Regarding the Reddit spoilers,the controlling implant thing and the whole incident being staged seems like it could actually be true. However, everything else does not. I'm almost certain that the T-Rex survives and that the Indominus does not control other dinosaurs.
I would agree, I also doubt
they intended it to escape. Maybe they basically enabled "sleep mode" as a proof of concept and life finds a way to give them the middle finger. Also I doubt Clair or misrani are in on the more controversial aspects of the creature.