An interesting rumour, I'm not sure why a grown adult would care enough to go out of their way to prevent any specific species from existing, especially having failed previously with 3. Disliking something is fair enough, but never approving designs or banning it for that reason is simply childish, no reasonable adult would do that.
There are certainly similarities to Albertosaurus, proportion wise I think it's only just different enough to justify (it's got a smaller head, lighter build, probably a little smaller, lives in groups as opposed to the other two). Different people like different things (it doesn't excite me too much, but quite a few have wanted a larger Asian carnivore for example).