Tag: John Doe lawsuit
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After a judge awarded him $10,725 in attorney fees against Jarred Brooks, D’Amato told his Oct. 29 YouTube stream that John Doe cases are coming, warned cease-and-desist recipients, and reopened his legal fund as the “ZDT Justice Fund.”
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In a YouTube stream on the day of his own “cooperate” deadline, D’Amato named a wife and daughter as prospective defendants and vowed to “squeeze that lemon” until his opponents face financial peril.
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Targets he named include Jarred Brooks, known online as Krackhead Kenny, Brooks’s wife and their daughter, and a critic he calls Darren, across a sprawling October 21 YouTube broadcast.
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On an Oct. 20 driving stream, D’Amato told Jarred Brooks, Brooks’s wife and others by name that they would be sued, and called a $23,197.40 fee request against Brooks money already owed; the judge later awarded $10,725.
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Scott Hochstetter’s amended complaint, filed September 11 in California federal court, lists Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr. as a defendant alongside the LAPD and Scientology entities.
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D’Amato says he plans to retain counsel without public announcement, and states rivals’ attorneys, bail bondsmen, and “goons” will all be briefed.
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D’Amato pairs the warning with a pledge to pursue legal action and subpoena anonymous online critics, framing it as community-backed accountability.
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On October 1, 2026, ZeroDarkTony described active civil restraining-order filings, a crowd-funded legal campaign, and a fee-hearing outcome against a named respondent.
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YouTube creator ZeroDarkTony (Anthony D’Amato) claimed that online critics documenting his broadcasts are engaged in harassment and warned that anonymous accounts could face subpoenas, lawsuits, and police reports as he seeks to identify those behind the criticism.
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ZeroDarkTony says he will identify anonymous critics through a “John Doe lawsuit plus private investigator” and push for criminal charges once they are exposed.