The Calleguas Municipal Water District filed a complaint against Selleck and his wife, Jillie, that says the couple has stolen water from the district in Thousand Oaks more than a dozen times.
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Tom Selleck’s representatives have not commented publicly about the lawsuit filed in parched California that accused of him and his wife of water theft.
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.
Rick Kaiser, who also lives near the hydrant, said a truck from Burns Pacific Construction regularly takes water.
Cease-and-desist notices were sent to the actor’s homes in November 2013, including one on Avenue of the Stars. The local Sheriff’s Department says it’s not able to establish that a crime occurred.
The water district’s complaint is seeking a court injunction to prevent Selleck from taking water from the hydrant, which is located in a different area than the water district that serves the location of the actor’s ranch.
Water has become a contentious issue in the state, because of the relentless, four-year-long drought. The same white truck was spotted again, making the same journey, on March 23, 24, 25 and 26 of this year.
“After multiple reports and firsthand sightings, Calleguas Municipal Water District documented numerous occasions… where water trucks/ tenders filled their tanks at connections within the Calleguas service area and then apparently off-loaded that water… within Hidden Valley, including your property”, the letter said. There are fines of up to US$500 a day for residential users who waste water and US$10,000 a day for water suppliers.
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Bergh said that recycled water has been made available to Hidden Valley residents within the past year. Drought-shaming among neighbors is increasingly taking place in the not-so-Golden now state when someone is watering what is left of their lawn or landscaping more than the allowance.
