i tend to believe the audience members (the whale grabbed her) more than sea world (with everything to lose).
They are closing the park for 3 days. PR nightmare. They have every motive to lie. Unless this happened in some back tank, i have no clue why video hasn't come up yet.
It seems like common sense that using food to force nature's largest killing machine to do tricks, then playing in the water with them, is just madness.