She complained that her husband hasn't touched her since their wedding night, adding that up until then, their sex life was perfectly normal, ArticoloTre reported.
The 40-year-old cited a lack of sex as a key reason for the marriage breakdown as part of the case for their legal separation.
The couple did, however, manage to have a daughter after using artificial insemination, the newspaper reported.
It is now up to the court to decide whether the husband's abstinence constitutes an offence.
A similar case occurred in France in 2011, resulting in a 51-year-old man being fined €10,000 for not having sex with his wife.
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