Tom Selleck Lands Himself in DroughtShaming Suit
droughtshaming A social phenomenon whereby California residents give their lavishly-living neighbors flack in times of drought for not keeping their water consumption down. Magnum P.I. star Tom Selleck droughtshaming's newest target. The mustachioed actor, most recently known for his role as New York Police Commissioner and Reagan-family patriarch in the CBS show Blue Bloods, is the subject of a complaint filed Monday in Ventura County after he allegedly ordered truckloads of water to be filled up at a fire hydrant in Thousand Oaks, and driven to his ranch, in a nearby water district, upwards of 12 times over recent years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Selleck, who owns a 60-acre ranch in Westlake Village with his wife, Jilliecomplete with horses, dogs, and an avocado ranchallegedly refused to stop indulging in the hydrant flow despite having received cease-and-desist letters from the Calleguas Municipal Water District in November 2013. The district, which filed the complaint, has spent almost 22,000 on a private investigator to record Selleck's alleged behavior since then. In addition to seeking compensation for legal costs, the district is asking for a ban against Selleck taking water from the area. Selleck hasn't commented publicly. California is now in its fourth year of an unprecedented drought. In January 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency. Earlier this summer, he introduced strict conservation measures for hotels, restaurants, and lawns, including a rule limiting lawn watering to two days a week. According to the State Water Board, outdoor irrigation makes up nearly half of water consumption in California's residential communities.