ZDT LATE SHIFT LORD OF THE FAT FLIES, DOXXING CLEARWATER, DOA RO FOR FILMING KIDS [ZeroDarkTony] / October 16, 2026 / YouTube / vi9bwbx3uli
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, alleged on an October 16, 2026, YouTube livestream that a nurse had doxxed his mother and others. He then spent extended portions of the stream discussing civil litigation involving Scott Hochstetter, known online as DOA, who streams on YouTube at @thelordofthegadflies, framing potential judgments in those cases as money he is personally owed.
The stream’s title repeats his claim that Hochstetter got a restraining order “for filming kids.” D’Amato has identified no court, case number or date for any such order, and HNZ has found none. He did not return to the claim in the clips below.
“That’s When the Nurse Doxed My Mother Along with a Couple Other People”
D’Amato alleged on stream that a nurse, whom he connected to an online episode he called “the whole giggly gage thing,” had exposed his mother’s personal information along with that of unspecified others. (Moments later he says “giggly gigs,” and a viewer in chat mentions a “Giggly Gigs notebook.”) He also said an “invisible” person “still sends nasty messages” and had sent “corn images,” a common online stand-in for pornographic images, and that the person denies it. He did not name that person. He offered no documentation for either claim.
D’Amato then shifted to civil cases Hochstetter is pursuing against parties D’Amato calls “Clearwater” and “Francois.” D’Amato stated he hopes Hochstetter prevails in those cases specifically because, if D’Amato wins his pending appeal over attorney fees, any money Hochstetter recovers would go toward what D’Amato described as money owed to him. He summarized it plainly: “technically, he’s working for me.”
D’Amato acknowledged uncertainty about the appeal’s outcome, saying, “I don’t know if we’re going to win or lose the legal fee appeal,” and describing the odds as “50-50.” He stated that if the appeal is won before Hochstetter obtains any judgment, there is “further action” for his attorney to take. He did not say what.
No fees are owed to him today. Hochstetter sought a restraining order against D’Amato and did not get one. D’Amato then moved for attorney fees and lost that motion in the trial court. The denial is now on appeal, where a fee ruling is reviewed for abuse of discretion. No fees have been awarded.
Exhibit A
D’Amato states, “that’s when the nurse doxed my mother along with a couple other people, that was real nice,” then describes an unnamed person he calls an “invisible fucking weirdo” who he says still sends “nasty messages” and sent “corn images,” and who denies it.
Timestamps: 00:30:53 – 00:32:49 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato names the nurse only by role and connects her to a prior online episode, presenting the doxxing as established fact. It is his allegation. He named no one, gave no date and showed no documentation in the clip.
Exhibit B
D’Amato says he hopes Hochstetter has success with “the Clearwater thing” and gets “a little dough out of the Costa lady.” Then: “I don’t know if we’re going to win or lose the legal fee appeal. But if we win, then if he gets a judgment from, uh, one of these cases, that’s my fucking money.” He concludes: “He’s working for me.”
Timestamps: 01:02:18 – 01:04:17 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato frames Hochstetter’s civil litigation as a vehicle for his own financial recovery, contingent on winning a separate appeal. Everything in the plan depends on that appeal. The trial court denied his fee motion, and he puts his own odds at “50-50.”
Exhibit C
D’Amato says the subpoenas he plans are “just a matter of when” and that he is “well within any kind of statutes.” He says that if he wins “that fee hearing appeal,” Hochstetter is “going to owe $18,000 and then some.” Then he addresses Hochstetter directly over Hochstetter’s claim to have won: “No, you didn’t win the $18,000.” … “You’re a liar. That’s not what happened.” He turns to his audience and describes Hochstetter questioning him on the witness stand: “he had his you know big old tank turned right on me” … “and he fucking missed because he choked.”
Timestamps: 02:02:59 – 02:07:37 | Watch with a free account
There is no $18,000 judgment. The $18,000 is the fee award D’Amato asked for and was denied in the trial court. On the record so far, Hochstetter’s version, that he beat the fee motion, is the accurate one. D’Amato concedes the possibility in the same clip: “If we lose that appeal.”
He compares the amount to “the respondent,” his name on stream for Jarred Brooks, known online as Krackhead Kenny. In D’Amato v. Brooks (26STRO01932), D’Amato is seeking $23,197.40 in fees. On Oct. 1, Judge Holly L. Hancock-Goode did not rule and continued the motion to Oct. 29.
He named no court, case or target for the subpoenas he says are coming. A prior subpoena effort by D’Amato targeting HNZ contributor Hero Light Cody was quashed, and the court imposed sanctions on the attorney who pursued it. If the subpoenas are meant for a defamation case, California’s deadline for filing one is one year from publication.
D’Amato also says his attorney may take additional action if the fee appeal succeeds before any judgment or settlement in the Clearwater or Francois cases.
Taken together, the three clips document D’Amato’s unverified account of a doxxing incident involving his mother and his stated financial interest in Hochstetter’s civil cases, an interest that exists only if he wins an appeal of a fee motion he lost.
Sources
- Original YouTube Video
- Full SRT Transcript: for HNZ Supporters
- Full Text Transcript: for HNZ Supporters
- Full Chat Transcript: for HNZ Supporters
- Date: 2026-10-16
- Stream ID: YOUTUBE · vi9bwbx3uli
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