Italian Wife May Face Prison Over Bad Housekeeping

An Italian man is accusing his wife of “bad management of domestic affairs” after not properly cleaning the house and allowing groceries to go to waste.

Accoding to USA Today:

An Italian wife faces prison after her husband claimed she abused him by not cleaning and cooking enough, European media reported.

The husband claimed his 40-year-old wife failed to sufficiently clean the home for two years, causing unsanitary living conditions, according to il Fatto Quotidiano.

She also sometimes kicked him out of the bedroom, the husband said, and caused groceries he purchased to go to waste.

The Telegraph reports that the wife  could serve between two and six years behind bars if found guilty of breaking an Italian law that “punishes whoever mistreats a person in their family or a person entrusted to them for reasons of education, care or custody.”

The couple, who live in the town of Sonnino, have an October 12th court date.