article_snippet.sent: Hargrove, who also featured prominently in the CNN documentary Blackfish, says SeaWorld is mounting a smear campaign against him in an attempt to distract from him message.
article_snippet.sent: During the video Hargrove, who was a trainer at SeaWorld for 14 years, tells ex-trainer John Hargrove friend 'I've been drinking so much,' as ex-trainer John Hargrove and the person behind the camera continue to laugh hysterically at he and the person behind the camera on the phone.
article_snippet.sent: SeaWorld spokesman Fred Jacobs said the company was given an almost five-year-old video depicting ex-trainer John Hargrove by an 'internal whistle-blower' last weekend and that his employment would have been terminated 'immediately' if his employment had known 'his engaged in this kind of behavior.'
article_snippet.sent: an almost five-year-old video depicting ex-trainer John Hargrove is particularly reprehensible since John Hargrove is wearing a SeaWorld shirt,' SeaWorld spokesman Fred Jacobs said in an email.
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrove was a trainer at SeaWorld for 14 years and spoke out against the company in the highly critical documentary Blackfish .
article_snippet.sent: SeaWorld has also publicly claimed that John Hargrove quit the company after John Hargrove was disciplined for a 'severe safety violation involving the park's killer whales'.
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrove spoke out against SeaWorld in the highly critical documentary Blackfish, which has left the company reeling with declining revenue and attendance.
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrove quickly struck back after an almost five-year-old video depicting ex-trainer John Hargrove was released, saying SeaWorld was digging up dirt to make John Hargrove 'look like this awful person'. '
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrove also said John Hargrove had been with another SeaWorld employee that night and 'had a lot to drink'. '
article_snippet.sent: the video's release also caused one San Diego bookstore to cancel John Hargrove's book signing after the store received an email from SeaWorld with a link to the clip.
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrove struck back after an almost five-year-old video depicting ex-trainer John Hargrove was released, and said SeaWorld was trying to make John Hargrove 'look like this awful person'.
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrovealso fought back at SeaWorld's claim that John Hargrove violated the company's safety rules.
article_snippet.sent: John Hargrove said John Hargrove was 'punished' and was temporarily moved to the sea-lion stadium, but John Hargrove then immediately went on medical leave for knee injuries before quitting the company entirely.
article_snippet.sent: SeaWorld's fight against John Hargrove comes just a week after the company launched a new advertising campaign in attempts to fight the backlash the company has received since the premiere of Blackfish.
highlights_snippet.sent: SeaWorld released Video to reporters and said they received Video last weekend from an 'internal whistle-blower'
  Hargrove says the company is launching a 'smear campaign' against Hargrove .
  