R KELLY - R KELLY'S WIFE TAKES OUT RESTRAINING ORDER

Troubled R+B singer R KELLY has reportedly been slapped with an emergency restraining order from his estranged wife ANDREA KELLY.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist MICHAEL SNEED claims that Andrea went to Cook County Court, Illinois, seeking to prohibit the IGNITION singer from alleged physical abuse, harassment, stalking and interfering with her personal liberty.

It is also claimed that she sought the protection order to ensure that their three children, ROBERT, JOHN and JAYA could not be removed from their home.

In addition, Andrea is said to have demanded that Kelly not dispose of any personal property, including a black Mercedes Benz, clothes, photos and computer.

As well as his slow-moving fight against child pornography charges, the singer is in the midst of a legal battle with hip-hop star JAY-Z over their failed Best Of Both Worlds tour last year (04).