Samantha Barbash
{{Short description|American entrepreneur}}
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| website = www.staybeautifulaesthetics.com
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| nationality = American
| other_names = Samantha Foxx, Samantha Sbarro
| known_for = incidents from her life were dramatized into the movie Hustlers
| occupation = bar hostess, author, occupational spa owner
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Samantha Barbash is an American entrepreneur and former adult entertainment host whose real life story with Roselyn Keo formed 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". Barbash has written her own memoirs, entitled Underscore.
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 neighbourhood of Manhattan and in the same borough's Hustlers Club. Many of their biggest spending clients were highly paid Wall Street brokers.{{cite magazine |title=The Real Scam Behind 'Hustlers' Happened All Over New York City |url= https://www.bustle.com/p/is-the-hustlers-club-real-the-women-who-inspired-the-movie-had-their-favorite-scamming-spots-18732333 |magazine=Bustle |language=en}}
Barbash was on probation for five years after pleading guilty of conspiracy, assault and grand larceny. Following her conviction, Barbash opened a medispa offering cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery.
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.yourtango.com/2019328095/who-samantha-barbash-aka-samantha-foxx-new-details-real-life-stripper-behind-jlos-hustler-character
| title = Meet Samantha Foxxx — The Real Stripper Behind JLo's 'Hustler' Character
| work = Your Tango
| author = Rebekah Kuschmider
| date = 2019-09-17
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| accessdate = 2019-09-18
| quote = Barbash didn't participate in the film herself, saying it wasn't fully accurate. Instead, she wrote a book called Underscore, telling her version of the story.
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/hustler-samantha-barbash-jennifer-lopez-fortune-500-ceo-recession
| title = Samantha Barbash, stripper who inspired J-Lo 'Hustlers' movie, blows lid off CEO spending
| work = Fox Business
| author = Jeanette Settembre
| date = 2019-09-04
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190919140018/https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/hustler-samantha-barbash-jennifer-lopez-fortune-500-ceo-recession
| archivedate = 2019-09-19
| accessdate = 2019-09-18
| quote = She’s the inspiration behind Jennifer Lopez’s character in the upcoming movie “Hustlers,” which follows street-smart former strip club employees out for revenge on their Wall Street clients.
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{{cite news
| url = https://abcnews.go.com/US/real-life-hustlers-lured-men-nyc-strip-clubs/story?id=65499900
| title = The real-life 'Hustlers' who lured men into NYC strip clubs to swindle them out of thousands: 'Little by little, you find yourself doing things that sound crazy'
| work = ABC News
| author1 = Josh Margolin
| author2 = Jennifer Joseph
| author3 = Allie Yang
| date = 2019-09-11
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| accessdate = 2019-09-18
| quote = Jessica Pressler, a contributing editor at New York Magazine, wrote “The Hustlers at Scores” article about this fishing ring, which was published in 2015. From her reporting, Pressler told ABC News that the women concocted a drug cocktail that consisted of {{'}}Just a sprinkle of MDMA and ketamine.{{'}}
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{{cite news
| url = https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/strip-club-scammer-claims-jennifer-lopez-stole-her-life-story-for-hustlers/
| title = Strip club scammer claims Jennifer Lopez stole her life story for 'Hustlers'
| work = New York Post
| author1 = Joe Marino
| author2 = Larry Celona
| author3 = Natalie O'Neill
| date = 2019-04-03
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190403192227/https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/strip-club-scammer-claims-jennifer-lopez-stole-her-life-story-for-hustlers/
| archivedate = 2019-04-03
| accessdate = 2019-09-18
| quote = She told The Post she plans to sue the production company behind the flick, STX Entertainment, and the Bronx-bred pop diva-turned-movie star.
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/alist/who-is-samantha-barbash-the-real-life-true-story-the-hustlers-movie-is-based-on-a4238361.html
| title = Who is Samantha Barbash? The real life true story the Hustlers movie is based on
| work = The Evening Standard
| author = Margaret Abrams
| date = 2019-09-17
| location = New York City
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191006055917/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/alist/who-is-samantha-barbash-the-real-life-true-story-the-hustlers-movie-is-based-on-a4238361.html
| archivedate = 2019-10-06
| accessdate = 2019-09-18
| quote = Barbash was on probation for five years after pleading guilty of conspiracy, assault and grand larceny. She’s now claiming that Lopez and producers did not secure the rights to her life story.
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