Thursday Mar 9 14:09 AEDT
AP - Less than a month after filing for divorce, David Hasselhoff's estranged wife has filed for a court order on a claim of domestic violence by the former Baywatch star.
Actress Pamela Bach, 42, made the filing against Hasselhoff, 53, on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the court's website shows.
At a private hearing, Bach also asked for a temporary restraining order against the actor but a judge denied the request, instead instructing the two to stay away from each other.
"The court indicated that she should stay where she is, and he should stay where he is," Hasselhoff's lawyer Melvin Goldsman said.
He would not comment on the allegations made by Bach.
Documents pertaining to the hearing have been sealed by the court to protect the pair's two teenage daughters and their privacy, Goldsman said.
Bach was granted custody of one daughter, Hasselhoff was given custody of the other, publicist Judy Katz said.
Hasselhoff filed for divorce on January 12, citing irreconcilable differences after 16 years of marriage.
Bach filed her own divorce papers a day later, also citing irreconcilable differences.
Messages left at the office of Bach's lawyer were not immediately returned.
Hasselhoff played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the Baywatch television series from 1989 to 2000. He also starred in the 1980s television series Knight Rider.
Bach appeared in the soap opera The Young and the Restless, and in numerous episodes of Baywatch and Knight Rider.
