AceShowbiz - If he could turn back the time, Mark Wahlberg would probably go back to the time when he was a vicious, racist teenager. Being a part of a street gang, the Boston, Massachusetts native would've hurled insults at non-white people on the streets and physically attacked them. It got uglier one day in 1988 when he hit a middle-aged Vietnamese man named Thanh Lam in the head with a large wooden stick, knocking him unconscious while calling him a "Vietnam f***ing s**t." On the same day, he punched a second Vietnamese man named Hoa "Johnny" Trinh in the eye without provocation.

He was arrested later that night and was charged with attempted murder. The Oscar-nominated actor ultimately served 45 days of his sentence, but carries a permanent felony record. Believing that he had left Trinh permanently blind in one eye, Mark met with his victim in 2016 and apologized "for those horrific acts" during the process of requesting pardon for his prior convictions. His status as a Hollywood star sparked a debate about whether he was suitable for a pardon. His petition was eventually closed as he stated that he regretted his attempt to obtain a pardon.