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Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, used a May 17, 2026 YouTube livestream to repeatedly assert that Jarred Brooks, also known as Krackhead Kenny had suffered a personal consequence: D’Amato claimed that Kenny’s adult son, reportedly entering law enforcement, had distanced himself from his father over his alleged conduct of calling the school district, which D’Amato frequently claims is the same thing as calling a kids school for the purpose of harassment. D’Amato framed the claimed estrangement as karmic justice while simultaneously acknowledging he could not confirm the story was true. The stream also included discussion of a dismissed federal case, sustained contempt toward named rival streamers, and monetization via gift memberships, superchats, and direct payment solicitation, with D’Amato citing legal bills as justification for accepting tips.
“I don’t know if it’s true… But it looks to be true.”
D’Amato opened the segment by telling his audience he had received “a clip of a late breaking story” and did not know whether it was a troll or genuine. Within the same breath, he proceeded to broadcast the claim as though its truth were effectively settled, repeatedly returning to the accusation that his target “did call a kid school” and declaring it was “on video.” The rhetorical structure is notable: D’Amato introduced the story with explicit uncertainty, then dropped that uncertainty each time he restated the allegation, leaving the audience with a progressively firmer impression that the accusation is established fact. The claimed consequence D’Amato celebrated was not a legal finding or documented event but a second-hand account he said arrived via clip from an unidentified source. Despite this, he described the target’s alleged family estrangement in concrete terms and characterized it as deserved punishment, saying, “That’s what you get. That’s called karma.” No corroboration for the claimed family consequence is offered anywhere in the broadcast.
Exhibit
D’Amato tells his audience, “I received a clip of a late breaking story,” before proceeding to describe an Brooks’s alleged estrangement from his son, attributing the rift to the target’s purported history of calling children’s schools.
Timestamps: 00:06:22 – 00:08:17 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato’s own words disclose the sourcing problem: the story came from an unidentified clip, he stated twice he did not know if it was a troll, and he offered no independent verification before broadcasting the allegation to his audience as something that “looks to be true.” The clip documents D’Amato amplifying a serious, unverified accusation about one of his rivals while providing himself rhetorical cover through hedging language he does not consistently apply as he repeats the claim. The broadcast record establishes a pattern of D’Amato presenting disputed or unverified allegations against unnamed individuals as functionally true for purposes of audience commentary, while retaining enough hedging language to attempt to maintain deniability about the original source.
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- Date: 2026-05-17
- Stream ID: YOUTUBE · mzzlkHuP0xo
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