LOS ANGELES (AP) — A water district has sued Tom Selleck,
claiming the star of the crime shows Magnum, P.I. and Blue
Bloods stole
truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it to his ranch in
drought-stricken California.
The
Calleguas Municipal Water District in Ventura County claims a tanker truck
filled up at a hydrant more than a dozen times and hauled water to a 60-acre
ranch owned by Selleck in Westlake Village.
The
Los Angeles Times says Selleck grows avocados at the
ranch.
The
district also says it spent nearly $22,000 to hire a private investigator to
document the alleged thefts that date back two years. The Ventura County
Sheriff's Department also investigated and was unable to establish that a crime
occurred, Capt. John Reilly said.
Representatives
for Selleck did not return phone messages and emails seeking comment Wednesday.
The lawsuit also names his wife, Jillie Selleck.
The
lawsuit was filed on June 30 after California communities were ordered to cut
water use by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels due to the relentless,
four-year drought.
The
area in Ventura County where Selleck has his land is under mandatory cutbacks
as high as 36 percent from 2013. The district claims it sent Selleck
cease-and-desist letters aimed at halting the unlawful water deliveries, but
the truck was spotted as recently as March filling up at the hydrant on four
days and delivering water to the ranch.
The
suit does not specify how much water was taken. In addition to legal fees and
investigative costs, the water district is seeking an injunction barring
Selleck and his contractors or employees from taking water from the district.
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