David Hasselhoff's estranged wife claims she was the victim of domestic abuse. At a private divorce hearing, Pamela Bach also asked for a temporary restraining order against the former "Knightrider" star.

However, a judge refused and simply told the pair to stay away from each other, while the actor denies the claims. Hasselhoff's attorney, Melvin Goldsman said: "The court indicated that she should stay where she is, and he should stay where he is." However, he wouldn't comment any further on the domestic abuse allegations.

Still, Hasselhoff's publicist, Judy Katz, disputed the actor's domestic violence allegation: "How can that be if both parents were awarded custody of their children?"

The actor, who has been married to the 42-year-old actress for 16 years, filed for divorce on January 12 citing irreconcilable differences. She filed her own papers a day later, giving the same reasons. This was Hasselhoff's second marriage. He was previously hitched to actress Catherine Hickland from 1984 to 1989.

Hasselhoff played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in TV's "Baywatch" from 1989 to 2000. But it was his role as Michael Knight on the 1980s series "Knight Rider" that made him a household name. In the show his character teamed with a talking Pontiac Trans Am sports car to fight crime.