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Mark Wahlberg applies to have 1988 assault erased - The Boston Globe
Actor Mark Wahlberg has long said he regrets what he did to Tranh Lam in 1988, beating the Vietnamese man with a 5-foot stick while yelling slurs at him. Now, Wahlberg would like to erase the incident altogether. The onetime ruffian from Dorchester has applied to the Massachusetts Board of Pardons to have the violent assault conviction removed from his record. The request was first reported Thursday by NECN. At issue is a well-publicized incident that took place on the night of April 8, 1988, when Wahlberg, now one of Hollywood’s most successful actors and producers, was 16 and looking for trouble. According to police, the youngest of Alma Wahlberg’s nine children tried to steal two cases of beer from Lam outside of a convenience store on Dorchester Avenue.