The real-life Ramona is so unhappy about her on-screen portrayal in Hustlers that she's suing for defamation
The real-life "Ramona" isn't happy with the way she was portrayed in the film.— but the woman her character is based on doesn't share that enthusiasm. In fact, the real-life Ramona is so unhappy about her on-screen portrayal that she's suing for defamation.
Samantha Barbash on Tuesday sued STX, Gloria Sanchez productions and JLo's Nuyorican Productions. The film is based on a 2015article by Jessica Pressler titled "The Hustlers at Scores" that's based on Barbash's experience working in gentlemen's clubs. The film tells the story of Ramona and her colleagues charming Wall Street types and then drugging them and racking up thousands on their credit cards at the clubs in exchange for a cut of the money. In 2017, she plead guilty to conspiracy, assault and grand larceny and was sentenced to five years probation.
Barbash says the filmmakers exploited her likeness without permission and defamed her. She argues the film included enough factually accurate details to identify Ramona as Barbash, but were "grossly irresponsible" with fictionalizing parts of the film. She specifically takes issue with scenes "portraying her character as using and manufacturing illegal substances in her home where she lived with her child.
Barbash is seeking at least $40 million in damages and is asking the court for an in junction banning distribution of the film and ordering defendants to give Barash all copies of the material.a statement in response to the suit: "While we have not yet seen the complaint, we will continue to defend our right to tell factually based stories based on the public record."
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