The widow of ROBERT KARDASHIAN released some of his journals to "In Touch Weekly" . . .and if what's in them is true, this could be a P.R. nightmare for KRIS JENNER. The journals were supposedly written in 1989 and '90. And in one entry, Robert talks about his then-wife beating up their daughter KIM . . . who would have been 9 or 10 at the time. Robert said, quote, "Kris was kicking and beating her and said she was going to kill [Kim]! Kim was hysterical." In another entry, Robert wrote about how Kris would leave for DAYS to mess around with Todd Waterman . . . a guy she has since admitted to cheating on Robert with. He said, quote, "She doesn't leave a number in case of emergency. She doesn't care! She left [the] kids and screwed all night!"

We heard LINDSAY LOHAN turned down a $550,000 offer to do "Dancing With the Stars" because she thinks she's above reality TV. But according to a new report, her advisers turned it down because they don't think she can handle live television. A source says, quote, "Lindsay has been a mess on movie sets lately. She doesn't show up on time, she keeps everyone waiting and so her team decided that there was no way that she could handle the pressure of a live show like 'Dancing With the Stars'."

LINDSAY LOHAN recently fired Shawn Holley . . . the attorney who's done a STELLAR job of keeping Lindsay's various legal punishments to a bare minimum over the years. She immediately regretted it and tried to hire her back. But Holley has had enough. Sources say she's cutting ties.