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D’Amato also dismissed a swatting allegation against himself, saying a streamer “was speeding” and characterizing a rival’s potential lawsuit as an invitation to obtain discovery.
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, spent a portion of an August 4, 2026 YouTube livestream analyzing the litigation strategy of a pro se defendant, Scott Hochstetter, predicting Scott would face contempt of court for filing an accommodation motion after a judge had reportedly ordered no further filings. D’Amato also addressed swatting allegations, and if Scott sues him, he would counter-sue and use the resulting discovery to “put him in federal prison.” Throughout, D’Amato voiced an impression of Scott, spoke about someone he referred to as Clearwater, as well as the presiding judge, speaking in those voices to dramatize how he expected the courtroom exchange to unfold.
“Go Ahead, File Something Else When the Judge, From My Understanding, Said Don’t File Something Else”
D’Amato argued that Scott’s decision to raise a speech impediment as a basis for courtroom accommodation was tactically incoherent. Speaking in his own voice, he stated Scott was “lazy” and “dumb” and had not enrolled in speech therapy to support the claim. Shifting into an impression of the judge, D’Amato said: “Are you in some kind of treatment? No? Oh, okay. Well, next. Denied.” He then returned to his own voice and predicted: “I think he’s fast headed towards a contempt charge and getting locked up for contempt.” D’Amato also characterized Scott’s filing as a deliberate provocation of a judge who had already restricted further motions, saying: “You got to be out of your mind, dude, seriously playing with fire, but go ahead.”
Exhibit A
D’Amato predicts Scott’s accommodation motion will result in contempt, voicing both himself and an impression of the judge to illustrate how he expects the hearing to go, saying “I think he’s fast headed towards a contempt charge and getting locked up for contempt.”
Timestamps: 00:16:22 – 00:18:26 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato’s contempt prediction is layered with a voiced impression of the judge denying the motion, making clear he views the filing as procedurally defiant rather than meritorious. He grounds his prediction in Scott’s reported failure to pursue speech therapy concurrently with the accommodation claim, framing that absence as the motion’s fatal weakness.
Exhibit B
Addressing swatting allegations from DOA and the prospect of a lawsuit from Louis Repetto, D’Amato stated: “That motherfucker should be thanking me. And if he wants to sue me, I’ll just counter sue him and I’ll get all his discovery. And by the time I get done with counter suing him, I’m going to show enough evidence that could put him in federal prison.”
Timestamps: 00:27:40 – 00:29:46 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato denied the swatting characterization by claiming Lara was pulled over for speeding, not as the result of a fabricated police report, and stated she confirmed this herself. His counter-suit statement is framed as a conditional response to potential litigation, not a filed action.
Sources
- Original YouTube Video
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- Date: 2026-08-04
- Stream ID: YOUTUBE · lRurt_KRYHg
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