Mark Wahlberg’s history of racially motivated attacks has resurfaced again after the actor was slammed for presenting SAG Award to the Asian cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
He handed out the awards to the cast on Sunday, 35 years after he was convicted of assaulting two Asian men.
The Ted actor, 51, was twice charged for race-related crimes while living in Boston in the 1980s as a teenager.
In 1986 Wahlberg, then 15, was charged alongside three friends for pelting black children with rocks while yelling ‘kill the n******’.
The group only stopped when an ambulance driver intervened, with Wahlberg harassing another group of mostly black children at the beach the following day.
Mark Wahlberg handed out 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 punching his second victim, Johnny Trinh (pictured), in the eye later the same day
He was then charged in 1988 for attaching two Vietnamese men while high on the drug PCP, calling his victims a ‘Vietnam f***ing s***’.
Wahlberg then knocked Thanh Lam unconscious with a five-foot wooden stick, before punching his second victim, Johnny Trinh, in the eye later the same day.
Officers say that he used racist slurs to describe both men, and Wahlberg was found guilty of violating the civil rights of his victims.
A civil rights injunction was issued against him and two of his friends, with the case settled in court swiftly.
He was also charged with attempted murder but pleaded guilty to felony assault – claiming that he was intoxicated, and the attacks weren’t race related.
Wahlberg was found to be in contempt of court because of the civil rights injunction, which prohibited him from assaulting, threatening, or intimidating anyone because of race or nationality.
The actor was sentenced to two years in prison, but only severed 45 days of the sentence for the attack on the Vietnamese men.
In 2014 he then attempted to seek a pardon for the second attack and have it wiped from his criminal record.
The actor was slammed for presenting 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 live in Arlington, Texas, and had no idea who his assailant was
He quit his life of crime, found fame as the rapper ‘Marky Mark’ and later embarked on an acting career that has earned him an estimated $200m fortune
Trinh had to flee Vietnam when the Communist North overran the pro-American South, ending the Vietnam war. He became one of the ‘boat people’
He says in a written plea: ‘I am deeply sorry for the actions that I took on the night of April 8, 1988, as well as for any lasting damage I may have caused the victims.
‘Since that time, 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 request, saying that he had ‘done the work’ to make things right, after adding he hoped that his recent actions would show that 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 a part of the gang any more – to say that I was going to go and do my own thing.
‘[It] made it 10 times more difficult to walk from my home to the train station, to go to school, to go to work.
‘But I also prided myself on doing the right thing and turning my life around … I would hope that people would be able to get a second chance in life.’
Wahlberg was also charged with attempted murder but pleaded guilty to felony assault – claiming that he was intoxicated, and the attacks weren’t race related
In June of 2020, he was ripped online after posting a memorial to George Floyd, with many pointing to the actor’s hate conviction, and others claiming he’s edited his Wikipedia to try and hide his past
Trinh, his wife Hoa and 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 at the Suffolk County Deer Island House of Correction.
He quit his life of crime, found fame as the rapper ‘Marky Mark’ and later embarked on an acting career that has earned him an estimated $200m fortune.
Films such as ‘The Departed’ and ‘The Fighter’ have made him the most bankable star in Hollywood.
Speaking to MailOnline at the time, Johnny Trinh about his pardon: ‘He was young and reckless but I forgive him now. Everyone deserves another chance.
‘I would like to see him get a pardon. He should not have the crime hanging over him any longer.’
His record has come to the fore after he called the name of the film Women Talking as Women Are Talking; and announced the group honor as the award for best actor.
Wahlberg embraced actor Ke Huy Quan on the stage and was later seen posing with James Hong in a social media post, calling Hong a legend.
It was not the first time in recent years Wahlberg had faced backlash for his past.
In June of 2020, he was ripped online after posting a memorial to George Floyd, with many pointing to the actor’s hate conviction, and others claiming he’s edited his Wikipedia to try and hide his past.
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