On Friday, David Hasselhoff was hospitalized for seizures. While the Hoff’s people want us to believe that was the only reason, according to Radar, David was hospitalized yet again as a result of his alcoholism, after going on a several-day bender. Many news outlets are reporting that the Hoff was actually held under California’s involuntary psych hold. He was released today, but this is just the beginning – or continuation – of his problems.

David Hasselhoff has denied reports he was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold after he was hospitalised over the weekend. The Baywatch star spent two days at a Los Angeles hospital after reportedly suffering ‘a seizure’ at his Encino, California home on Friday morning. His lawyer Mel Goldsman said: ‘David is home now and he’s fine. I’m not sure where that information is coming from.’

The 57-year-old actor’s daughter Hayley called emergency services after he fell ill at the home. While his representative declined to give a reason behind Hasselhoff’s hospitalisation, he did deny the actor had been placed under psychiatric hold. RadarOnline.com alleged Hasselhoff had been held in hospital under the California Welfare and Institutions Code 5150, which allows authorities to take into custody those they believe may be a danger to themselves or others, are gravely disabled or suffer from a mental disorder.

A neighbour, named only as Christian, is quoted as claiming on the US website: ‘I asked one of the paramedics how David was doing and he told me his eyes were rolling back into his head, he was drooling and that he’d had a seizure. ‘This isn’t the first time this has happened to him.

The 57-year-old has a long history of alcoholism. He had allegedly been drinking in the last week and saw one of his personal doctors on Wednesday after returning from a trip to Canada. Last month, Hasselhoff was admitted to rehab amid reports he accidentally hit a doctor during an alcohol binge. He has also been hospitalised on two other occasions this year, reportedly suffering from alcohol poisoning.

[From the Daily Mail]

Radar followed the story all weekend and reported on Friday that Hasselhoff had been on a several day bender, both before and after he saw his doctor. They also claim that family members want him to enter a locked-down rehab facility, since his problem is obviously very extreme.

As if that weren’t enough for his teenage daughters, their mother, Hasselhoff’s ex-wife Pamela Bach, was arrested for DUI over the weekend! She claims she was consoling her daughters over dinner, and throughout the course of the evening had several glasses of wine.

According to TMZ, Bach was pulled over after she spent an emotional night trying to console her daughters, who were apparently shaken up by Hasselhoff’s hospitalization. During their dinner, TMZ claims she had “a few drinks,” and was later pulled over and registered blood-alcohol levels of .14 and .13 on subsequent tests. The legal limit for driving in California is .08.

This is Bach’s second DUI arrest, and should she be charged, she faces mandatory jail time under California law. She pled no contest to a prior DUI in March of 2009.

Bach released a statement saying that she is “remorseful and mortified,” about the incident, and that she and the family are “going through a really difficult time between David being in the hospital and dealing with the divorce.”

[From Popeater]

Their poor daughters. Whenever I’ve seen Hayley, 17, and Taylor, 19, interviewed, they seem genuinely nice and sweet, and they appear to have a close relationship with their dad. I’ve never seen them with their mom, so I can’t comment on that. Pamela told TMZ she was on her way to an AA meeting last night, though I doubt that makes everything better. Talk about just piling crap on top of more crap. I really hope the Hoff gets help, but his alcoholism is soooo extreme that it’s hard to really think he will. But he’s the kind of guy you genuinely root for. He doesn’t seem like he’s got a bad bone in him, but is definitely at the mercy of his addiction.

Here’s David Hasselhoff at the 2009 MTV European Music Awards in Berlin on November 11th. Pamela is shown at the Chochi Fiamengo Designer Fashion Show in Hollywood on November 21st. Images thanks to WENN.com .

The nasty, two-year-long divorce and custody battle between former Knight Rider/current YouTube star David Hasselhoff and his ex-wife, Pamela Bach, was officially finalized in December. However, the less-than-harmonious ex spouses, who have two children together, are still arguing about the division of certain property. TMZ reports that the former couple appeared in court on Monday to settle a dispute regarding a golf cart and a motorcycle:

David Hasselhoff and his ex are currently in divorce court right now, arguing over who gets to keep one of the family jewels … their golf cart.

TMZ is in a Los Angeles County Courtroom today, where Pamela is asking why she should have to turn over the family golf cart and a motorcycle to David. Although The Hoff is not in attendance, but we’re told he wants both of the items ASAP.

In a late breaking development, the judge just ordered Pamela to return the motorcycle to The Hoff by Wednesday! The fate of the golf cart still hangs in the balance of justice.

[From TMZ]

Somehow, I can’t see Pamela Bach tooling around on a motorcycle or playing the back nine in her fake nails, spike heels and pancake makeup. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that she is holding onto this property with the sole purpose of further hassling The Hoff. Not that David has behaved like a saint throughout this whole ordeal. He has well documented problems with alcohol (do we really need to revisit the whole drunken, shirtless hamburger eating?), and the Daily Mail revealed that on their wedding day, David ambushed his bride-to-be with a last-minute prenup just before they walked down the aisle.

Regardless of whose side you’re on, one thing is clear: these two train wrecks have children together—isn’t it about time one of them took the high road for once and stopped this petty bickering? How about calling a truce on the court proceedings, and putting all that money you’ve been spending on lawyers into a therapy fund for the girls? They’re going to need it.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Header image is an older one of Hasselhoff and Bach.

Somehow I’d missed this story, but apparently David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife, Pamela Bach, was involved in a minor hit and run in January. It sounds very Britney Spears-esque. She backed into a car, got out and inspected both cars, and left because she didn’t see any damage. Makes sense, right? I think more than a few of us have “tapped” another car and – finding no damage – have left, right? Just me? Okay well I guess I’m a criminal, because I didn’t realize you had to leave a note anyway. But apparently you do, because an onlooker took down Bach’s license plate and called police. Thank you, onlooker, for being such a good citizen. Even though she was never arrested, a judge order Bach booked on the charge, which violates procedure. Her lawyer is trying to get the case halted (and I’m guessing eventually thrown out) because of the judge’s mistake.

“David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife, Pamela Bach, is trying to halt her trial on a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge stemming from a fender-bender earlier this year. In court papers filed Tuesday, Bach’s lawyer asked the Los Angeles Superior Court appeals division to delay her trial, set to begin Wednesday. Attorney Mark Geragos argues the delay is necessary because a judge made an error by ordering her booked on the charge even though she hadn’t been arrested or issued a citation in the case.

“The case started when Bach allegedly backed into a car Jan. 22 in North Hollywood, inspected both cars, and left because she didn’t see any damage. An onlooker took down her license plate number and called police. The case was forwarded to the city attorney’s office, which filed a hit-and-run charge. When Bach appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court to enter a not guilty plea, a judge ordered her booked.”

[From the Washington Post]

I don’t generally say this about celebrities going to jail (because it makes me really, really happy) but booking her on a hit and run seems pretty severe. I would expect a traffic citation to be entered. Either way, I need to find this judge’s name and mail him a copy of Britney Spears’ license plate number for the pharmacy parking lot debacle last month. Can you imagine if she was charged with a hit and run? If Bach’s actions constituted one, that Brit’s would too – and there’s a ton of videotaped evidence, including the fact that Britney didn’t even look at the other car – only her own – and that she did cause damage. Oh happy day! Let’s hope we get a report about that in the next few weeks.

Picture note by JayBird: Images thanks to PR Photos.