Tag: California
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Anthony R. D’Amato Jr., who streams as ZeroDarkTony, says he will file a John Doe lawsuit to learn who runs Hero Not Zero and other accounts that criticize him. His letter names no statement he says is false. Court records show a judge quashed his last attempt to identify online critics, and that he was…
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A 2022 federal law lets sexual assault claims go to court despite such clauses. Roblox says it does not apply because the abusers were third parties. About 180 federal lawsuits accuse the platform of letting adults find and groom children. None of the claims has been tested at trial. Families’ responses are due Oct. 27,…
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On a driving stream, D’Amato claimed people he calls his “goons” were studying his video to find him. He named no one, offered no evidence and played it as a joke.
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Five clips from the October 13 YouTube stream document insults, a stated violent counterfactual, a partial address read out as a dare to critics, and a Ralph Act lecture he later called trolling.
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During an October 2026 YouTube livestream, D’Amato named a specific individual in a confrontational challenge and described ongoing legal consultations targeting anonymous critics.
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Brooks ordered to file a sworn FL-150 by October 24, a family-law form applied to a civil harassment case where ability to pay is not required.
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ZDT said the hearing might take five minutes and that he had “a pretty good shot at getting the fees.” The record shows more than half the billed hours logged with drive time, no fee agreement, and a prior judge who denied him fees under the same statute.
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ZeroDarkTony Oral Argument in Sasson v D’Amato California Court 2nd Appellate District David Weber and Steven Tamer
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California’s Penal Code 1001.36 was designed to help the genuinely mentally ill avoid unnecessary incarceration. But its legal architecture — a mandatory presumption the prosecution can almost never overcome, combined with a complete erasure of the arrest record on completion — creates a pathway a sophisticated defendant can exploit. Here is how it works, step…
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A 355-year sentence was meant to ensure Gregory Vogelsang would never be released. Decades later, California’s parole system has approved his release, exposing a deeper contradiction in how the state defines punishment and risk.