APEX Legends – ZDT CHILLSTREAM BOOSTED, FILINGS, DOUBLE DUTCH [ZeroDarkTony] / July 31, 2026 / YouTube / s9TANe-3_Rw
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, spent a substantial portion of a July 31, 2026 YouTube livestream analyzing the legal situation of his rival Scott Hochstetter, also known as DOA, a defendant he described as facing a felony plea deadline the following day. D’Amato walked through sentencing ranges, prosecutorial strategy, and what he predicted would happen if Hochstetter rejected any deal and proceeded to trial.
“They Spring It on You Last Second”
D’Amato outlined what he characterized as standard prosecutorial escalation tactics, predicting that Hochstetter’s second plea offer would be structured more harshly than the first. He stated on stream that prosecutors typically return with a worse offer late in the process, framing refusal as having had a chance and passed on it. D’Amato then estimated likely outcomes: he said the deal could include “90 days, a year,” that a conviction carrying a year would likely result in six months in county jail, and that while Hochstetter had mentioned seven years as a possibility, D’Amato did not expect that outcome for a first offense. He added, however, that prosecutors would “bring in all of his past bad acts, like the assault on the officers, like, you know, like all the other arrests that he had.”
Exhibit A
D’Amato lays out his read of prosecutorial leverage and sentencing math, stating that the next offer “is worse and they spring it on you last second” before concluding that any sentence “could include, you know, 90 days, a year.”
Timestamps: 00:41:10 – 00:43:04 | Open clip in new tab
D’Amato’s analysis is presented as lay legal commentary, not as communication to or from any party in the case. The clip establishes that he publicly predicted how the prosecution would use Hochstetter’s prior arrest record, including an alleged assault on officers, to increase sentencing exposure. The full broadcast, with chat log archived, constitutes a timestamped record of D’Amato’s public characterizations of Hochstetter’s legal position on the eve of a stated plea deadline.
Sources
- Original YouTube Video
- Full SRT Transcript
- Full Text Transcript
- Full Chat Transcript
- Date: 2026-07-31
- Stream ID: YOUTUBE · s9TANe-3_Rw