The 'Magnum, P.I.' actor is ordered to immediately stop taking water from Calleguas Municipal Water District to supply his ranch which is located outside the region.
- Jul 17, 2015
AceShowbiz - Tom Selleck settled water dispute with California. The "Magnum, P.I." actor agrees to pay nearly $22,000 after Calleguas Municipal Water District filed a legal complaint accusing him of having water from a fire hydrant in Thousand Oaks illegally delivered to his 60-acre estate in Hidden Valley outside the service area.
"Mr. Selleck did not receive any notifications prior to last week stating that he was acting outside of regulations decreed by the county," His lawyer Marty Singer states. "Mr. Selleck previously paid for all the water that he utilized, which the Calleguas Municipal Water District acknowledged had not been stolen."
The water district argues that the delivery, whether it was paid or not, remained illegal because it was made outside legal boundaries. Thomas Slosson, president of the district, explains, "Residents and businesses within the district - the rightful users of district water - paid for the construction, maintenance and operation of the public works necessary to meet their water needs, not those of other landowners outside Calleguas' legal boundaries."
The settlement money, an exact amount of $21,685.55, from Selleck is to cover the bill of a private investigator hired by the district to probe into the case. It's revealed that the water deliveries to his ranch happened numerous times between 2013 and 2015 during an ongoing drought that has resulted in water cutbacks in the area. As part of the settlement, Selleck is banned from drawing water from the district to supply his ranch.
