TOKYO — An American father and son pleaded guilty Monday in a Tokyo courtroom to helping Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan chief, flee Japan as he faced trial on charges of financial wrongdoing.

Michael Taylor, 60, a former Green Beret, and his son Peter Maxwell Taylor, 28, appeared in the same Tokyo courthouse where Ghosn had been expected to stand trial before his daring escape to Lebanon in December 2019. By leaving Japan, Ghosn sidestepped a justice system he has said was bent on destroying him.

In court Monday, as a prosecutor recounted their roles in the made-for-Hollywood caper, the men said they had no objection to the accusations against them, local media reported. They face up to three years in prison but could be credited with time they spent in jail in the United States.

The Japanese authorities had indicted the Taylors for their part in orchestrating the escape, in which Ghosn sneaked out of house arrest in Tokyo and fled to the western city of Osaka.

There, he was smuggled onto a private plane in a speaker box and flown first to Turkey and then to Beirut.

The Taylors themselves, however, were not able to evade the Japanese law. They were arrested by U.S. authorities in Massachusetts in the spring of 2020 and spent months battling an extradition order, before being handed over to Japan in March.

Michael Taylor, who worked in private security, had aided other international escapes, including assisting The New York Times after one of its reporters was kidnapped by the Taliban. After helping Ghosn flee, Taylor shared his story with the news media.