Heather Locklear DUI Case Leads to Suspect Paparazzo

By Rebecca Brody
18:32, October 2nd 2008
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Heather Locklear DUI Case Leads to Suspect Paparazzo

The “concerned citizen” who apparently saved the day by calling police on Saturday after seeing Heather Locklear in one of her worst shapes ever may not have been that innocent and concerned after all.

The woman who dialed 911 so as to report that the ex “Dynasty” and “Melrose Place” star was “driving erratically” while she was trying to make her way out of a parking lot was identified as Jill Ishkanian, a former reporter and editor at Us Weekly magazine, who now appears to own a paparazzi agency.

Moreover, she allegedly derived some benefit from photos she snapped of the 47-year-old actress and her ensuing arrest.

When she called police to report the event, Jill Ishkanian said that she had spotted a “drunk” woman at a supermarket, who subsequently hopped into her vehicle and blocked a traffic lane by parking in the way of other cars.

After the call, a California Highway Patrol officer found Heather Locklear’s vehicle parked on a state highway and blocking a lane in Montecito, a wealthy community located approximately 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

As the actress seemed confused and incoherent, she was taken to the police station, where she underwent some tests due to determine whether she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. She had not consumed alcohol, but a drug recognition expert deduced that the star was under the influence of a controlled substance. Heather Locklear was nonetheless released from custody without having to post bail.

Jill Ishkanian is, according to reports, a paparazzo who is investigated by the FBI for illegally accessing US Weekly’s computer system in order to hunt down stars.

In addition to this, she reportedly sold the photos she took of Locklear’s arrest to celebrity gossip site TMZ for $27,000.

However, Nicholas Tepper, who represents Jill Ishkanian, explained in a statement released on Wednesday that Ishkanian announced authorities of Locklear’s problems out of “civic duty.” Moreover, he said that his client was not on snapping duty at the time of the incident and that she had not entered US Weekly’s computer system.



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