Model Ngoc Trinh stands trial for motorbike stunts

The HCMC People’s Court will try the 35-year-old for the crime of “disrupting public order,” which carries a sentence of two to seven years in prison.

Tran Xuan Dong, 36, her motorbike instructor, was also charged with disrupting public order and fabricating seals and documents.

According to the indictment, Trinh and Dong performed stunts on large-displacement motorbike without appropriate licenses in public in Thu Duc City on Oct. 6 last year.

Trinh performed the stunts without protective equipment and rode the vehicle in “inappropriate” positions.

Earlier, in September, Trinh and Dong had performed stunts on a Kawasaki Ninja in the Thu Thiem urban area in Thu Duc, including standing on one side of the vehicle and driving with no hands.

They recorded the stunts and posted five videos on several social media platforms including TikTok and Facebook.

They got over 163 million likes and comments.

Ngoc Trinh performs a motorbike stunt in a still image cut from a video posted on her social media.

Prosecutors said the videos negatively affected public security, order and social safety, and had a bad influence on young people.

The two defendants were arrested on Oct. 19 last year.

During the investigation, Dong said he knew the vehicles’ registrations were fake, but bought them because they were cheap.

Born in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, Trinh began her career in 2005 and garnered attention with her lingerie and swimsuit photo shoots.