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By Martyn Fisher

Thursday 9th July 2015, 8:33 GMT Magnum PI star Tom Selleck 'stole water for avocado farm' Magnum PI star Tom Selleck (Flickr: Alan Light)

Actor, who also starred in Friends and several movies, accused of getting gallons of water from neighbouring valley during Californian drought

ctor Tom Selleck has been To catch him, Calleguas Municipal Water to cover the cost of its private investigator, A stealing truckloads of water from District (CMWD) has spent $22,000 on a a profession made famous by Selleck a hydrant for his 60-acre ranch private investigator, the Sun Sentinel during his stint as Thomas Magnum on and avocado farm in California, according newspaper has reported. Magnum PI, plus legal costs and an to a lawsuit filed by a water district. injunction. But even after they were issued with a The Magnum PI star and his wife Jillie cease-and-desist notice, the lawsuit claims, It comes as Californians are asked to cut Mack are accused of dispatching a white the Sellecks continued to take tankloads of their use of water by 25 per cent as the city truck to a neighbouring valley at least 12 water from Thousand Oaks to bring back to grapples with an historic drought. times since 2013 to retrieve gallons of Hidden Valley in Westlake Village, where precious water, which is in short supply in they have lived for 30 years. California due to a drought. CMWD is asking for $21,685.55

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