A lawsuit accuses actor Tom Selleck 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 spread 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 nearly $22,000 to hire a private investigator to document the alleged thefts, which date back two years.
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The lawsuit comes after California communities were ordered to cut water use by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels amid a four-year dry spell.
Representatives for Selleck did not return messages seeking comment Wednesday.
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