LOS ANGELES — 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 brought 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 the water to a 60-acre ranch owned by Selleck in Westlake Village.
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 Los Angeles Times says Selleck grows avocados at the ranch.
The lawsuit was filed June 30 after California communities were ordered to cut water use by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels because of the relentless, four-year drought.
The area in Ventura County where Selleck has his land is under mandatory cutbacks as high 36 percent from 2013.
