A multi-hour Rumble livestream hosted by Anthony D’Amato, known online as “ZeroDarkTony” or “ZDT,” on December 7, 2024 contains a sustained campaign of threats, sexual harassment, racist incitement, and targeted abuse against named individuals — including a minor. The stream was monetized throughout, with D’Amato soliciting donations and acknowledging paid memberships while the harassment unfolded. Viewer discretion is advised.
Background
Anthony D’Amato operates the “Zero Dark Tony” channel, broadcasting primarily on Rumble and YouTube. His content centers on feuds with other online personalities and what he describes as anti-Scientology activism. The December 7, 2024 stream ran for several hours and attracted several hundred concurrent viewers.
The individuals targeted during the broadcast include Nora Ames, an ex-Scientologist; Mindy Willens, a performer and anti-Scientology activist; Scott Hochstetter, a streamer known as “DOA”; Eric Levai, a journalist; [S.], who was a minor when D’Amato began his harassment campaign against him and his family; Hero Light Cody (HLC), an anonymous commentator who helps operate this website; and DanWalksLA, a person D’Amato incorrectly believed to be HLC at the time of the broadcast.
What follows is a documented record of that stream. A full transcript was reviewed. What it shows is not a series of isolated outbursts but a recognizable and repeated pattern: D’Amato identifies a vulnerability in each target — a person’s appearance, their family, a disability, a deceased loved one, a child — and systematically uses it as a weapon. The targets change. The method does not.
Before the clips begin, it is worth understanding what this stream contains in plain terms:
- Graphic threats of rape, stalking, and murder directed at named individuals, including a detailed first-person narrative describing entry into a woman’s home, pursuit through her apartment, and stabbing her
- Sexual harassment imagery — described and announced as planned AI-generated content — targeting Nora Ames, her wife, her children, and her deceased father by name
- Exploitation of a person’s disclosed autism, PTSD, and learning disabilities as material for public mockery and threats
- Threats of rape and murder directed at [S.], who was a minor at the time, including graphic descriptions of what D’Amato hoped would happen to [S.] in prison
- An on-air offer of compensation to anyone willing to murder Scott Hochstetter by name
- The sharing of personal addresses and identifying information of multiple targets with a contact D’Amato identifies as working in public affairs for the Church of Scientology
- Deliberate chanting of phrases referencing child rape, child pornography, and racial violence — which D’Amato explicitly frames as a tactic to get a rival’s platform account removed
D’Amato is aware of his legal exposure throughout. He repeatedly asserts that what he is saying is protected free speech, draws careful distinctions between what he threatens to do himself versus what he hopes others will do, and references visits to the LAPD and ongoing litigation as evidence of his untouchability. That awareness makes the conduct more calculated, not less serious.
Exhibit 1: Sexual Harassment Campaign Against Nora Ames and Her Family
The stream opens with D’Amato displaying images he attributes to Nora Ames and her wife, subjecting both women to extended body-shaming and misogynistic abuse. He announces that he is producing what he calls “cum towels” — AI-generated images depicting Ames and her wife covered in semen — and states these will be published on December 12th.
D’Amato then turns to Ames’s children. He asks which child is “the retard” and which one she “put a bunch of fucking hormones in,” using a child’s medical history as ammunition. He frames this as retaliation for Ames having discussed his personal life online, stating: “Which kids did you ruin since you want to talk about my fucking personal life.”
He also references Ames’s professional history, mocking her trajectory from television producer to what he calls a barista, and announces a dedicated week of content targeting her, which he dubs “Zero Dark Nora Week.” The message throughout is transactional: comply with his demands, or he will escalate. He told her directly: “I told you to shut the fuck up. I was gonna be nice to you. You asked me to take some videos down. I went and did it. Then you opened your fucking mouth again.”
Exhibit 2: Graphic Threats of Rape, Stalking, and Murder Against Mindy Willens
In a segment directed at Mindy Willens and delivered as a song, D’Amato narrates in the first person: stalking Willens to her home, raping her in her basement, beating her, chasing her through her apartment as she hides in a closet, and stabbing her with a large knife. He describes knowing exactly which door she is hiding behind.
Later in the stream, D’Amato states that someone will follow Willens home on a night when she is out drinking and describes in specific physical detail how she will be raped and restrained.
This is not abstract. D’Amato narrates in the second person, addressing Willens directly, describing her movements, her home, her screams. Framing it as a song does not change what it is. The intent is to make the target feel watched and unsafe — which is the point.
Exhibit 3: Exploitation of Eric Levai’s Disclosed Disabilities
During the broadcast, D’Amato reads aloud a statement in which Eric Levai discloses that he has high-functioning autism, ADD, depression, OCD, anxiety, and a learning disability. Rather than moving past it, D’Amato treats the disclosure as an opportunity. He names Levai repeatedly, calls him a “retard” and a “fucking autistic dumb fucking scared shitbag,” and tells him to put a gun in his mouth. He asks viewers to locate Levai’s profile.
He announces that Levai will be the subject of a dedicated harassment segment the following day and identifies Levai as the boyfriend of another woman he is also targeting, extending the attack to her by association.
The sequence is a clear illustration of how D’Amato operates: a person discloses a vulnerability, and D’Amato’s immediate response is to amplify it, mock it, and use it to humiliate that person in front of hundreds of viewers.
Exhibit 4: Direct Threats of Violence Against Nora Ames
Addressing Ames directly, D’Amato states: “I will beat the fuck out of you. I will punch you right in your fucking jaw if you come anywhere near me.” He dares her to call the police, noting he had visited the LAPD that day and there were “no reports on me” — offered not as reassurance but as a boast.
He then escalates: “You are going to be so miserable by the fucking end of next week. You’re going to want to kill yourself.” He states he will “level you like… 9/11” and adds: “I’m going to level your brain. I’m going to destroy what the fuck is left. I should have left you in a straight jacket.”
The references to 9/11 and psychiatric confinement are deliberate. The goal is not just to threaten Ames but to make her feel that what is coming is total, overwhelming, and that she has no recourse.
Exhibit 5: Threats Targeting Deceased Family Members
D’Amato announces plans to produce AI-generated abuse imagery of Nora Ames’s deceased father, identified by name. He describes the planned content as a “stabby bloody fucking something” and frames it explicitly as retaliation, stating: “I’m gonna take you to 11. It’s gonna peel the skin off of you.”
In a separate segment, D’Amato announces plans to obtain autopsy photographs of Mindy Willens’s deceased sister — stating he will attempt to acquire actual crime scene materials and use AI generation if he cannot — for use in merchandise and a custom cake. He extends this to Willens’s mother, who he states has cancer, announcing plans to produce sexual harassment imagery depicting both the mother and her deceased daughter. He closes the segment with: “Sleep tight.”
When D’Amato cannot find a pressure point in a living target, he looks for one in their dead.
Exhibit 6: Threats Against [S.] (Then a Minor), Dismissal of Restraining Orders, and Threats Against HLC
A substantial portion of the stream concerns [S.], who was a minor at the time of the broadcast. D’Amato states he will assume [S.] is armed and trying to kill him if [S.] ever comes near him, then adds: “I can hope and pray to God every God I know of for you and your family to be raped and murdered in your fucking house. That’s not illegal. It’s legal for me to say that.” He elaborates at length on the sexual violence he hopes [S.] will experience if imprisoned, framing it as the fault of [S.]’s mother.
Regarding Hero Light Cody (HLC), D’Amato states: “I hope somebody finds you before me HLC because I’m going to cut your fucking head off and I’m going to fucking shit in your fucking mouth.”
He also announces plans to target DanWalksLA’s sister and associate — making explicit that when D’Amato cannot reach a target directly, he will go after the people around them.
Exhibit 7: Murder Threats Against Scott Hochstetter and On-Air Solicitation of Violence
D’Amato makes escalating threats against Scott Hochstetter throughout the broadcast. He states: “Hopefully I won’t have to kill him in cold blood because he is unstable as shit,” and describes a fantasy of holding a firearm to Hochstetter’s head.
He then addresses his audience directly: “Anybody in Chicago… I’ll give you a blunt to kill this fat pig.” This is not a figure of speech. It is an on-air offer of compensation for the murder of a named individual broadcast to hundreds of live viewers.
In a separate segment D’Amato warns Hochstetter: “If you ever put me in fucking jail and get me hemmed up I’m gonna fucking kill you. I’m gonna come out of fucking jail I’m gonna find you and I’m gonna murder you right where you fucking stand.”
Exhibit 8: Legal Context — Restraining Orders and Ongoing Litigation
D’Amato discusses his legal situation at length during the stream, referencing assistance from Detective Gomez, body cam footage he intends to obtain, and strategy for ongoing litigation. He is not unaware of the legal implications of what he is saying. He repeatedly asserts that his statements are protected speech and draws deliberate distinctions between direct threats and expressed wishes — a distinction he seems to believe provides legal cover.
That calculation is worth noting. D’Amato is not someone who doesn’t understand what he is doing. He is someone who has thought about it and decided to continue anyway.
He also solicits $2,500 from his audience during this same stream to fund legal fees — specifically to fight restraining orders obtained by people he is actively threatening in the same broadcast.
Exhibit 9: Doxxing — Personal Information Shared With Scientology Contact
D’Amato states on air that he has passed the personal addresses and identifying information of multiple targets to a third party he identifies as Janet Weiland. According to LinkedIn, Weiland works in public affairs for the Church of Scientology. D’Amato names those whose information he provided as including Scott Hochstetter, Mindy Willens, DanWalksLA, and others.
He frames his possession of this information as leverage held in reserve: “People send it to me. I just don’t use it. But now I guess I have to.”
Several of the people whose information he passed to Weiland are anti-Scientology activists. The significance of that detail is not subtle.
Monetization
Throughout the broadcast D’Amato accepts donations via Rumble’s “Rumble Rant” feature, with individual contributions ranging from $5 to $200. Donors are thanked by name on air. The monetization is not separate from the harassment. It is the point. The threats and abuse are the content that drives the donations, and the donations fund more of the same.
Pattern of Conduct
The December 7 stream is not an isolated incident. D’Amato references prior harassment campaigns against the same individuals and prior production of AI-generated sexual abuse imagery. He describes his move from YouTube to Rumble as deliberate, stating that Rumble allows him to say things YouTube would not permit.
The targets in this stream share a common experience: they crossed D’Amato — or he believed they did — and became subjects of a sustained, public, monetized campaign designed to cause maximum psychological harm. Their families, their children, their deceased relatives, their disabilities, their employment — nothing has been off limits. When one line of attack is exhausted, D’Amato finds another.
He states at one point: “If y’all want me to be a fucking villain, I will.”
This article is based on a review of the December 7, 2024 ZeroDarkTony Rumble broadcast, stream ID v5wtyeq.
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