Former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn was released on a staggering bail on Wednesday, and he didn't walk out of the Tokyo Detention Center looking exactly like Carlos Ghosn. He was disguised as a construction worker, per the AP, only the disguise didn't work, and now one of his attorneys is apologizing over it. The Guardian reports Takashi Takano said it was his idea for Ghosn to walk out wearing overalls, a blue cap, and a surgical mask and enter a van topped with a ladder—which was trailed by the media. Bloomberg does suggest the get-up was at least initially successful, with many assuming he was a workman ending his shift. But some media outlets, who may have gotten a tip, knew to follow the van.
The New York Times reports it took only minutes for Ghosn to be recognized, and swift analysis then began as to why a man who has maintained his innocence would don a disguise. Takano acknowledged the disguise was "amateurish" and said his "immature plan has tarnished the reputation that he has devoted his whole life to building. I feel sorry about that." Takano said he was trying to prevent Ghosn's current address from leaking, and that part has apparently been successful: The location of his home remains unknown. Bloomberg has more on the "colorful" Takano, a 62-year-old it describes as one of the "country’s great criminal-trial lawyers," here. (More Carlos Ghosn stories.)
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