The extradition of two Americans accused of helping the ex-titan of the car Carlos Ghosn seems imminent, after the US Supreme Court on Saturday rejected the couple’s legal appeal.
The decision puts an end to a nine-month legal effort by Michael L. Taylor and his son Peter M. Taylor to avoid being sent to Japan to face criminal charges stemming from Mr. Ghosn’s dramatic escape in late 2019.
The Taylors had asked the Supreme Court to suspend the extradition, after a federal appellate court on Thursday declined to intervene. Judge Stephen Breyer quickly denied the request on behalf of the court.
A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment on when the Taylors could be sent to Japan, citing government policy. Taylors’ attorneys did not respond to any requests for comment.
Ghosn, a former CEO of Nissan Motor Co., was facing charges of financial crimes in Japan and was living in a house controlled by Tokyo courts when he disappeared in late 2019. In a Hollywood-worthy plot, he caught a bullet train. 300 miles from Tokyo to Osaka, he was smuggled inside a large box of musical equipment to a waiting private jet.