Reports: Court Denies Ghosn Appeal on No Contact With Wife

Reports: Court Denies Ghosn Appeal on No Contact With Wife
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn accompanied by his wife, Carole, in Tokyo on March 8, 2019. Issei Kato/Reuters
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TOKYO—A Japanese court has rejected an appeal from the lawyers of Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn over bail conditions that forbid him to contact his wife, as a prosecutor defended the restriction as needed to prevent evidence tampering.

The Kyodo News service reported May 9 the Tokyo District Court rejected the appeal filed earlier in the day. The report could not be immediately confirmed.