Carlos Ghosn appeals detention to Japan's Supreme Court

Lawyers for former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday appealed his ongoing detention to Japan's Supreme Court, after the auto tycoon was re-arrested last week while out on bail.

Ghosn's lead lawyer Junichiro Hironaka had already signalled plans to file the appeal a day earlier, at a press conference where he played a video recorded by the former Nissan head before his re-arrest.

In the video, Ghosn said he was the victim of a "conspiracy" by "backstabbing" executives at Nissan who had engineered his arrest to prevent a merger between the Japanese automaker and its alliance partner Renault.

At the press conference, Hironaka slammed prosecutors for rearresting Ghosn, who had been out on bail in Tokyo while facing three charges of financial misconduct.

Hironaka said the arrest was intended to "apply unjust pressure on him (Ghosn) to force him into submission."
He has denied any wrongdoing and said in the video played Tuesday he was "innocent of all the charges that have been brought against me."