I would have bought your excuses if you had told me the client was a bad shot.
It's not an impressive shot a 15 yards, even at a 100 yards it would still be a lucky shot and if I had a PH or outfitter who would take this kind of shot in my presence I would ask my money back.
An animal can't have a bad reputation in my opinion not even for jumping strings or being a pest. Animals have instinct.
If your client would have wounded the animal which he had a good chance to, you would have had a good problem.
And putting this on youtube is dumb, this attracts heat from the wrong kind of people.

Frank
Belgium