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Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, claimed, in joking asides on his October 14, 2026, YouTube livestream, that people he called his “goons” were trying to pin down his real-time location from his stream footage. He named no one and offered nothing to show anyone was doing it. The broadcast was a driving stream through Southern California, during which D’Amato discussed a range of topics, including what he said was the litigation history of another YouTuber, JLR, and made extended sexual jokes about a man he named. He thanked an unnamed viewer for a Cash App payment, saying he did not know how much it was.
"They're Stopping Frames, Slowing Them Down, Zooming"
D’Amato raised the subject more than once. About 20 minutes in, driving past what he said was the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, he said his “goons” were trying to “hone in on my coordinates” (Exhibit A). About 17 minutes later he said it again: “You know the goons are trying to hone in on my coordinates, too.” An hour into the stream he described them as “stopping frames, slowing them down, zooming, counting what turns I take, guessing what streets I’m turning on,” then turned the list into a sexual joke. Each time he dismissed the idea, asking what anyone could realistically do with his location.
D’Amato’s extended riff on the subject ran from mock-tactical speculation about Blackhawk helicopters to commentary on the physical fitness of his trackers, framing the whole sequence as comedy. Near the end of the clip, a viewer asked in chat whether he was worried about tomorrow. “I’m not even worried, I’m just working on today,” he answered, adding, “when I get to tomorrow I’ll let you know.” He did not say what was happening the next day. The tone was joking throughout, and D’Amato gave no indication he considered the tracking a credible danger.
He also brought up Scott Hochstetter, known online as DOA, who streams on YouTube at @thelordofthegadflies. “I feel like DOA is going to come up from behind and to choke me,” he said, then joked about checking his rearview mirror “for a blimp.” Hochstetter faces one count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and five counts of criminal threats, all dated Feb. 16, 2024, in People v. Hochstetter (25CJCF01106-01). He has pleaded not guilty, and the charges are allegations, not convictions.
Late in the stream, dismissing “a stupid lawsuit,” D’Amato said, “He already lost a legal action to me. What does he want to just lose again?” He did not name the person. If he meant Hochstetter, whose threatened suit he discussed at length on his Oct. 13 streams, the record is mixed. Hochstetter sought a restraining order against D’Amato and did not get one. D’Amato’s own motion to make Hochstetter pay his attorney fees was denied, and his appeal of that ruling is pending. No fees have been awarded.
Exhibit A
D’Amato claims his “goons” are tracking him, then mocks the idea, saying: “My goons are trying to hone in on my coordinates as we speak, but, like, what are they going to do? Like, how are they going to even… I mean, what are they going to do? Drop out of a Blackhawk? You know, they’re going to speed, you know, zip line down a, you know, a hot rope coming out of a Blackhawk in tactical gear? I don’t think so. I think they’re a little too fat and slow. I don’t think they can handle the rope burn.”
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The clip records D’Amato’s claim, not evidence of tracking. He named no one and pointed to nothing specific. He characterized the supposed trackers’ efforts as futile and their physical capacity as insufficient, treating the scenario as material for mockery rather than a complaint.
Taken together with the rest of the stream, the clip shows D’Amato saying on camera, on October 14, 2026, that unnamed people were trying to locate him, while he called out landmarks himself, from the Playboy Mansion to Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. At one point he told viewers, “You know where I’m going. Come get it,” then added, “You won’t. I’m just talking shit. I’m not interested in any kind of fisticuffs with anyone.”
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- Date: 2026-10-14
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