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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas granted an emergency order filed by Hasselhoff's ex-wife, Pamela Bach, who was present in court. Hasselhoff didn't attend the session.
"He suspended all visitation and custody until May 21," says Bach's attorney, Debra Opri, who is also asking that the judge order Hasselhoff into rehab before he can again see his daughters Hayley, 14, and Taylor Ann, 16.
It was Taylor Ann who made the widely publicized video of her father wearing only a pair of jeans, lying on the floor and eating a hamburger while appearing extremely intoxicated. Taylor's voice can be heard on the videotape telling him that if he tests positive for alcohol the following day, he could be fired from his job.
Opri says the video was filmed earlier this year – the exact date wasn't known – in Las Vegas, where Hasselhoff was starring in The Producers.
Hasselhoff attorney Melvin S. Goldsman confirmed that the judge suspended visitation pending a report from a court-appointed psychologist.
Goldsman characterized the video as showing a relapse from a disease that Hasselhoff battled for years. The actor, the lawyer says, is "doing what he has to do to stay sober – I can't tell you exactly what he's doing – but he's taking steps to make sure this kind of relapse doesn't occur again.''
On Sunday, Hasselhoff made his last appearance in The Producers and returned to work on NBC's America's Got Talent.
"There's been no talk of replacing him. Everyone there and at The Producers has been completely totally supportive. They understand he had a brief relapse," Goldsman says.
America's Got Talent has already lost one judge facing personal problems, replacing R&B singer Brandy with Sharon Osbourne as Brandy faces a possible misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge from a fatal car crash.
