Tom Selleck accused of stealing water
A water district has sued Tom Selleck, claiming the star of the crime shows “Magnum, P.I.” and “Blue Bloods” stole truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it to his ranch in drought-stricken California.
The Calleguas Municipal Water District in Ventura County claims a tanker truck filled up at a hydrant more than a dozen times and hauled water to a 60-acre ranch owned by Selleck in Westlake Village.
The Los Angeles Times said Selleck grows avocados at the ranch.
The district also said it spent nearly $22,000 to hire a private investigator to document the alleged thefts that date back two years.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department also investigated and was unable to establish that a crime occurred, Capt. John Reilly said.
Representatives for Selleck did not return phone messages and emails seeking comment Wednesday. The lawsuit also names his wife, Jillie Selleck.
Accuser wants Cosby testimony public
Bill Cosby’s first accuser asked a judge Wednesday to release the comedian’s full deposition in her sex-assault lawsuit, including questions he answered under oath about his use of quaaludes and other drugs, his alleged use of hush money to silence women, his deal to have an accuser’s story spiked and his alleged affairs with other women.
Andrea Constand’s lawyer argued in a sanctions motion that Cosby, along with his lawyers and agents, broke the confidentiality agreement that sealed the 2006 court settlement with public comments made over the years and again this week. Yet she has been powerless to respond, her lawyer said.
“The release of these documents will assist other women who have been victimized and bring awareness to the fact that sexual assault is not just committed with a gun or knife but is also committed by mentors who engage in exploitative behaviors,” lawyer Dolores M. Troiani wrote in asking the judge to sanction Cosby and his lawyers.
Lawyers for Cosby, 77, did not immediately return calls for comment.
The motion comes after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno in Philadelphia this week unsealed excerpts from Cosby’s deposition in response to an Associated Press request, concluding the public had a right to see “the stark contrast” between Cosby the public moralist and the statements he made under oath about his lifestyle and conduct.
The excerpts show Cosby admitting he obtained quaaludes in the 1970s so that he could give them to young women he pursued for extramarital sex. Asked if they knew what they were taking, his lawyers objected and he never answered.
The birthday bunch
Actor Brian Dennehy is 77. Actor Richard Roundtree is 73. Singer Debbie Sledge (Sister Sledge) is 61. Actor Tom Hanks is 59. Singer Marc Almond (Soft Cell) is 58. Actress Kelly McGillis is 58. Singer Courtney Love is 51. Musician Jack White is 40. Actress Georgie Henley (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 20.