Did SeaWorld agree to pay $5 million in the Blackfish effect case?
In 2018, SeaWorld and former CEO James Atchison agreed to pay more than $5 million for misleading investors about the damage to its business from Blackfish.
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After Tilikum killed Dawn, the show was over. Overnight, SeaWorld's impressive bull orca was forced into isolation. Relegated to a back pool, Tili had become SeaWorld's elephant in the room. Meanwhile, a family was irreparably changed.
SeaWorld has reached a $65 million settlement agreement to end a 2014 class-action civil lawsuit that accuses the company of misleading investors over the damage from the “Blackfish” documentary.
“'Blackfish' is billed as a documentary, but instead of a fair and balanced treatment of a complex subject, the film is inaccurate and misleading and, regrettably, exploits a tragedy that remains a source of deep pain for Dawn Brancheau's family, friends and colleagues,” SeaWorld's statement said.
Shamu died that year at SeaWorld of pyometra (a uterine infection) and septicemia (blood poisoning). She was just 9 years old. In the wild, she could have lived to be older than 100.
SeaWorld owes $12.23 million in back-due rent going back to 2019, San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott said. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. earned $1.7 billion in revenue last year, according to their 2022 report.