by Hannah MarderBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff 1. When Mark Wahlberg was a teenager, he was involved in a number of hate crimes. First, when he was 15, he was charged with chasing and throwing rocks at Black children with his friends, yelling "Kill the n*****s". He also harassed Black children at the beach the next day. Then when he was 17, he attacked two Vietnamese-Americans, one of whom was a veteran. He knocked one out and punched the other, calling them racial slurs. He was high on PCP at the time. He ended up serving just 45 days in jail for the latter crime. Paul Natkin / Getty Images Wahlberg claimed the latter attacks had nothing to do with race, but as he had previously been found guilty of violating civil rights for the former attacks, he was found in contempt of court. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but only served under two months. After becoming famous, Wahlberg sought a pardon for the attack that landed him in jail, writing "I am deeply sorry for the actions that I took on the night of April 8, 1988, as well as for any lasting damage that I may have caused the victims. Since that time, I have dedicated myself to becoming a better person and citizen so that I can be a role model to my children and others." While he eventually dropped the pardon, he claimed in 2020 that he really had changed, "I took it upon myself to own up to my mistakes and go against the grain and not be a part of the gang any more - to say that I was going to go and do my own thing." Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images One of the men Wahlberg attacked, Johnny Trinh, supported Wahlberg in receiving a pardon, saying, "He was young and reckless but I forgive him now. Everyone deserves another chance." In contrast, one of the young children Wahlberg harassed, Kristyn Atwood, said, "I don't really care who he is. It doesn't make him any exception. If you're a racist, you're always going to be a racist. And for him to want to erase it, I just think it's wrong." 2. When Jon Hamm was in college at the University of Texas-Austin, he was accused of violently hazing a pledge member of his Sigma Nu fraternity. The pledge, Mark Allen Sanders, claimed seven men, including Hamm, beat him, hit him with a paddle, shoved his face in the dirt, lit his pants on fire, and led him around "with the claw of a hammer beneath his genitals." His injuries included a fractured spine, and he says he nearly lost a kidney. He was originally charged with assault, which was deferred and ultimately dropped. The whole lawsuit was eventually dismissed, but the incident caused the UT Texas chapter of Sigma Nu to disband permanently. Nathan Congleton / NBC / Getty Images When asked about the incident in 2018, long after Hamm had found fame, Hamm reportedly got angry and said he was "essentially acquitted," calling the reports "sensationalized" and said "it was a bummer of a thing that happened." Hamm also reportedly accused the reporter of writing a "hit piece." Bruce Glikas / Getty Images 3. During World War II, Coco Chanel was named as a Nazi informant by friend Vera Bate (who herself confessed to being a German agent). The French government arrested Chanel, who had several ties with Nazi intelligence organization Abwehr and its members. Chanel was eventually released due to a lack of evidence and possible help from friend Winston Churchill. Chanel's Nazi ties remained hidden for decades, though her "fear and hatred for Jews" was allegedly "notorious." Stf / Getty Images 4. Boy George was found guilty of attacking the Norwegian model and escort, Audun Carlsen, in 2007. Carlsen accused him of beating him, handcuffing him to the wall, and beating him with a chain in a drug-fueled paranoid episode wherein Boy George thought Carlsen had hacked his computer. Ron Davis / Getty Images Boy George denied the assault occurred, but did concede he had handcuffed Carlsen to his wall in an attempt to find out if he'd hacked his computer. While O'Dowd (Boy George's real last name) pled not guilty, he was ultimately sentenced to 15 months in jail. He still performs: the photo below is from a 2023 performance. Paras Griffin / Getty Images 5. In 1991, Rick James and his girlfriend Tanya Anne Hijazi were arrested on suspicion of imprisoning and torturing a 24-year-old woman over the course of three days. The two allegedly threatened the victim with a gun, tied her up, burned her, forced her to orally copulate Hijazi, and forced her to smoke crack cocaine. A year later, the two also allegedly kidnapped and assaulted music executive Mary Sauger. James ultimately served over two years in prison. He later continued to write music and tour. Ron Galella / Getty Images 6. Jack Nicholson has been accused of assaulting women multiple times throughout his career. In the '90s, he was accused of assaulting a sex worker after refusing to pay her fee. Nicholson settled with the woman, Catherine Sheehan, who later claimed in 2000 that the damage to her brain stem was "actually killing her" and bli