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Samantha Barbash is an American entrepreneur and former adult entertainment host known for her life story forming the basis for the movie Hustlers, starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu. The film was adapted from Jessica Pressler's 2015 article in New York magazine, "The Hustlers at Scores".
Known professionally as Samantha Foxx, she became an adult entertainment host at 19 and later a hostess at Scores Gentlemen's Club in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan and in the same borough's Hustlers Club. Many of their biggest spending clients were highly paid Wall Street brokers.
Barbash was on probation for five years after pleading guilty of conspiracy, assault and grand larceny. Following her conviction, Barbash opened a spa offering cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery.
In April 2019, Barbash announced she was going to try to stop the film's release, citing defamation and that the producers did not acquire the rights to tell her story.