Integrity and Evidence [ZeroDarkTony] / October 29, 2026 / YouTube / Nj7aWuHBRns
D’Amato also says he took a plea deal in a past criminal case and argues that means the allegations were never proven.
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, spent part of an October 29, 2026 YouTube livestream attacking critics. He talked about a court fight he said he won against a person he called “Jared,” cursed at length at a chat critic he calls “Rib Guy,” warned a person he calls “Cody” that “you’re going to pay for that,” and said he took a plea deal in a past criminal case rather than go to trial."You're a Fucking Losing Loser Ass Cock Sucking Fucking Pig"
D’Amato opened by praising his own restraint, saying he would not let critics drag him into anger or legal threats on air. About 45 minutes in, he turned on Rib Guy. “You’re probably listening right now,” he said, then called him a “fucking losing loser ass cock sucking fucking pig” and added: “Don’t think that some of these things that you pop off with about me in the chat that you would ever say to my face, not a chance.” He then accused Cody of doxxing victims in his past criminal case by naming them in videos, and warned: “You’re going to pay for that… Trust me, bitch.” Hero Not Zero has never published the name of any victim in his criminal case. He did not say what he meant by paying. In that passage he did not give Cody’s full name or channel, and seemed unsure even of Cody’s gender (“he’s garbage, or she, or whatever”). His October 28 cease-and-desist letter to Hero Not Zero was addressed to the operators of a channel called HeroLightCody. The doxxing claim is his allegation; the clip offers no evidence for it. Of that past case, which he called “expunged and dismissed,” he said “several of these allegations were not true,” and: “I never went to trial to argue or refute any of those. I took a plea deal.” Hero Not Zero has not confirmed an expungement. He applied the same reasoning to Scott Hochstetter, known online as DOA, who streams on YouTube at @thelordofthegadflies: if Hochstetter takes a plea deal, “even though they have it on video,” the evidence “would not be proven to be true.”Exhibit A
D’Amato praises his own restraint, saying it takes “its own set of skills and tools to not get sucked in to any of that bullshit,” then lists lawsuit threats he says he could have made against Rib Guy and Jen De Leon. He adds: “And I mean, I did, but that’s what I could have said. I’m not going to do it.”Timestamps: 00:13:49 – 00:15:43 | Watch with a free account
The clip does not make clear what “I did” refers to, or whether he made such threats on this stream or elsewhere.Exhibit B
D’Amato tells Rib Guy, “You’re probably listening right now,” strings insults together, then says: “Don’t think that some of these things that you pop off with about me in the chat that you would ever say to my face, not a chance. So shut your mouth or say whatever you want, I don’t care.” The clip ends with him saying of his past case that “several of these allegations were not true” and that he took a plea deal instead of going to trial.Timestamps: 00:44:24 – 00:47:43 | Watch with a free account
His account of the plea is his own, not a court finding.Exhibit C
D’Amato accuses Cody of doxxing victims from his prior case: “What was done with those videos is that victims in that case were doxed. And that’s why Cody’s a fucking piece of shit, because he doxes those victims’ names, and he’s garbage, or she, or whatever the fuck.” He then says: “You’re going to pay for that, okay? You’re going to pay for that. For that misrepresentation, you’re going to pay for it. Trust me, bitch.”Timestamps: 00:51:49 – 00:55:27 | Watch with a free account
He calls the conduct “misrepresentation” and does not say whether paying means a lawsuit or something else. The clip offers no evidence for the doxxing claim.Sources
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- Date: 2026-10-29
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