Jennifer Lopez’s character in the movie Hustlers was inspired by a real-life stripper—who is unhappy that she isn’t getting a piece of the action. Samantha Barbash is threatening to sue STX Entertainment for using her story without paying her, Variety reported. The movie was adapted from a New York magazine story about a ring of strippers who drugged and fleeced their clients; Barbash got five years’ probation for the scheme. In response to her legal threat, STX said it didn’t need Barbash’s permission to tell a story based on “the public record.”
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