On an Oct. 21 stream, D’Amato predicted that someone he calls Clearwater would hurt Scott Hochstetter and said he would sue Jarred Brooks’s wife and daughter, a threat he took back five days later.
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.
ZeroDarkTony threatened named critics with civil litigation, invoked the Take It Down Act, and told Echoplex supporters their identities were already known, across a September 29, 2026 YouTube stream.
During an August 8, 2026 YouTube livestream, ZeroDarkTony told rival Scott he would counter-sue, subpoena associates, and file hate crime reports with LAPD.
ZeroDarkTony spent a August 4 livestream predicting a contempt charge for a pro se defendant who filed a speech-impediment accommodation motion, then threatened a counter-suit and federal prison.