Apparently, the movie is based off a true story-one involving a real-life stripper, Samantha Barbash. But one of the strippers, whose life the film is heavily based off, is complaining that she did not authorize STX Entertainment to use her name or likeness. STX is the studio responsible for putting the movie out, however, Samantha Barbash says they completely and totally went behind her back and pulled a fast one in Hustlers.