--- title: Mark Wahlberg’s Victim Says the Actor Should Get a Pardon description: The Vietnamese man a 16-year-old Wahlberg attacked says he wasn’t blinded in the assault canonical: https://time.com/3631408/mark-wahlberg-victim-pardon/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-12T13:17:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:02:17.361Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Mark Wahlberg’s Victim Says the Actor Should Get a Pardon og:description: The Vietnamese man a 16-year-old Wahlberg attacked says he wasn’t blinded in the assault og:url: https://time.com/3631408/mark-wahlberg-victim-pardon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c066b5adfa532a6/69876ce5524fc06d61deb2fd/mark-wahlberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1725 og:image:height: 970 og:image:alt: Mark Wahlberg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Wahlberg’s Victim Says the Actor Should Get a Pardon twitter:description: The Vietnamese man a 16-year-old Wahlberg attacked says he wasn’t blinded in the assault twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c066b5adfa532a6/69876ce5524fc06d61deb2fd/mark-wahlberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Wahlberg’s Victim Says the Actor Should Get a Pardon > Sponsored content. 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Now, he hopes the state of Massachusetts can help him set an example for today’s youth and pardon him for a criminal charge brought on on him when he was only 16._  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Dec 12, 2014 1:17 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Dec 12, 2014 1:17 PM UTC A Vietnamese man who was brutally attacked by a 16-year-old Mark Wahlberg in 1988 [says](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868589/Mark-Wahlberg-s-blinding-race-attack-victim-Johnny-Trinh-backs-bid-pardon-saying-course-forgive-didn-t-blind-Communist-Vietnamese-did-that.html) that contrary to some press reports he wasn’t blinded in the assault and he believes the actor should receive a pardon. “He did hurt me, but my left eye was already gone,” Johnny Trinh told the Daily Mail. “He was not responsible for that. I would like to see him get a pardon. He should not have the crime hanging over him any longer.” In 1988, Wahlberg [attacked](http://time.com/3619577/mark-wahlberg-pardon-assault/) and hurled racial slurs at Trinh and another man during an attempted street robbery in Boston. Trinh, 59, says his left eye was blinded in a grenade attack while he was serving in the South Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. After the war Trinh sought refuge in the United States. Wahlberg, 16 at the time of the assault, served 45 days of a two-year prison sentence. After runaway success as an model, singer and actor, Wahlberg is seeking a pardon for crimes he committed as a juvenile. \[[_Daily Mail_](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868589/Mark-Wahlberg-s-blinding-race-attack-victim-Johnny-Trinh-backs-bid-pardon-saying-course-forgive-didn-t-blind-Communist-Vietnamese-did-that.html)\] _Read next:_ [_Mark Wahlberg Should Not Be Pardoned_](http://time.com/3623523/mark-wahlberg-pardon-massachusetts/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg is seek to clear a 25 year old blemish on his criminal record. THe Massachusetts Native applied to the state border for pardons to forgiven a assault charge brought against him when he was just a teen. According to the court document the actor explain that I am not the same person that I was on the night of April *, 1988. That night 16 year old Wahlberg tried to rob a man outside a convenience store and left another man blind in one eye after assaulting him. When police caught up with Wahlberg they found narcotics on her person, and he admits to being under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time. Courts tried him as an adult and sentenced him to two years in prison, of which he served 45 days. So, more than two decades later, why ask for clemency now? Wahlberg, now 43, wrote in his application. My hope is that, if I receive a pardon, troubled youths will see this as an inspiration and motivation that they too can turn their lives around. For Wahlberg, he hopes the pardon will help him obtain a concessionaire's license for his restaurant, and help him continue his work with law enforcement and troubled youth. Wahlberg already works with his hometown, Dorchester, Boys and Girls Club, and with his own at- risk youth charity. The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation. Based on these reasons, a publicity expert sales in the ENCN Wahlberg is making a strong case. He has set the example. He's had this foundation for a long time. Maybe he is. He's trying to expand his foundation. Maybe he wants to build a youth center. Maybe he just really wants to show his kids that you can clear your name. However, Wahlberg's application will likely suffer a long, bureaucratic process before approved. 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