Altoona woman chases fame after Pittsburgh porta-potty fight video goes viral
Don’t call her Dalanie. Call her Romper Stomper.
An Altoona-bred college student is cashing in on her 15 minutes of fame after a viral video from country star Morgan Wallen’s Aug. 31 performance at PNC Park showed her violently defending her mother at the concert’s porta-potties.
Dozens of clips of the brawl have been posted on social media, with one on YouTube nearing 200,000 views.
Pittsburgh police are not pursuing criminal charges against the self-proclaimed “Romper Stomper” — Dalanie DiSabato — or anyone involved in the Aug. 31 fight, spokeswoman Cara Cruz told the Tribune-Review on Tuesday.
Nobody in the fight wanted to press charges, Cruz said.
That has not stopped DiSabato, who described herself online as a 21-year-old nursing student, from making the rounds.
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DiSabato sat down with Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy to discuss the brawl on his podcast.
DiSabato told Portnoy she went to the porta-potty during the concert but unknowingly cut the line, leaving one woman waiting for the facilities pretty irate.
DiSabato’s mother guarded the porta-potty door to keep the angry woman away from her daughter. (DiSabato needed time to change in and out of her romper outfit — thus the name.)
When DiSabato exited the porta-potty, her mom was being attacked in a nearby porta-potty.
“I did what I think any daughter would have done,” DiSabato told Portnoy. “It’s the first time I’ve ever fought.”
DiSabato’s TikTok account has blown up, raking in more than 60,000 followers and some 340,000 likes in recent days. A video she posted Sunday where she and her mother talk about the fight has garnered more than 4 million views.
On Instagram, where DiSabato has posted selfies in tiny bikinis, Romper Stomper surpassed 17,000 followers this week.
Little else is known about her.
A website identified DiSabato as a student at Mount Aloysius College, a Christian school about 70 miles east of Pittsburgh in Cresson, Cambria County.
Another website also said she’s studying nursing at Mount Aloysius and called her an American-based model.
A spokesperson from Mount Aloysius College did not reply Tuesday to emails or calls seeking comment about DiSabato.
DiSabato did not reply to attempts to contact her through social media.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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