ZeroDarkTony is live [ZeroDarkTony] / October 22, 2026 / YouTube / 4Jq7soDVU0I
D’Amato also mocks a rival’s weight and calls the “cooperation” offer in his own John Doe lawsuit announcement “a complete freaking troll.”
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, spent a substantial portion of an October 22, 2026 YouTube livestream detailing what he described as a civil legal campaign against people who have called him names online. He claimed to have catalogued at least 237 instances of accusations, said the pattern is documented in his therapist’s and hospital records, and stated his intention to file subpoenas and bury accusers “under the paperwork.”
“Everything You Tried to Do to Me… I’m Gonna Go in That Court and I’m Gonna Do It a Thousand Fold Back to You”
D’Amato described compiling a declaration listing online accusations he characterized as defamatory, including the labels “CHOMO,” “PDF,” “Grapist,” “Stalker,” and “paid agent of Scientology.” (“PDF” is his on-stream shorthand for pedophile; “CHOMO” means child molester.) He claimed attorneys and paralegals he had spoken with confirmed the evidence would support subpoenas, and said he possessed hundreds of screenshots beyond what he estimated would be needed. He added that the documented harm is “regularly discussed and documented” with his therapist and appears in his hospital records, framing those records as corroborating evidence for his filings.
The labeling doesn’t appear to be new for ZeroDarkTony. He’s shared the laughing emoji about it and mentioned it long before the Scientology protests and recent criminal incidents.
Separately, D’Amato spent time during the broadcast mocking Scott Hochstetter, known online as DOA, who streams on YouTube at @thelordofthegadflies, over his weight (“old fat scotty had a gunt,” he sang) and his legal skills. He also said “the respondent’s stream,” meaning that of Jarred Brooks, known online as Krackhead Kenny, the respondent in D’Amato’s restraining order case, “tries to copy what I do,” and that a rival he called “fat ass” had “taken every single idea of my legal talks.”
About 19 minutes into the stream, D’Amato returned to “that email that I got,” Hero Not Zero’s Oct. 21 questions about his announced John Doe lawsuit, which asked for answers by 5 p.m. that day. He answered none of them. Instead he said that “nobody needs to worry about any kind of … cooperation,” the offer his announcement had made to critics, calling it “retracted completely” and adding that he “didn’t even mean it when I said it. It was a complete freaking troll.”
Exhibit A
D’Amato addresses his accusers directly, stating: “So yuck it up because like I said everything you tried to do to me and did to me and all that, I’m, I’m gonna go in that court and I’m gonna do it a thousand-fold back to you. You picked the wrong one. It all comes out in the wash.” He then states he intends to “bury some of your fucking asses under the paperwork,” and adds, in the same sequence, “I mean that in a civil sense,” before making a remark about not wanting to physically touch anyone for fear of “hepatitis.” The civil-sense qualifier and the hepatitis aside are spoken in the same breath as the burial statement and are part of the record.
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D’Amato claims 237 documented instances of specific accusations, describes medical and therapeutic records as part of his evidence base, and states the filing of subpoenas as an explicit goal. The clip also captures his characterization of the opposing conduct: “You tagging each other, trying to tag me… all the fucking PDF shit, all the dumbass scientists, all the stupidest lies and innuendo to try and get audiences to turn on me.” He showed no list, count, screenshots or records on stream, and he named none of the attorneys or paralegals he says he consulted. Under Krinsky v. Doe 6 (2008), a plaintiff seeking to unmask anonymous speakers in California must first make a prima facie showing of an actionable claim. He gave no dates for the 237 posts. California’s deadline for a defamation claim is one year from publication. The clip places on the record D’Amato’s on-stream description of a civil litigation preparation effort, including the specific categories of evidence he says he intends to use and the financial consequences he says he expects accusers to face. He named no court or case number and showed no filing.
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- Date: 2026-10-22
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