ZDT NIGHTSHIFT CEASE AND DESIST DROPS, LOST IN TRANSLATION, DOA the CREEP [ZeroDarkTony] / October 29, 2026 / YouTube / 9Xg8MB2Mo24
D’Amato also said more than one cease-and-desist letter had gone out and that he had to testify in court the next day.
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, accused a rival streamer of threatening to visit an elderly couple’s home during a YouTube livestream that began just after midnight on October 29, 2026. He also said “more than one of those cease and desist went out today,” calling it “just the beginning,” and said he had to “give some testimony tomorrow” in a civil case he said was in “the penalty phase.”"You've Stalked Them, You Have Hunted Them"
The rival is Scott Hochstetter, known online as DOA, who streams on YouTube at @thelordofthegadflies. D’Amato claimed Hochstetter had talked about going to the couple’s house and recording there, with his chat “encouraging it,” and called it stalking. If anything happened to the couple during a visit, he said, Hochstetter would go to prison “as an elder abuser.” He claimed Hochstetter found the address on purpose: “why would he know her family’s address, how would he know that? You know why? Because he went looking for it.” Hochstetter is on bond, D’Amato said, and “if he catches another charge, they’re going to pull his bond.” He added: “I have every right to go and file a criminal complaint if I should choose to my local law enforcement agency.”Exhibit A
D’Amato says: “Now, about this fucking overgrown baby threatening to go to an elderly couple’s house.” He says Hochstetter “wants to record it” and that “his chat is encouraging it.”Timestamps: 00:44:32 – 00:47:47 | Watch with a free account
If one of the couple “has a heart problem or one of them has a stroke,” D’Amato says, “you’re going to go to fucking prison for the rest of your fucking life.” He goes on: “if anything happens to them in the commission of your stupidity and your crime because you’ve stalked them, you have hunted them, and now you’re going to exact your douchebag form of justice… if something happens to them, you’re going to fucking prison, and then you’re going to go into prison as an elder abuser.” He ends by predicting Hochstetter will be “taken into custody the next time he goes to court,” adding, “That’s my opinion.” The clip shows only D’Amato; it does not show what Hochstetter said about the couple.Sources
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- Date: 2026-10-29
- Stream ID: YOUTUBE · 9Xg8MB2Mo24
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