Mark Wahlberg has been convicted of racist hate crimes TWICE
Mark Wahlberg’s story of racially motivated attacks has resurfaced again after the actor came under fire for presenting the SAG Award to the Asian cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
He presented the awards to the cast on Sunday, 35 years after he was convicted of assaulting two Asian men.
The 51-year-old Ted actor was charged twice with race-related crimes while living in Boston in the 1980s as a teenager.
In 1986, Wahlberg, then 15, was charged along with three friends with throwing rocks at black children while yelling “kill black people.”
The group only stopped when an ambulance driver intervened, and Wahlberg harassed another group of mostly black children on the beach the next day.
Mark Wahlberg presented the awards to the cast on Sunday, 35 years after he was convicted of assaulting two Asian men.
Wahlberg then knocked Thanh Lam unconscious with a five-foot wooden stick, before striking his second victim, Johnny Trinh (pictured), in the eye later that day.
He was then indicted in 1988 for pegging two Vietnamese men while high on PCP, calling his victims ‘Vietnam f***ing s***’.
Wahlberg then knocked Thanh Lam unconscious with a five-foot wooden pole, before striking his second victim, Johnny Trinh, in the eye later that day.
Officers say he used racial slurs to describe both men, and Wahlberg was found guilty of violating his victims’ civil rights.
A civil rights injunction was issued against him and two of his friends, and the case was quickly settled in court.
He was also charged with attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to felony assault, claiming he was intoxicated and the attacks were not related to race.
Wahlberg was found to be in contempt of court due to the civil rights court order, which prohibited him from assaulting, threatening, or intimidating anyone based on race or national origin.
The actor was sentenced to two years in prison, but only broke 45 days of his sentence for the attack on the Vietnamese.
In 2014, he then tried to seek a pardon for the second attack and expunge it from his criminal record.
The actor was criticized for presenting the SAG Award to the Asian cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Johnny Trinh, on his wedding day to fellow Vietnamese refugee Hoa Du Trinh. The couple now lives in Arlington, Texas, and had no idea who her attacker was.
He left his life of crime, found fame as the rapper ‘Marky Mark’ and then embarked on an acting career that has earned him a fortune estimated at $200 million.
Trinh had to flee Vietnam when the communist north invaded the pro-American south, ending the Vietnam War. He became one of the ‘boatmen’
He says in a written statement: ‘I deeply regret the actions I took on the night of April 8, 1988, as well as any lasting harm I may have caused to the victims.
“Since then, I have dedicated myself to becoming a better person and citizen so that I can be a role model to my children and others.”
But he later dropped the application, saying he had “done the work” to make things right, adding that he hoped his recent actions would show he changes.
He said in a 2020 interview, “I took it upon myself to own up to my mistakes and go against the grain and not be part of the gang anymore, to say I was going to go and do my thing.”
‘[It]made it 10 times more difficult to walk from my house to the train station, to go to school, to go to work.
“But I also prided myself on doing the right thing and changing my life… I hope people can get a second chance at life.”
Wahlberg was also charged with attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to felony assault, claiming he was intoxicated and the attacks were not related to race.
In June 2020, he came under fire online after posting a memorial to George Floyd, with many pointing to the actor’s hateful conviction and others claiming he edited his Wikipedia to try to hide his past.
Trinh, his wife Hoa, and their children Steven (foreground) and Tammy (right) outside a Buddhist temple in Arlington, Texas, where they now live.
Wahlberg was released after serving just 45 days in Suffolk County’s Deer Island House of Correction.
He left his life of crime, found fame as the rapper ‘Marky Mark’ and then embarked on an acting career that has earned him a fortune estimated at $200 million.
Movies like ‘The Departed’ and ‘The Fighter’ have made him the most bankable star in Hollywood.
Speaking to MailOnline at the time, Johnny Trinh on his forgiveness: “I was young and reckless, but now I forgive him.” Everyone deserves another chance.
‘I’d like to see him get a reprieve. He shouldn’t have crime hanging over him any longer.
His record has come to the fore after he named the film Women Who Talk as Women Who Talk; and he announced the group’s honor as the best actor award.
Wahlberg hugged actor Ke Huy Quan on stage and was later seen posing with James Hong in a social media post, calling Hong a legend.
It wasn’t the first time in recent years that Wahlberg had faced backlash over his past.
In June 2020, he came under fire online after posting a memorial to George Floyd, with many pointing to the actor’s hateful conviction and others claiming he edited his Wikipedia to try to hide his past.