The tailors had paid their debt in Japanese prison. They come back to the US but all is not well with the tailors. Peter Taylor still in his 20s he and his father are looking at you know a lot of bills to pay. And so we're now seeing this kind of limbo situation where it's kind of a delicate dance right?
It was huge news when Carlos Ghosn, the once-celebrated auto executive, vanished from Japan in 2019 after being charged with financial crimes. He later emerged in Beirut, where he’s lived ever since, beyond the reach of Japanese authorities. Now the American father and son team who helped carry out his spy-novel escape are coming forward. They served time in a Japanese prison and are hoping Ghosn will help them pay off millions of dollars in legal bills.
Bloomberg journalists Reed Stevenson and Brian Bremner join this episode to tell the story of what Ghosn’s escape cost the men—and the very different lives they, and Ghosn, live today.
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