A member of the paparazzi was the one to call in to the California Highway Patrol to report Heather Locklear driving and acting erratically. So was the paparazzo doing it just to get the scoop?

Attorney Nicholas Tepper says Jill Ishkanian, who operates Sunset Photo & News, acted heroically when she reported an erratic driver Saturday. Ishkanian photographed Locklear’s sobriety test, then sold the pictures to TMZ for more than $27,000, Tepper said.

Tepper called the ensuing TMZ posts accusing Ishkanian of alerting a paparazzo to Locklear’s impending arrest “lies and innuendo.” A phone message for TMZ head Harvey Levin was not immediately returned Wednesday evening.