D’Amato outlined a plan involving a detective, the district attorney and a bail bondsman, all aimed at his rival Scott Hochstetter, who streams as DOA. In September, Hochstetter named D’Amato as one of 37 defendants in a federal civil rights lawsuit.
D’Amato said cease-and-desist letters were going out to critics, said Scott Hochstetter is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and argued that a critic’s claims about his Scientology ties are a hate crime.