Robin Thicke has been ordered to stay away from Paula Patton and their son after his ex-wife accused him of domestic violence

Larry Bakman, Paula's attorney, wrote in the request for the restraining order: "[Patton] is in reasonable apprehension of imminent serious bodily injury to herself and the child."

According to TMZ.com, the restraining order is in place "until further notice".

Both Robin and Paula had gone to court on Thursday (26.01.17) seeking complete temporary sole custody of Julian, but the singer was told to stay away after the restraining order was issued.

And in documents obtained by People, Paula accused her former husband of "physical and emotional abuse, infidelity and drug and alcohol addiction".

The paperwork recalled one incident in 2013 when Robin allegedly "became physically violent" with the 41-year-old actress.

Paula stated in the documents: "[I] observed him to have inappropriate contact with the masseuse ... Robin became so enraged that I had interrupted his 'massage' that he broke down the locked door.

"Robin became physically violent with me. He pushed me down and kicked me."

Paula also claims Robin became violent when the pair attended Cannes Film Festival that same year.

She added: "We began fighting. Robin hit me with a closed fist to my upper body and then pushed me onto the ground."

And the 'Precious' actress stated she wanted to leave the musician at the time of his alleged outbursts, but was "fearful of angering him".

She claimed in her declaration: "I wanted to leave Robin but at the same time, I was incredibly fearful of angering him, and I did not want our son to grow up in a broken home. I was afraid of Robin's volatility, his retribution.

"He would often threaten that he would leave both of us penniless given IRS tax liens incurred by him during the course of the marriage."

However, Pierce di Donato, the attorney for the 'Blurred Lines' hitmaker, says these claims only surfaced after Paula found herself in "a position of contempt" as she refused to take a drugs test.

He said in a statement: "Paula never reported any domestic violence until she was in a position of contempt by violating the custody orders. DCFS asked both Paula and Robin to drug test. Robin agreed and submitted to his test, but Paula refused to test. Infidelity has nothing to do with custody. She is attempting to throw anything at him to hurt him, but Robin's focus is their son."

And according to TMZ, the singer claimed Los Angeles' Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) have closed an investigation into him for allegedly spanking Julian too hard, but are now probing his ex-wife for "emotional abuse".

The allegation is said to involve claims Paula has intentionally tried to alienate Julian from his father.