VENTURA (KRON/AP) – Tom Selleck is at the center of a lawsuit that accuses the actor of stealing truckloads of water from a public hydrant and bringing it to his ranch in drought-stricken Southern California.
A Ventura County water district claims a tanker truck filled up at a hydrant on more than a dozen occasions and hauled the water to a 60-acre property in Westlake Village owned by the “Magnum, P.I.” and “Blue Bloods” star.
Court documents dated June 30 say the Calleguas Municipal Water District spent almost $22,000 to hire a private investigator to document the alleged thefts, which date back two years.
The lawsuit comes after California communities were ordered to cut water use by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels amid a historic four-year dry spell.
Representatives for Selleck did not return messages seeking comment Wednesday.