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…
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.
During an October 11 YouTube stream, D’Amato named a prosecutor and urged viewers to report that his target Scott Hochstetter attended an event where Scientology official Janet Weiland was also present.
The October 11 livestream also had him speculating that a rival would have been arrested near a Scientology booth at a public event and setting a $10,000 price on his own testimony.
D’Amato asserts on stream that he spoke directly to Detective Gomez and was cleared, while separately describing rivals as experts at weaponizing their audiences against him.
ZeroDarkTony broadcast an unverified account of family estrangement befalling his rival, framing it as deserved consequence for allegedly calling a school.
Anthony R. D’Amato, Jr., also known as ZeroDarkTony, accused rival streamer “Streets LA” of committing “hate crimes” and making implied threats involving his mother during an April 30 livestream. During the broadcast, ZeroDarkTony also promoted a rebranded “Freedom Fund,” defended audience donations, and described his cooking show wish list as his “only grift right now”…
During an April 14 livestream, ZeroDarkTony responds to a vandalism incident involving LaraFM with rhetoric that escalates into explicit expressions of harm. What begins as a review of a year-old tire-slashing becomes a sustained attack, replacing factual engagement with dehumanizing language and a statement invoking a lethal scenario.
ZeroDarkTony says he will identify anonymous critics through a “John Doe lawsuit plus private investigator” and push for criminal charges once they are exposed.
In a January 18, 2026 livestream, ZeroDarkTony threatened subpoenas tied to Krackhead Kenny, mocked Aaron Smith-Levin’s criminal case, and claimed Kenny’s wife would be served court papers at work.