Photographer Sues Streisand

November 16 -- Take that, Babs, says a freelance photographer, who is suing singer Barbra Streisand for allegedly conspiring to have him unlawfully arrested.

Wendall Wall, 28, was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of stalking the diva and her husband, James Brolin. He's now filed a civil lawsuit seeking $25,000 each from Streisand, Brolin, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and several L.A. county deputies.

The Brolins responded by issuing a statement Wednesday denying they had ever "requested [Wall's] incarceration."

The photographer, who happens to live down the street from the celebrity couple's Malibu, Calif., home, was arrested in January and spent three nights in jail in lieu of a $1 million bond before prosecutors dismissed the case, saying there was a "lack of evidence of a credible threat."

Wall admitted then that he had photographed the couple while they were shopping for a car but denied stalking them.

All the defendants in Wall's suit are accused of conspiring to have Wall arrested and to keep him in jail by raising his bail from $150,000 to $1 million. The suit seeks a $25,000 civil penalty against each defendant plus unspecified punitive and general damages.

Wall's father, interior decorator Gene Wall, has told reporters that his son's arrest was politically motivated because he and Streisand had had a falling-out over a decorating project. Streisand has denied that the elder Wall ever worked for her.

Reuters contributed to this story.