Posted on 12/05/2014 6:45:07 PM PST by smokingfrog
Actor Mark Wahlberg is asking Massachusetts for a pardon for assaults he committed in 1988 when he was a troubled teenager in Boston, saying he has dedicated himself to becoming a better person in his adult years so he can be a role model to his children and others.
The former rapper known as Marky Mark and a star of movies including "The Departed" and "The Gambler," set to open in theaters Dec. 19, filed a pardon application with state officials Nov. 26. New England Cable News first reported on the application Thursday.
In 1988, when Wahlberg was 16, he hit a man in the head with a wooden stick while trying to steal two cases of alcohol in front of a convenience store near his family's home in the Dorchester section of Boston, the application says. He punched another man in the face while trying to avoid police, the document says.
Wahlberg says in the application that he was high on marijuana and narcotics at the time, and police caught him with a small amount of pot. He also apologized for his actions.
He ended up being convicted as an adult of assault and other charges, and he was sentenced to three months in jail. He said he was released after serving about 45 days.
Wahlberg, 43, says in the application that he turned his life around and became a successful music artist, actor and film and television producer. He also notes he has raised millions of dollars for charity and donated his time and efforts for philanthropic causes.
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No.
“... saying he has dedicated himself to becoming a better person in his adult years so he can be a role model to his children and others.”
Then use what you did wrong to teach others. Don’t try to hide it or act like it never happened.
He does seem to have corrected his life.
But what happened, happened. Done deal.
Just curious.
And is Wahlberg going to find the man he maimed and make any kind of apology or restitution?
Not a chance. He’s at peace with his past. (the hell with his victim). Thanks for posting about this class A, phony, jerk.
Maybe he wants to vote or buy a gun.
He’s certainly come a long way since Dirk Diggler.
When is P Diddy going to denounce racist Wahlberg?
nothing about how he and his pals were being racist and throwing rocks at blacks during the bussing era there?
BINGO!!!!
There are different stories out there that Wahlberg is anti-gun.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/01/mark-wahlberg-thinks-he-could-have-stopped-911.html
Maybe he wants to be able to vote or buy/carry a handgun. It also becomes an issue when filing applications for other things.
Marky Mark or what ever he calls himself was a massive racist and that is also what got him arrested, but since he’s now a Hollywood icon I guess all is forgiven off the masses.
He’s the same character in every role he plays: himself.
He often takes time off during filming and a cardboard cutout fills in. And often no one notices.
I know why women like him. I’d avoid any men who admitted liking him.
Especially after knowing that he has made no effort to find the elderly man that he beat and see how he is doing.
I like his acting and he does seem to have turned his life around for the better. But I don’t think he deserves a pardon. Is his victim willing to forgive him as well, I wonder?
Maybe he wants to vote or buy a gun.
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No. It’s for a much more noble reason. To get a license open a restaurant. No blacks or Asians allowed, though.
I'd add Will Smith and Sinatra
Do you know that he’s never made an apology or attempted restitution to his victim, or is that supposition? Someone who’s turned his life around rather dramatically, and expended time/energy on charitable projects would more likely than not first have sought out his own victims. Not saying he did, but that is typically what folks seeking redemption do.
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