16 Respected Celebrities Who Committed Heinous Crimes

10. Mark Wahlberg

Throughout his youth, Wahlberg was in trouble 20–25 times with the Boston Police Department. At 13 years old, Wahlberg had already become addicted to cocaine, among other drugs. By 15, he had a civil action filed against him for harassing black children, and at 16, he was arrested for brutally assaulting two Vietnamese men in racially motivated attacks. Wahlberg approached a middle-aged Vietnamese man named Thanh Lam on the street and, using a large wooden stick, knocked him unconscious while calling him “VIETNAM F*CKING SHIT.” That same day Wahlberg also attacked a second Vietnamese man named Hoa “Johnny” Trinh, brutally beating him in the face. For these two incidents, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, plead guilty to assault and was sentenced to two years in Suffolk County Deer Island House of Correction. He ultimately only served 45 days of his sentence, but carries a permanent felony record. In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack. Wahlberg has since apologized for his violent behavior saying, “I did a lot of things that I regret, and I have certainly paid for my mistakes.”