FILE - In this May 27, 2003, file photo, employees surround Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn as he stands in the door of a Quest minivan at the opening of the $1.4 billion plant in Canton, Miss. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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A timeline of key events that began with Carlos Ghosn's assignment to Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. by its French alliance partner, Renault SA:
June 1999 - Renault sends Ghosn to be chief operating officer of Nissan.
June 2001 - Ghosn becomes CEO of Nissan after becoming its president a year earlier.
May 2005 - Ghosn becomes CEO of Renault.
October 2016 - Ghosn takes helm at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. after Nissan steps in to salvage the troubled smaller automaker.
June 2017 - Ghosn becomes chairman at Nissan, handing CEO post to Hiroto Saikawa.
Nov. 19, 2018 - Japanese police arrest Ghosn and a Nissan vice president, American lawyer Greg Kelly.
November 2018 - Ghosn is fired from his positions at Nissan and Mitsubishi.
Jan. 8, 2019 - Ghosn appears in a Tokyo court and declares his innocence.
January 2019 - Ghosn retires from his positions at Renault.
Feb. 19, 2019 - French prosecutors open judicial inquiry into alleged money laundering, fraud and misuse of company assets during Ghosn's time at the helm of the Renault-Nissan alliance.
March 2019 - French prosecutors open preliminary investigation into the financing of a party held by Ghosn at the Versailles chateau.
March 4, 2019 - Ghosn is released from Tokyo detention after posting $9 million bail.
April 4, 2019 - Japanese police detain Ghosn again.
April 25, 2019 - Ghosn is released again, posting $4.5 million bail.
Dec. 29-31, 2019 - Ghosn jumps bail and flees Japan, escaping to Lebanon via Turkey. An American man and his son, Michael and Peter Taylor, are alleged to have helped him sneak out of the country.
Sept. 15, 2020 - Kelly goes on trial at the Tokyo District Court, accused of conspiring with Ghosn to underreport his pay. Trial is ongoing.
Feb. 24, 2021 - Two pilots and a Turkish official are sentenced to four years in prison in Turkey for helping Ghosn escape.
March 2-3, 2021 - Michael and Peter Taylor are extradited from the U.S. to Japan.
May 20, 2021 - Dutch court rejects lawsuit by Ghosn against Nissan-Mitsubishi claiming wrongful dismissal and back pay. Ghosn plans to appeal.
May 31, 2021 - French investigators are expected in Lebanon to question Ghosn.
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2004, file photo, Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn gives a speech during a press unveiling of Japan's No. 2 automaker's Murano crossover sport utility vehicle into the Japanese market in Yokohama, west of Tokyo. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2017, file photo, Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance, addresses the media during a press conference held in Paris, France. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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FILE - In this July 26, 2011, file photo, Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn, center, pauses during a news conference in Beijing. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2014, file photo, French President Francois Hollande, left, sits in the driver's seat of a newly presented Renault Espace as he tours the Renault stand with CEO of Nissan-Renault Carlos Ghosn, right, during an official visit to the Paris Motor Show in Paris, France. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Ian Langsdon, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2015, file photo, Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., unveils the Nissan IDS Concept vehicle in the media preview for the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2018, file photo, digital billboard put up by a Lebanese advertising firm as a private initiative shows former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, Carlos Ghosn, the then-Renault-Nissan Alliance Chairman and CEO, listens to reporter's question during a press conference about Renault Samsung Motors' global vision plan in Seoul, South Korea. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, in blue cap, walks out with security guards from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn arrives for a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon. In an interview with The Associated Press, the embattled former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance dissected his legal troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, detailed how he plotted his brazen escape from Osaka, and reflected on his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon, where he is stuck for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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