” reacted Rachida Dati’s lawyers. “A legal deadline now opens during which we will respond point by point to counter this fragmented and inaccurate vision,” assured Mes Olivier Baratelli and Olivier Pardo.
The Minister of Culture, who was also Keeper of the Seals, considers these facts prescribed and has already increased the number of appeals in this direction to put an end to the prosecution. In vain.
International arrest warrant
Carlos Ghosn has been targeted by an international arrest warrant since April 2023. He risks a trial for abuse of power by a company director, breach of trust, corruption and active influence peddling, in a case in which the Renault company has become a civil party.
The man, who has Lebanese, French and Brazilian nationalities, was arrested at the end of 2018 in Japan where he was to be tried for alleged financial embezzlement when he was at the head of the Renault-Nissan group. He found refuge in Lebanon at the end of 2019 after an incredible escape from Japan. His lawyers were not immediately available for comment.
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