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TMZ reported that Ishkanian called paparazzi after making the 911 call. Earlier, Tepper denied the TMZ report, saying that Ishkanian was not involved with the photographs, which are credited to KM Press.
When asked about court and business records obtained by ABCNews.com that appeared to show a connection between Ishkanian and KM Press, Tepper released a statement admitting that Ishkanian was the photographer.
Tepper said Ishkanian did not credit herself with taking the photographs because she is involved in a $55 million lawsuit against her former employers at Us Weekly, making her a "persona non grata in the industry." He said his client was only performing "her civic duty" when she called 911.
Ishkanian, a former reporter and West Coast bureau chief for Us Weekly, left the magazine in 2005 and started Sunset Photo and News, a celebrity photo agency for whom she no longer works.
Ishkanian sued Us Weekly and its owner, Wenner Media, in 2007 for slander, breach of contract and infliction of emotional distress. She claimed that executives falsely told the FBI that Ishkanian hacked into the magazine's e-mail accounts, prompting a raid on her home and office, in order to destroy her professional reputation. The case is still pending.
According to a sworn statement from Timothy Walsh, vice president of Wenner Media, an internal investigation found that after Ishkanian left the magazine, she allegedly gained access to another Us Weekly reporter's e-mail account and read confidential e-mails between the magazine's reporters and editors.
Walsh claims that Ishkanian took the magazine's list of celebrity home addresses and contact information, and used information from company e-mails to send her own photographers out on stories.
The allegations are under investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, a law enforcement source told ABCNews.com. Ishkanian has not been charged.
Ishkanian denies improper access to the e-mails. "The FBI was told things that weren't true," Tepper said.
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