Accountability [ZeroDarkTony] / November 1, 2026 / YouTube / 4lalQ-Z49AI
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, used his November 1, 2026 YouTube livestream to warn critics he says report his channel and harass him. He said he has screenshots of some of them and called their reporting “torsion interference,” his phrase for tortious interference, a civil claim for wrongly disrupting someone’s business. He also taunted Scott Hochstetter, known online as DOA, who streams on YouTube at @thelordofthegadflies, by name, and told him a man he calls 86 could “bury you, legally.”
Legal fund: About 21 minutes in, D’Amato thanked “everybody who has been dropping the Venmos and the cash apps” and buying gifted memberships, saying it was “helping any cause or causation that we would want to see move forward.” About an hour later he said critics “don’t see the other donations that happened behind the scenes.” No payment links appear in the archived chat log. He did not say which case the money is for. There is no public accounting of the fund.
"The Ones Who Did the Most Are Gonna Pay the Most"
D’Amato said he has screenshots of people saying they report his channel “every day, multiple times a day,” and promised accountability “in a leveled way. Leveled and measured.” He dared critics who watch without commenting to speak up in chat, saying he would “light your fucking ass up.” He also turned to Hochstetter’s audience. He said he believes the man runs a “high-control organization” whose donors fear he will “come right after” them if they stop giving.
Exhibit A
After denying he has ever bought YouTube metrics, D’Amato turns to the screenshots: “The ones who did the most are gonna pay the most… It’s just time to administer accountability in a leveled way. Leveled and measured.”
Timestamps: 00:24:51 – 00:26:36 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato did not say what “accountability” means or name any filing.
Exhibit B
Speaking to critics he has not blocked, D’Amato says: “A lot of yous aren’t blocked. Where are your fucking balls?… You know why? Because you’re a fucking coward and you know that I’ll light your fucking ass up if you jump in here. Now, if you come in here polite and correct, I’m gonna give you a chance.”
Timestamps: 00:31:50 – 00:32:35 | Watch with a free account
The warning comes with a condition: he says polite commenters will get “a chance.”
Exhibit C
Naming “Chi, and David B, and all these little fucks who work behind the scenes to terrorize people,” D’Amato says: “We’ll see him in court… when it comes down to the actual court and filings and my declarations and the evidence that I have, you know, whatever, whatever, it’s gonna be what it’s gonna be.”
Timestamps: 00:36:54 – 00:38:00 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato does not say who “him” is in this clip or name a case number, court, or lawyer.
Exhibit D
D’Amato calls Hochstetter a “big fat fucking pussy,” then warns: “You rub 86 the wrong way, he’s got the kind of coin to fuckin’ bury you, legally. Okay, for the rest of your fuckin’ days. And it wouldn’t be any skin off of his nose to do so. He will absolutely fucking destroy you.”
Timestamps: 00:51:57 – 00:54:17 | Watch with a free account
D’Amato puts the legal threat on a third party he calls “86,” not himself, and closes with “Why would he want to waste his time on that?”
Exhibit E
D’Amato says Hochstetter’s “criminal charges” and “bullshit civil stuff” are “all gonna get shoved right up his ass. He’s gonna owe a lot of lawyers a lot of money.”
Timestamps: 01:06:01 – 01:07:01 | Watch with a free account
Earlier in the stream he said “now he has felony charges.” Court records Hero Not Zero holds show a pending felony case against Hochstetter in Los Angeles Superior Court (25CJCF01106-01); a charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt. On the civil side, D’Amato said moments later that Hochstetter “thought that Aaron would just roll over and settle with him and give him money.” He named no civil case number.
D’Amato named critics and promised accountability, but did not say what action he would take.
Sources
- Original YouTube Video
- Full SRT Transcript: for HNZ Supporters
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- Full Chat Transcript: for HNZ Supporters
- Date: 2026-11-01
- Stream ID: YOUTUBE · 4lalQ-Z49AI
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