Selleck ‘stole water for ranch’

In a recent report from news.com.au, apparently these water regulatory measures have not been thoroughly implemented as it was reported that Tom Selleck has been accused of illegally filling up a commercial water twelve times to irrigate his avocado farm and ranch located in the Hidden Valley. That somebody could be “Magnum P.I.” performer Tom Selleck himself, as an isolated detective points out. His ranch is in a different water district than the hydrant and the water isn’t supposed to cross district lines.

On various occasions during 2013-15 a white tank caring thousand tons of water was spotted by the investigators.

The water district is suing Selleck in the amount of $21,685.55, the cost of the private investigator it hired, and also asking Selleck to stop taking its public water, according to court documents.

The Calleguas lawsuit claims the veteran actor, 70, and his wife, Jillie, who is also named in the complaint, are not entitled to any water from their district. Ventura County sheriff’s Capt. John Riley meanwhile told NBC News that the sheriff’s office did investigate allegations of criminal water theft, but “we are unable to establish a crime was committed”.

Before filing the complaint, the water district tried to get Selleck to halt the unlawful water deliveries.

“Our 630,000 customers are ripping out their lawns, drastically cutting back on the water they use”.

The water district filed the lawsuit after California’s water regulators ordered communities to cut water use by 25 per cent compared with 2013 levels to help the state cope with the years-long drought.

“The supplies that we do have remaining-which are dwindling-we feel should rightfully be used by those who have invested in the water system”, Bergh said. Now, the situation is up to the Ventura County Superior Court, where the lawsuit was submitted Tuesday.

Water supply was an issue in the upscale area during the last major drought in 1991. Reportedly, the area where Selleck owns the ranch property is under mandatory reductions as high as 36 percent.